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...President can. It's time for him to spend some of his political capital." Inevitably, this sort of criticism is hailed by Democrats and dismissed by Republicans as the prelude to a Kerrey bid for national office. To his discomfort, Kerrey often is introduced as "the one who will regain the White House for the Democratic Party." How does he react to such talk? "I ignore it," says Kerrey. "It's flattering, but I ignore it." He seems to sense that he may not be ready. But given the Democrats' abysmal shortage of candidates who are both ready and willing...
ADMITTEDLY, Huey wasn't strong on sophisticated economic theory. But he had the right idea--using progressive taxation to ensure a basic standard of living for the poor and powerless (an idea that has since fallen into undeserved disrepute). We need the Louisiana governor to help us regain a moral perspective on the budget crisis...
READ his lips. President Bush--still dizzy from a week of flip-flopping on the budget--is now saying again that he opposes new income taxes. But times have changed since his earlier (and since-broken) campaign pledge. Congressional Democrats now can regain the initiative in American politics by supporting new income taxes. President Bush either will have to support a tax hike for the wealthiest Americans or become the ultimate bad guy in the budget battle...
Harvard will look to regain some of that soccer sense plus a bit of the scoring punch it discovered last weekend in its 3-0 victory over Cornell. The Ivy League title is still up for grabs, and the Crimson faces its most critical weekend series of the year when it heads down to Princeton Friday and Penn Sunday...
Starr says that he felt burnt out, and decided to take time off to regain his academic concentration. He is currently living with his family in Amherst...