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It is true that the Clinton administration has something else later Thursday at the court of public and Congress to support the National Health Insurance Fund. But the graphs and maps battle of the White House on health care lobbying campaign indicate that someone would have a difficult time shows.

Thursday, saying simply, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has been in an interview with Newsweek on health insurance, conducting interviews on health insurance satellites with journalists in seven countries and meetings with officials of the National Association of Public Hospitals. Labour Secretary General has talked about the insurance of U.S. News and World Report, the cable network CNBC and the Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times.

The charts say that energy said Secretary General of health insurance after the LA journalists, the secretary of transportation, Arkansas and Tennessee, Veterans Affairs Secretary, Georgia, agriculture secretary, Alabama and Louisiana, the budget director, District of Columbia, the head of the Council of Economic Advisers, Connecticut, the chief economist, California, the director of the Small Business Administration, Rhode Island and the nation on C - Span. The interior secretaries and education and the environment have been the administrator, radio interviews on health insurance indefinite locales.

The Chief of Staff of the White House, on Capitol Hill. He was the vice-director of staff for the receipt of work for health insurance. Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Hartford, excoriating insurance companies for their opposition National Health Insurance. Many generals in the ditches

The president had planned a bagful members of the house to his office for a little arm twisting on health insurance, as it has about a dozen members of the house during a meeting earlier this week. But there was waylaid by the need to lobby for crimes legislation.

In the war, due to a revision of the law on health insurance, the White House is the strategy, all the generals - Notes of them - in the trenches. It is an impressive nature and how to combat it, but some Democratic criticism, including supporters of universal health insurance, say, it is also a reason, the administration is much more ‘ boredom.

In this argument, the White House lobbying on many fronts and with far too many commanders, if they are most needed - especially now - is a very focused attack on fluctuations Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Instead, in the last 18 months, the effort control, any number of hands of Mrs. Clinton to the President of five congressional committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate to a Democratic White House management Strategy Team, which comprises more obvious Mr. Clinton’s New Chief of Staff, E. Leon Panetta.

“The problem with the White House’s lobbying on this issue is a classic by many Indian leaders and non-problem,” a member of the democratic management in Congress, asked, for obvious reasons are not mentioned, said in an interview on Friday. “They have so many people claim to trigger the decisions they make, it is difficult to define a clear answer on everything.” “An important companies”

The answer to this complaint, a legislative initiative crusade for a subject as complex as national health insurance, and with so many enemies well funded, should be carried out in many places as possible.

“This is an important task.” Said an adviser to the majority of key House, Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri. “Hunger for information is so great that everyone must be outside. Otherwise, lack of knowledge of your cancel. ”

Indeed, both officials of the White House and its allies in Congress have said from the beginning that peoples is a strategy to mobilize the country behind universal insurance, and then to use the flood of citizens away from Washing the opposition of Representatives and the Senate. They compare the fight for during the legislative procedure crusades for Medicare and the rights of citizens in the years 1960, as movements in public opinion broke the back of the conservative opposition in the middle of much of the House of Representatives and Senate debates.

This time, the public interest, as cresting resume the debate begins. What is less certain is that the weight of opinion has again swing Democrats. “But this is not a lack of effort. Many cooks in the kitchen

After a year in Spring, who was seated in the management of health during the debate in Congress allies written law, the nature of the White House campaign machinery tight that some of Mr. Clinton, other legislative proposals contested land in reality.

The chief engineer is Mr. Harold Ickes, the New York attorney, said the official title of deputy chief of staff, and what is still informal, political head of insurance after the battle. But it is unlikely that simple. Mr. Ickes strategy requires not only with the consent of Clinton, but also M. Panetta, appropriate, has a role in the process and works personally with Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. Both men work with Mr. Clinton’s chief lobbyist, Pat Griffin, whose official mission is to complement the House of Representatives and the Senate votes the White House.

There is also a “war room,” warren, of course, one on the ground floor of the old office building next to the White House, where about 30 employees and conduct Chart Mr. Ickes sales strategy. Des Teams of officials from the attack on fronts: lobbying Capitol Hill, married advertising of the press, the use of the cabinet, running events advertising and coordination with private developers, unions contributed to what the promoter bus caravan rolled in Washington earlier this month.

