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CAMPAIGN 2008
Very Superstitious
2/5/2008 12:00:00 AMLast week, John McCain was the epitome of confidence. Speaking to reporters on board his campaign plane en route to Chicago last Friday, the Arizona senator spoke at times as if he already had the GOP presidential nomination in the bag. He talked of uniting the party and of how he'd challenge the Democratic nominee, whoever that is. "I think it will likely be over on Tuesday," McCain predicted, acknowledging he "felt a sense of momentum." "I assume I will get the nomination of the party."
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CAMPAIGN 2008
Bogus Claims in Boca
1/25/2008 12:00:00 AMIn last night's debate, held days before Tuesday's Republican primary in the Sunshine State, the remaining GOP candidates came up with a few new factual distortions and repeated several old ones. Among them:
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CAMPAIGN 2008
Playing it Safe
1/25/2008 12:00:00 AMMaybe Fred Thompson should have stayed in after all. His droll one-liners might have enlivened what was one of the flattest performances yet from a group of GOP candidates who have done battle on the debate stage 18 times before. Familiarity is breeding contempt-not among the combatants, but perhaps among members of the viewing audience.
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CAMPAIGN 2008
Rudy Country?
1/19/2008 12:00:00 AMFLORIDA IS RUDY COUNTRY, proclaims the banner on Rudy Giuliani's Sunshine State tour bus. But the latest poll shows that voters here may not agree.Released Jan. 14, the Quinnipiac University Poll puts the former New York City mayor at 20 percent, two percentage points behind New Hampshire winner John McCain, who has not stepped foot in Florida since his Granite State victory. Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney--also absent from the Florida circuit--trail Giuliani with 19 percent each. But with a 4.8 percent margin of error, the poll shows that the GOP race is anyone's to grab.It wasn't always like this. In late November, a CNN/Opinion Research poll placed Giuliani well ahead of the pack in Florida with 38 percent of likely voters pledging support. But in the few weeks since then, Huckabee, McCain and Romney have won primaries or caucuses in which Giuliani has had dismal showings. Now these candidates are looking like serious threats to Giuliani's Florida strategy. His aides have said all along that they were not putting much energy into the early contests and focusing their energies on Florida, which votes on Jan. 29.
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Of Cops and Candidates
1/10/2008 12:00:00 AMYou want to see the front line in the fight against terrorists? You don't have to go to Iraq. The cop on the beat is walking it every day where it really counts, right at home, because terrorists don't care about lines, they care about getting you where you live. And in New York City, home to ground zero, the NYPD has created over the last six years what one CIA veteran in Washington calls "the best counterterrorism center in the world." Working with the FBI and other federal agencies ("the three-letter guys," as a police sergeant calls them), the NYPD says it has stopped at least six significant plots against the city.
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CAMPAIGN 2008
In The Shadow of Bush
We are all stars in the movies that play in our minds: not true-life stories, exactly, but life as we imagine it could or should be. Little imperfections are conveniently forgotten or smoothed over, messy relationships downplayed or deep-sixed. The future beckons brightly, even if the past was dark or dreary. This need to believe in an idealized self is especially strong in politicians. They must get up every day and sell a vision—fanciful, perhaps, but inspiring: Morning in America, or a Bridge to the 21st Century, a New Frontier or a New Deal. To fulfill these myths, our leaders must be Born in a Log Cabin, or be the Man From Hope, or Speak Softly But Carry a Big Stick. A certain amount of hooey is tolerated, even required. In real life, Teddy Roosevelt didn't speak softly at all. He more often brayed like a donkey. But he could make people listen out of fear and respect.
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