... Their competing positions came after the two senators spoke privately, each trying to portray himself as the bipartisan leader in a time of crisis. McCain beat Obama to the punch with the first public statement. He said he had spoken to President ...

... the two ways to run for president. The Clinton way is to play to the center as a new kind of solutions-oriented bipartisan leader. It worked for Clinton. The Rove way is to raise divisive issues to fire up your base and demonize the other side ...