And this is the First Lady’s Office, which has its own public health staff, experts and journalists to contribute to the promotion of Women Bill Clinton’s vision of insurance legislation throughout the country. Congress information

Indeed, the morning staff meeting of White House lobbyists for health care is a small convent of himself: about 40 people, aid agencies Congressional officials to a representative of the Office of Vice President Al Gore’s Wife, bucket.

Today, Debra Deas stop and think about what comes next. After the worst week of his life, the future is party to intimidate all.

Today, Debra Deas stop and think about what comes next. After the worst week of his life, the future is party to intimidate all.

Unversichert your mobile home was crushed like a box of matches by Hurricane Hugo. It did not work because they clean houses were destroyed. Her husband has no work because commercial fishing vessels, he works no longer exist. And his four son did not know where to go to school.

”I think simply to me,’’she said. ”I can not describe how this is sad. I have no idea what we do.”

As a photo developing slowly, before closing his eyes, the full extent of the devastation of Hurricane has finally become clear, so that most of South Carolina and well differentiated from North Carolina and behaved.

The storm has big damages arising from the dignity streets of Charleston on the coast of arcades and T-shirt shops of Myrtle Beach, hundreds of miles of the coast cities, like Sumter, Camden and Bishop City. Its victims have upper crust Charleston live in houses in the colonial era working class and poor live in small houses, apartments, trailers and rickety cabins.

Officials say that the economic good, which may be more costly for the nation could give the attack a decade to overcome them. Estimates for the only South Carolina have submitted a $ 1 billion to $ 3 billion.

The human cost of the nation to a most impressive cities and one of its poorest states are never known. But it is clear that, instead of a catastrophe in the short term, the storm is a lasting effect. Symbol of Nature’s Wrath

For those who are close but already has an indelible symbol of the wrath of nature, as the storm that virtually destroyed Galveston and killed 6000 people in 1900 or Hurricane Camille’s toben on the Gulf Coast during the year 1969, only 256 people and has killed 3.8 billion in damage.

”There are also many people have lost part of himself and it is something that lasts forever,’’said Bob Linville, only six weeks, was mayor of Folly Beach, a barrier ‘ Island community, the storm’s full brunt of Fury, if its 135 mph winds come to an end Friday night. ”If ever we saw the very top former Hugo, we would be far from the face of the earth. We would be nothing.”

For many people is undoubtedly for most of them in nearby Charleston and South Carolina Low Country, it is much too early to think about Hugo place in history. Even without foundations

Much of the surface remains without electricity and running water. Thousands of volunteers have descended on the city and food stocks, but life remains an obstacle browsing devices that do not unnecessarily block traffic blocked intersections, roofs leak with huge oak rely on them and debris scattered - roads.

At Charlotte, NC, over 200 km from here, nearly half the city remains without power and the National soldiers, M-16 rifles, surveillance remains the streets against the looters. President Bush said today Mecklenburg County, also Charlotte, and three other districts close to affected areas. Twelve counties in South Carolina had already qualified disaster.

The violence of the turbulent storm, far from the coast is always a source of shock on human beings.

In Sumter, 100 miles of land, 109-m.p.h. Winds destroyed homes and shops. The damage had amounted to approximately $ 100 million in the city, which had planned only for the last gusts of death a storm.

”I was in conversation with someone who has lived in Florida for a number of years, and he said he was changed by a series of hurricanes, but it was never something between them,’’said Tobias Talmadge, Assistant Manager of the City of Sumter. The loss of historic areas

But because of hurricane path to the history of Charleston and some of the most popular islands nearby, tolls goes far beyond dollars for damage figures. Although most of the city, most historic buildings survived the storm with strong winds which are placed in mourning and pain extraordinary.

”There is no doubt in my mind that our loss is more important in regard to beauty,’’said Bob James, lives in a historical houses in town. ”We almost lost everything, it gave me great joy of life in Bass country.”

While following the evacuation of people throughout the region are slowly turning to long-term issues of the implementation of his life again.

See yourself a Yankee Vermont, Howard Dean screams of a populist economic message, Tuesday, in this depressed coastal town, where 563 jobs have disappeared, if a plant closing steel and October, where the rate Landkreis unemployment of 14.5 percent.

”It plays no role, if you’re North or South: If you have a rural area of the state and you need jobs, you are an American,’’said Dr. Dean, several Hundreds of people outside a former manor. ”It’s good enough for me, and I hope it is good enough for you.”

