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Students who were attending a speech by Lee Kuan Yew, the former prime minister of Singapore, had no idea that McCain, who consistently ranks as the most popular politician in America, was a few feet...
...part because of the McCain visit, the IOP offices in Littauer Hall were a whirlwind of activity last night. In addition to the last minute McCain visit and the Yew speech, the IOP held a Forum on campaign advertising and a presidential debate-watching party on the big screen...
Gore's caricature of Bush has been in place for a year, but Bush's picture of Big Government Al didn't come into focus until Sept. 28. During a speech in Green Bay, Wis., Bush charged that Gore "has left the vital center of American politics...[and] cast his lot with the old Democratic Party," betraying the reform-minded moderates that Gore helped propel to power in 1992. "The Vice President was seated right behind Bill Clinton at the State of the Union when the President declared, 'The era of Big Government is over,'" Bush said. "Apparently, the message...
...people like him. He tested new pickup lines and spruced up his wardrobe and shared warm stories about his family. At the Democratic Convention, his team shoved him back into the race by making him as human as was humanly possible: one long kiss, a bright blond daughter, a speech flavored more by its conviction than its condescension. But even Gore strategist Carter Eskew thinks the whole "likability" question is "another sort of pundit myth," comparable to the charge that Bush doesn't have the "gravitas" to be President. "The question is, What is decisive in people's vote?" Eskew...
Yesterday, Koch related his story in a Science Center speech and urged graduates to be open-minded when deciding their own future careers...