Matthew Dancona

Gordon’s challenge

I have a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal comparing Brown’s task to the famous ‘haiku’ posted by James Carville on the wall of the Clinton war-room in 1992: ‘1. ‘Change vs More of the Same 2. The economy, stupid. 3. Don’t forget healthcare’.

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