He focused on issues such as scholarships jobs and health insurance, in the hope attracts workers from voters in the Republican party in possession of South-George Bush has helped win the White House in 2000. Two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential appointments, representatives of Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri and Gen. Wesley K. Clark, followed by comments Tuesday directed southern badly down the manufacturing losses.

”This is not some crackpot idea of some Socialists, Liberals, in the north of State, Harry Truman in the Democratic Platform in 1948,’’said Dr. Dean’s plan l ‘universal health insurance. ”I want more than any other in South Carolina, for its proud tradition of voting Democrat year after year.”

The day was a contrast to the intense campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire, where Dr. Dean, former governor of Vermont, spends most of his time defending the attacks on the other Democratic contenders. Here, Dr. Dean seemed even after the introduction of voters, and many have said, they have shown for the novelty of seeing a candidate.

The novelty is undoubtedly not the last.

Clark, General in South Carolina landed Tuesday evening for the final two days, True Grits Tour of Southern Unis, while Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut also received its name on the first ballot. Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton the priest of each campaign offices open on Tuesday in the capital city of Colombia.

This year, on the appointment of compressed timetable, several candidates see South Carolina, the signing of the September vote on the rule on February 3, that the key to stop Dr. Dean’s momentum. For Dr. Dean, South Carolina - in collaboration with Arizona and New Mexico, the vote will take place the same day - is an occasion of the appointment imprison ago.

General Clark grew up in Arkansas, said the southern part of its heritage of values, including”,” patriotism, faith, family and integration, as he fought in Charleston, Memphis, Nashville and Savannah, Ga., on the second day of the Tour of Southern States.

The size of his crowds have grown steadily, as it is conducted in the south and raucous a quantity of more than 300 people eingekeilt shoulder to shoulder the state Democratic headquarters in Nashville, to salute.

At each station, on Tuesday, he recites a long biographical sketch in southern symbols and little time on the endgültigen”G”in words such as housing, and help improve it. He noted that as a boy, he said that the promises of Allegiance every day at school, we felt hinzufügen”und.”He told to go to Sunday school and vocational training Baptist Union.

”And my stepfather me, and we went hunting and fishing every weekend,’’said General Clark.

At Memphis, he said:”It is difficult to talk about family values when it comes to 8.8 million unemployed in this country.”
Mr. Lieberman, in his last planned trip South before the New Hampshire primary to Jan 27, said Wahl”präsentiert a clear choice between George Bush, at one end and Howard Dean on the other side,”and proposed as a moderate alternative.

”I am the man in the mainstream, los building from the values of Main Stream, in possession so dear to South Carolina and across the country,”he said in Colombia.

Even Mr. Gephardt, campaigning concerts in New Hampshire, South Carolina spoke of a conference call to attack Dr. Dean, an appearance in almost every day of the Democratic race.

”I believe that if voters in South Carolina, what I have done in the areas of trade, what makes Howard’s, in the areas of trade, I will win a large portion of votes and I will win, Carolina South,”Mr. Gephardt said, citing Dr. Dean’s support of international trade agreements in the 1990’s. He un”11 hours, transformation and is now saying what I said for 15 years. Well, you can not change that registration fast, and I think people are going to see the invisible.

Myrtle Beach, SC (AP) _ fear, and sometimes forward, thousands of people fled before Hurricane Floyd sank back to South Carolina’s coast Thursday, that most of the damage caused by the blustery storm was minimal .

They follow each other as early as 6 pm on U.S. 501 here and expects Dir Jim Hodges to raise for its evacuation.

“I hate. I know that my house is in order,” said Tedd impatient Capp.

The inhabitants were in this direction. As Hurricane Fran and Bertha in 1996, last year, Bonnie and Dennis earlier this year, this tourist city has been spared another full results.

Floyd turned at the last minute, instead of the fall in the country about 3 hours near Wilmington, NC The winds were reduced to 110 km / h _ a Category 2 storm rather than monsters of the category 4 with winds 155 km / h was only a day before.

Authorities death on a Floyd. Poor visibility of wind-rain probably contributed to the death an accident Nancy Eiler, 56, York County Coroner has said. And six people were taken to hospitals Charleston monoxide poisoning carbon electricity producers , Officials said.

With midmorning, sunny, blue sky, Hodges, all clearly and Interstate 26 on a One-Way-to-noise ratio back to the coast.

Noting the criticism, he snorted that the safeguards of the highway Tuesday after his mandatory evacuation before the storm, the governor is moving quickly to ensure that all four lanes of the highway could be used refugee position at home.

