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...Both McCain and Palin, meanwhile, have promised to leave politics aside. "We will put aside our political hats and put on our American hats," McCain said at the rally, while standing on a stage printed with the words, Country First. Palin tried to burnish her bonafides as a strong leader by addressing the television cameras moments later. "I'd like to add my call for every person and every family in danger to make a straight path for safer ground," she said. "Crisis on this scale can bring out the best in our country...
...campaign as "an argument among friends." That ad was watched on YouTube a measly 3,000 times over three months. Hardly anyone noticed when McCain launched a bio tour during the Democratic primaries to proclaim his devotion to service. When McCain visited the black belt of Alabama to burnish his bipartisan credentials, network news barely covered...
...Politically speaking, Olmert may have been a dead man walking for more than a year now, but leaving an enfeebled and unpopular Prime Minister in place may have suited most of his potential successors, each of whom who has used the intervening period to burnish his or her own claims. And despite his dire domestic political prospects, Olmert focused his energies on Israel's relations with its neighborhood. He has called time on his tenure at a moment when he is engaged in talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas over the terms of a future peace agreement, as well...
...idea that is opposed by Russia. "Ballistic missile testing coupled with Iran's continued refusal to cease its nuclear activities should unite the international community in efforts to counter Iran's dangerous ambitions," said McCain. These comments come as Obama continues to plan an overseas trip, meant both to burnish his foreign policy credentials and disable some McCain's criticism that he hasn't had a first-hand assessment of the conditions on the ground in America's theaters...
...chance have been not just a hobby but also a fundamental feature in their development as people and politicians. For Obama, weekly poker games with lobbyists and fellow state senators helped cement his position as a rising star in Illinois politics. For McCain, jaunts to the craps table helped burnish his image as a political hot dog who relished the thrill of a good fight, even if the risk of failure was high...