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...reading printed directions off a bright red sheet of paper. Unlike most streets where you had to strain your eyes to read any addresses at all, the numbers here were larger than life, almost two feet tall and bold, so that they looked like they might hurt if they fell...
...closed doors and without hype. He determined correctly, alongside his political advisors, that Paterson is particularly embattled—with 71 percent of New Yorkers assessing the governor’s work as either “fair” or “poor.” Paterson might not even survive a challenge in the Democratic gubernatorial primary and could very easily lose to a Republican challenger in the statewide race, especially if that challenger were to be former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, as some speculate...
...York will almost certainly remain a Democratic state, the state has certainly elected Republican governors in the past and could certainly do so again. A Republican governor would put tremendous pressure on local Democratic leaders and the state legislature. Further, if Giuliani were elected governor of New York, he might pose a threat to President Obama’s own reelection bid in 2012. It is quite reasonable, then, for President Obama to communicate his concerns to Governor Paterson so as to avoid the many problems for the Democratic Party that an unsuccessful New York gubernatorial campaign could create...
...other hand, while his message was warranted, Obama might want to rethink the way he communicated it. Because President Obama campaigned so vigorously on a message of change, it is particularly off-putting to see him engaging in backroom deals that are more closely tied to old politics than to President Obama’s promised politics of the future...
...Munadi’s kidnapping was the second kidnapping of a New York Times reporter in one year. Such kidnappings usually occur in outlying provinces such as Kunduz (although kidnappings in and around Kabul do occur). Also, the Taliban often kidnap for ideological reasons, valuing Western journalists, whereas criminals might target wealthy businessmen. The situation in Afghanistan, and increasingly in the north, is becoming extremely unstable. In August, the number of coalition casualties had doubled compared to the number of casualties just two months earlier, and already 362 soldiers have died this year compared to a total...