Interstate 26 was again normally until midnight Division Public Safety Sid Gaulden spokesman said.

In many cases, they are at home has obscured flooded homes and neighborhoods.

A declared a body corporate, almost 340000 customers were without electricity as wind stormed to 80 km / h at Charleston and 71 km / h at Myrtle Beach. With 11 hours Thursday, estimated at 85000 does not yet have electricity, said the company.

The National Meteorological Service said as much as 16 inches of rain fell in the Myrtle Beach Area all day Wednesday and Thursday morning, while 46000 people huddled in shelters and thousands more in hotels as far away as Tennessee. More than 4 inches is down Charleston.

Water was 3 meters deep at the position 501 U.S. Myrtle Beach and a few shops were flooded and motels.

From the air, located down dozens of streets and small patches of the U.S.-17, the main axis north-south road from Little River in Charleston, have been associated with brown water. The floods have caused damage of more wind She went farther south.

Jim Cook has his red kayak and paddled Myrtle Beach in front of his apartment three blocks from the beach. At midnight Wednesday, Cook said, “The water is coming as madness.” Until Thursday morning, he had 3 inches of water on his carpet and 3 feet on the terminal.

Flooding also required Capp, and many others by rushing back to their neighborhoods. “It is to convince people not evacuate next time,” he said as traffic piled on the highway.

More floods. The Waccamaw River near Conway, completed at the end of Floyd, it is expected that the peak to around 17 metres of next week, the record of over 13.4 feet.

Still, compared to what he might have been, (damage) very easily, “said Wes Blanchard, director of Berkeley County’s Emergency Operations Center.

According to preliminary estimates by the Institute’s information assurance, insured that the damage could reach the status of at least $ 25 million. In the end Thursday, the state of large insurance companies reported a total of treatment from 3000 to 4000, the right to an average of $ 5000 each, said Allison Wright, a spokesman for the South Carolina Insurance News Service.

On North Myrtle Beach, Cherry Grove Pier has been divided into two parts.

Charleston County emergency officials said damage to buildings, it may, on a level of $ 10 million, remains well below nearly 6 billion dollars due to Hurricane Hugo jumped in the state 10 years ago.

County Building Carl Simmons said the director of fallen trees on the roofs of about 30 houses.

Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., observes Hugo devastated much of his city, was happy to cross a few cases of damage most often this period _ downed trees and electrical son, parts fell on a building of two trucks and a downtown house abandoned, collapsed. Some boats were damaged and thrown around the Patriots Point Marina.

Raleigh, NC - Capital Investment Companies, one of the largest independent providers of financial services and brokerage firms in south-east of the country, expanding its presence in South Carolina about their rapid expansion programme Community Banking, Bank Capital Partners. More recently, corporate capital investment was Cornerstone National Bank, headquartered in Easley, SC

“Capital, increased demand on the site of the banks’ financial services within the Community and to satisfy this need, we have a program in Georgia and South Carolina,” said Richard K. Bryant, Chairman of investment companies. “Community banks know their customers want simplicity and convenience offers a wide range of financial services, all under one roof, and we are ready, In-House expert team to help their clients. We will continue to develop and expand our community to reach all banks south-east USA in the coming years. ”

Capital Investment Companies “, the leaders of these innovative combinations, which complements the financial services of the Community in the banks. Throughout the south-east of the country, they are currently maintaining a dozen different relationships. Offer corporate investment securities of a bank by the Bank program through the provision of services, including traditional brokerage, fund management, investment banking, insurance and estate planning, trusts, no-load management investment funds, pension and mortgages, and the creation of a community. This program provides participating banks resources, knowledge and tools Improved relations with customers, increased revenues and expansion of marketing and brand awareness.

Cornerstone National Bank’s operations began eight years ago and operates three full-service banks Easley, Piedmont and Greenville, SC Corner Stone was born on the ground, a strong banking relationship is based on solid advice, Properly designed banks of options and a genuine obligation Customer Service none.

Rob Eades, investment companies in Corner Stone National Bank. Eades is indigenous Pickens County and lived in Easley, SC for 25 years. He has 15 years experience in financial management, six of whom were directly in the banking business. Eades is a graduate of Clemson University and he has his series 7, 24 and 65 licenses. Catherine Manuel is the director of the Bank Capital Partners and the partnership with Cornerstone National Bank.

