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...into the U.S. Nobody knew then that one of those children would go on to become the first Cuban American elected to the U.S. Senate. With his victory in Florida last week, Mel Martinez, 58, earned that distinction, picking off a seat that had been held by retiring Democrat Bob Graham. But the feel-good story follows a feel-bad campaign, and even before he takes office, Martinez may have some fences to mend...
...loner and political bomb thrower. He peppered Governor Edwin Edwards with ethics complaints, led the successful fight for term limits in the state legislature and exposed a cozy perk by which lawmakers secured Tulane scholarships for favorite constituents. When Vitter won a special election in 1999 to succeed Congressman Bob Livingston, who resigned the House after an adultery scandal, few of his colleagues reportedly showed up at the victory bash...
...large national base from which to build a campaign. After Bush and Cheney, the Arizona Senator is the party's best-known face and has a proven appeal to Democrats and independents. "John McCain is positioned to be the front runner. Period," says Scott Reed, who managed Bob Dole's 1996 presidential...
...Rush Limbaugh et al., who former contender Al Gore charged constituted a G.O.P. "fifth column" within the press. The flak came from both sides. During their last debate, President Bush chided John Kerry, "I'm not so sure it's credible to quote leading news organizations," nodding toward moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS. It was a not-so-subtle allusion to the bungled 60 Minutes story about Bush's National Guard service, which the President's backers saw as proof that the media...
...handlers, led by pollster Mark Mellman and consultant Bob Shrum, had convinced themselves it was unwise to respond to the Swifties' ads, which were running in only three states and were funded by a longtime Bush donor, because a rebuttal would serve to amplify the phony charges. And the advisers were determined to stay upbeat, in keeping with the holy writ of the focus groups that kept saying how distasteful they found negative campaigning. So when a jolt finally forced Kerry to face reality, it didn't come from any of his high-priced consultants and pollsters. The truth...