Washington Watch Articles From 2003


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TEACHING AND LEARNING

DAVIDSON, NC—I spent this Spring as the Batten Professor of Public Policy at Davidson College in North Carolina. It was a wonderful opportunity to leave Washington and spend five months teaching a remarkable group of young people.

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NO QUESTIONS ASKED

One can’t fault the White House for trying to sell the war and the President. What is troublesome, however, is the way the American media has been such an uncritical conveyor of these White House efforts.

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THE UPS AND DOWNS OF GEORGE W. BUSH

For the second time in his short presidency, George W. Bush has reversed a downward slump in the polls and is now registering high public approval ratings. Recent polls place the President’s approval numbers between 61 percent and 74 percent.

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WHAT NEXT?

Giddy over their perceived success in Iraq, some neo conservative ideologues are all ready preparing for the next battle.

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DEMOCRATS DEBATE WAR

Last week, Democrats debated the Bush Administration’s plan to go to war. The scene was the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)—the governing body of the party.

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BUSH’S MISSION

If President George W. Bush’s two speeches this week are any indication, it appears that he, in fact, has his heart set on a military confrontation with Iraq. For weeks now, I’ve argued the opposite.

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U.S. OPINION AND THE WAR

Anti-war sentiment, on display during last week’s mass demonstrations, is actually deeper and more wide-spread than those protests.

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THE 2004 DEMOCRATIC RACE BEGINS

It is January 2003 and, as expected, the 2004 contest to select a Democratic candidate to challenge President George W. Bush has already begun.

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