Investment companies, cooperation with other banks in the community to improve the banking experience for all customers. You have a partnership with Cornerstone Bank, headquartered in Wilsonville, OR, Capital Bank, based in Raleigh, NC, Long Leaf bank which is headquartered in Rockingham, NC, Lumbee guarantee which is headquartered in Pembroke, NC . Crescent State Bank, whose headquarters is based in Cary, NC, East Carolina Bank, headquartered in Greenville, NC, North Bank, based in Raleigh, NC Waccamaw bank which is headquartered in Whiteville, NC, First Federal Savings Bank of Dunn, NC, headquarters of the Bank of South Greensboro, Ga. and the community of South Bank which is headquartered in Easley, SC investment companies to continue working with community banks in the south-east, to bridge the gap between banks and investments.

The financial sector is relatively worrying escalation Wednesday in memory on Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke contributed to confirm some fears have been plaguing corrosive that the market of late, even when he expressed some optimism in the U.S. economy the future.

In preparing for testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke said that its prospects “, provides an improved image” - the perception of economic power on the heels “, a period of slow growth” - contrary to forecasts of recession issued by a number of analysts. However, he warned, the possibility remains that “the housing market or the deterioration of the labour market is perhaps to a certain extent to that which is currently projected that credit or conditions more far to strengthen. “It means that, if necessary, the Fed, interest rates still further to 225 points since the September dumping.

Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson agreed that this “difficult period of transition”, an adaptation of slow growth, not contraction, amid a flood of hope, intonation in the economic future of the country. He referred in particular to plan the discount policy, that President Bush signed yesterday, in law, giving each taxpayer at least $ 300 each, and the federal government measures aimed at stemming the tide of foreclosures on Subprime - Hypothekarkreditnehmer, have not been able to maintain with its payments.

“I have confidence in our markets,” said Paulson. “You have periods of stress in the past, and they are still doing so.

The NYSE Financial Sector Index responds to declining 94.4 points, or 1.3% to 7449.95. The Amex Securities Broker Dealer and the Nasdaq 100 index is made similar Financial.

In borrowing according to the deepening of the Saga Insurance, New York Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo, he said, could allow these companies on the division between the two companies - a surveillance of municipal bonds and all other parties the company healthy, “and other” problem “how Structured Finance - Dinallo’s ready to explanations on the House Financial Services subcommittee on capital markets. “We can not allow the millions invested by the Americans, in which what was a low investment risk of losing money, because excess Subprime” said Dinallo.

Bond as the insurer MBIA and Ambac MBI ABK have suffered enormously over the past few months as Subprime loans and capital resulting from lower levels of danger decisive Triple-A placement in major credit rating agencies. Dinallo, but stressed that his interest in the rescue of these companies is not for herself, but on the protection of policyholders of the first and second broader markets and the economy. ”

By the testimony of the loan, Dinallo also said that the government bailout is not currently planned, but he stressed that affirmative action invitation Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A open a new insurance company Bond held in New York and approval MBIA capital - Increase the plan “in record time.”

During the last trading day, MBIA increase of 48 cents actions have been or 4.1% to $ 12.12. Ambac by 6.3% to $ 9.96, XL XL Capital has been ticking down 7 cents to $ 38.48, and XL Capital Security Assurance Affiliation SCA was 8.2% to $ 1.67.

On the mortgage insurance Front, FRE Freddie Mac announced that it temporarily change their eligibility rules for private mortgage insurance on 1 June, so that enterprises authorized to “attach more premiums’ insurance to pay current debts and build its new capital base. ” Freddie shares fell by 3% to $ 28.29.

As a result of this mortgage insurers MTG MGIC shares were 1.4% on the addition $ 12.79 per day, having lost considerable ground in a bigword fourth quarter loss, SMEs and SMIs won 1 , 4% to $ 7.34. But Radian RDN, the report should be the result tomorrow morning, renounce 5.3% to $ 6.94 in the last trading day.

In conclusion, Swiss bank UBS UBS confirms that it has taken a loss in the fourth quarter, as it has already warned he would do during the last month. The actual deficit, which comes a year before to win, was approximately 11.34 billion dollars (12.45 billion Swiss francs) - a hair better than UBS in January estimate of $ 11.38 billion, on the basis of recent rate conversion. Deutsche Bank UBS downgraded to maintain a buy. Glissa from 7.1% to $ 34.35 on the NYSE.

