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...panel of Washington insiders discussed issues pertaining to the upcoming presidential election, ranging from the weblog phenomenon to the future of a two-party system, at the Institute of Politics (IOP) last night. Speakers included former Howard Dean campaign manager and IOP fellow Joe Trippi and Assistant Managing Editor of Newsweek Evan Thomas ’73, who is also a visiting professor at the Kennedy School. Trippi—who has been credited with harnessing the internet to reinvent modern political campaigns—emphasized the importance of blogs in the spread of news and information...
ESSAY: Would Howard Dean be doing any better against Bush...
...about now. Last winter Democratic-primary voters played political consultant. They tried to step inside the minds of swing voters and figure out which Democratic presidential candidate could beat George W. Bush. With an eye cast coldly on November, they rejected the man who had first won their hearts, Howard Dean, and flocked to the more "electable" choice, John Kerry. Among New Hampshire voters who said beating Bush was their biggest concern, Kerry beat Dean by a whopping 52 points...
...stingy with outspoken political heroes. Mavericks tend to lose, even compelling ones like John McCain. There is a reason for that: inconvenient truths are inconvenient to someone. And passion can be scary. McCain's assault on Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell cost him dearly in the 2000 campaign. Howard Dean's anger was causing him to lose altitude long before he screamed. Which is why politicians have concocted an entire industry--the polling and consulting wizardocracy--devoted to telling them what not to say. From Merlin to Rove, the most powerful adviser has been the one who says, "My crystal...
...Economy, Drongo AUSTRALIA As the Oct. 9 election nears, polls show the rivals - the coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard, and Mark Latham's Labor party - neck-and-neck. You might predict that Howard would press his staunch support for the war in Iraq. After all, Latham, 43, has pledged to bring Australia's 920 troops in Iraq home by Christmas. That couldn't be further from Howard's position. In addition to supporting the war, Howard - after the Sept. 9 bombing attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, which killed at least 10 - renewed his support...