In addition, the decline in revenue was disappointing New York-based Signature Bank SBNY, South Carolina Cash Advance America Outfit advance AEA San Francisco and Thomas Weisel Partners, broker TWPG. The shares fell 7.5% as a minimum per piece.

And in fact 1.2% or more were BSC Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, GS, LEH Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley MS, Keefe Bruyette helm after 2008 Earnings Estimates in the four agents, according to the average.

Bear Stearns, for its part is new with China Citic Securities based on the conditions of banks October Cross-participation process, after the “Financial Times”. The revised plan is much to stomach’s ultimate individual banks in other institutions to reflect the mutual dramatically burglary, bears and Citic, since the deal was signed for the first time.

Elsewhere, regions Financial RF announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Al Yother, in retirement from 1 April are replaced by former Wachovia WB Executive Irene Esteves. The shares were 57 cents, or 2.4% to $ 23.02.

On the lighter, Virginia-based Amerigroup insurers AGP Hit Thomson Financial Analyst’s growing expectations of fourth quarter revenues of $ 31.1 million or 57 cents per share, and lifted its guidance, 2008 net profit of 13 cents from $ 2.58 A share and $ 2.73. And Fellow of the Insurance Corporation Unitrin UTR, which is headquartered in Chicago, was excellent at Morgan Keegan. Shares were 2.2% on adding $ 37.40 and 2.6% to $ 36.47, respectively.

Sumter, SC - jobs in manufacturing were scooting aufgeschreckt the door, like cats and prospects for the moment not look good. Schools are not what many people would like to continue to increase gas prices and considering Iraq, the army is not as attractive to young people.

So if Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has fallen here for the poor on this page a city poor in a poor condition, peddling hope and change, it seemed quite well Jarren Johnson.

And if Obama’s top rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former president, began much like you can not pay the rent with hope and, like its vision of a united America was naive and, as the vote would be to “roll the dice,” it seemed quite bad.

“This is based on a Christian city. We live by faith and hope,” said Johnson, 23, Obama heard of this week to muck mostly in a gym at South Sumter’s shopworn. “The economy is literally, that is all we have. All the jobs went overseas.”

Alana Carter, 34, a slight mother of two children with a voice of XXL, said it became clear that President Clinton has tried recently to stimulate his wife in dishing Obama, Obama is no is not really ready to be president.

It was he not to buy. “Anything he had to tell me is hope. We need a vision.”

Obama has always been the occupation is not as a black candidate, but as a candidate who happens to black. And for the most competitive difficult for the current Democratic primary campaign in South Carolina, the first of a significant black voters, the race is not much on a subject.

But it has always been a reality, and angry questions have ignited amid a flood of Clinton and Obama attacks against attacks during the last week of the campaign. The new polls show support for Clinton and Obama flagrant breach of the race, lines, how they are going to choose today, Bill Clinton, has lost most blacks support it had two months ago .

Some leaders of the Democratic say you are very concerned about the consequences of his party in November, if the race gap between Clinton and Obama continue beyond South Carolina, especially if the candidate Bill Clinton.

Afro-Americans are of crucial importance for the democratic coalition, alienation, even a small fraction of them could fall in the general election.

Jack Bass, an expert on southern politics at the University of Charleston, said he was surprised by Clinton “aggressive tone. He and other analysts question the wisdom.

“The blacks and black voters in general, is to react differently than most whites, what they see as Slights, because they are seeking from another historical perspective,” said Bass.

“I am sure that many ideas were received in Clinton in the campaign. But it seems to me that everything that has value of the tactical situation, I think that the campaign would be very prudent in the strategic perspective on the impact of black voters perhaps for the parameters later, especially with regard to participation election.

Nobody’s Clinton laid the camps racism. But fairly or not, many black voters and politicians say they are taking the attacks on Obama personally. The legend of the Nation’s Top Black political leaders as unfit for the White House, Clinton opposed the idea that all African Americans is ready to lead the country.

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In a rural community Center in Kingstree, SC, packed, often with the elderly and middle-aged black voters, a black man, identified as a local pastor and President Clinton declared Wednesday night that Obama can not not win, because “America is not ready for a black president. “I hope y’all hear what I say,” he said. Many klatschten.

Clinton said he hopes he is wrong. He said Obama has tremendous opportunities and pledged to help when he wins.

But Clinton was: “I think Hillary would be a better president. I think it is more selectable for a variety of reasons. We try to one shown here in America, where nobody votes against you because of your race or your sex. But since this is the first time. … Moi, why it is so difficult to move past for the first time. ”

This is exactly the kind of talk that the Czech State Todd Rutherford steamed.

“We are not too sensitive,” said Rutherford, 37, a black Democrat and Obama signatories represent, Colombia, the country’s capital. “But I think we are more capable of recognizing subtle tactics that people use to tear Afro-Americans.

They are always happy to cock fighting in the South Carolina backwoods but also fans of this sport were prepared bloody resistance to scratches and demolition as John McCain and George Bush has received all the others on the path of the first election of ‘yesterday.
South Carolina everyone survives to fight until death to another day. But as they go in this direction of the large cockpit Make-or-break-US, Bush and McCain are steeling and manage their campaigns exploded in different directions. They now threaten impact on the Republican party, except in a trial of strength between the (Bush) and people (McCain).

Most polls in South Carolina has shown, George Bush, the clarity of the choice of Republican voters. National, it remains a favorite among Republicans close. But some primary colors, including South Carolina are “open”, meaning that the voter registered a party (and independent) can vote on parts borders, as they wish.

In South Carolina - as well as in other, larger, primary colors coming - McCain was overwhelming favourite with non-Republicans. Each candidate, both in South Carolina and nails to bite competition, another choice is fighting for the same position.

Bush is fighting now - as he struggled South Carolina - a campaign for a Republican vote Republican for the Republican nomination, the party man and the human system. McCain, however, is already very popular presidential election fight against Bush and Al Gore. Never before primary school local elections go faster at the national level.

While Bush now the heart of the party for the survival and eventual victory, McCain, the two elections of necessity and instinct, the installation of a network are starting to try not only Republican, but all Democrats and Registered independents (Bush called “party crashers’) it can attract Republicans page now and later. senior Democrats have even invited to vote their own McCain in the key primary colors. National-edge, polls show McCain therefore exceed Bush , And proceed from the principle that, when it can continue, McCain - unlike Bush - could trounce Gore in the final phase.

Bush is a personalization of interests, dark powers, which controls the party - but not all - of American society: oil for the most part, large insurance, Capitol Hill, Republican governors statehouse villas, and the anger of fundamentalist Christians . Bush must now retreat and these powers so long as it has new, but no second chance.

McCain does exactly the opposite. He grew up in his populist rhetoric, and promised Friday to “Bring back the presidency of the man.” The so-called “impotence McCain was something else to South Carolina this week: Harder - edges, but also as a “McCain hysteria.” McCain’s final by sweeping the old colonial and revolutionary port of Charleston on Friday was like a rock show.

McCain entered, flanked by his wife Cindy and a phalanx of local basketball-Stars, a crescendo of sound. On the scene, the group was a dramatic silhouette against a large bed back flying the American flag. The beat of the music of Queen’s “We Will Rock You”, as “American Hero” has been established. McCain has a new gesture: it emboutit air with the poor, everyone knows the Vietcong without a penny. has a near identical brightness - people are starting to wonder if it can be a good, if not largely, Mr President.

Mr. Bush has also intensified its action. He unleashed a campaign of junkyard lubricates, often packaged in “push-polling by telephone. In the TV debate with McCain, he was a rücksichtsloser Victor, leaving his opponents votes on events. Inondé with money, Bush needs a message. The press had put his finger on the blur on the details, but it was suddenly the economic situation, the administrator schwimmfähig, Texas frugally taxed, while McCain is low on specifics.

Bush schleuderte of the worst insults to McCain - he is “Clinton” - now try to McCain, a reformer with results … I never said that one of the greatest geniuses, but I’m much more intelligent. I sense, and that is what people want in a guide. ”

His speech has stickigen stretch to McCain style “town meetings like the Barnwell last week, when it comes to all fields over. He called a” One by one, was literally both the volume and transfer, shouting into the microphone and enhancement of its feet: “What am I simply”, he says the best South, “the elderly over recall my record. The man remembered that I Comin ‘with a record outside Washington. ”

But on Capitol Hill, only four of 55 Republican senators have said, for McCain. Senators Emporkömmling mistake, and it is an irony to talk about it, as the White House a McCain work with his own party. McCain has pledged to rewrite the financial rules that the Congress was elected, he went to an improvement of the tax on tobacco, it contravenes the rules of behaviour.

He called veteran of the Budget Committee Chairman Peter Domenici, “a moron” and added that if challenge: “I would not get you a moron, unless you were really a moron. Senator Chuck Grassley is’ jolt a fucking. ” Against all these Bush - even though it has never been in possession of office on the Hill - is one of the family: both the family, entwines Corporate America and the hills, and the family of his father.

Vice President Al Gore and former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley attacked the other documents to vote during their several years in the Congress of USA on Monday evening, with each other defendants backpedaling on a number of issues important to African American majority public meeting Harlem’s Apollo Theater for their 90 minutes of debate.

These two bitterest rivals squared off on police brutality, race, profiling, “affirmative action”, and different judgments meted out Afro-Americans. The two also revived concerns traditional democratic - and staple Gore-Bradley post stumbling block - including the Gun Control, health care and education.

As planned, Bradley attacked Gore for what he sees as his “Congress-Conservative Record” by the duration of Time / CNN democratic debate. However, the vice president seemed not only unfazed by the verbal barrage - he sometimes baited his rival.

Bradley has many projectiles in the Vice-President, and increasingly tried to show that Gore tried, the status of tax schools like Bob Jones University, a conservative Christian school in South Carolina, which bans interrassisch prohibitive, among other things, politics.

For proof, Bradley highlighted five votes from Gore, when he was in the House of Representatives in 1979, Bradley considered to be favourable to institutions such as Bob Jones, who has a more intense since GOP candidate George W. Bush there is a visit to the last Saturday of the Republican primary school in South Carolina.

“I made copies of these votes for members of the jury of journalists to participate in debates,” Steely-eyed Bradley said, directly facing Gore. “I would now like to you, al,” said Bradley, when he has a small stack of papers for the office of Vice President, was only three metres from his own podium.

Gore, firm refused to accept the documents Bradley, said the number 21 years, was not for the tax status of schools of discrimination “, as Bradley was, but rather on the arrest the Internal Revenue Service definition of the institution would be a complaint of discrimination by a quota system.

“It owes this responsibility, if a strong leader, Bradley chastised the vice president.

“You seem a little desperate because you are trying to build,” Gore coup. “It is quite clear.”

“I think we need a strong president, which are not far to the rear of” affirmative action “, said Bradley on a point in the debate.

The charges were “false and funny, Gore said, before lobbing his own grenade Bradley Road.

Bradley, Gore said the tour was guilty of the vote in the Senate, a committee to block some “affirmative action” the application of their minority is located to the issuer. Bradley did his best to portray the indictment, said he felt more radiation outlets should be owned by minorities.

The lead-off, called on activists Al Sharpton, have focused on police brutality and cases of great public Amadou Diallo was shot 41 times by police in New York, while he was on his portfolio.

“Many in our community to live in fear before the bulls and thieves,” said Sharpton. “What concrete steps would you take for an end to police brutality and racial profiling?

Says he was outraged by the incident, Bradley has promised an executive for the prohibition of racial profiling - and how it has needled the Vice-President, why is not it, “Hall to President Bill Clinton’s Office for President, to do likewise.

Most years to put their share of disasters, but a 1989 two stamps, time will be remembered. In the space of less than one month, Hurricane Hugo and the earthquake in California has brought death and destruction widespread opposite ends of the country.

A surprising number of property loss claims, which under the system of dual tragedies. Thousands of cases, there were intense on the claims of emergency: the houses were lost, destroyed property, lives shattered. The aid was needed quickly.

To manage the plethora of claims - 340000 due in South Carolina alone - the adjustment far more than any insurer had parked in any field. If that happens, contact insurers in their Cat (disaster) Teams - outline of these devices across the country, are prepared at the request and spring into action to implement a disaster.

Cat Although most members are veterans of the team in the care of claimants devastated, the fall of 1989 has proved to be the toughest test for many members of the team a career. Three to four weeks of layers of 13 - or 14 hours a day were the norm on both coasts. Electricity, water and phone service were in many areas, the adjustment in force to try to reach any other applicant and settle claims quickly. Cat Some team members have been invited to work these two disasters.

In addition, the need for a copy of the adjustment of personnel Cat teams tense many regional companies on the resources of the devices were disaster does not require support for large slack left them in the disaster. But - as always the case when the team Cat cargo at the forefront of the disaster erlief - it was also a time of camaraderie and education on sustainable human spirit.