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Entrenchment, Part IV | What's the vice president up to these days? ASK THIS Vice President Cheney is the least likely member of the Bush administration to give up power without a fight. He's also a master of the federal bureaucracy. So what are he and his loyalists up to in the waning days of the Bush presidency? Part four of a five-part series on questions for the twilight of the Bush era. 
Entrenchment, Part V | How far will Bush loyalists go to help McCain win? ASK THIS For administration officials trying to avoid a rollback, the best way, of course, would be to get a Republican elected president. Are they already aiming grants, announcements and visits at swing states? Last in a five-part series on questions for the twilight of the Bush era.
Entrenchment, Part III | The time for a national conversation on pardons is before, not after, they're granted ASK THIS If President Bush pardons members of his own administration in a blatant attempt to avoid judicial review, what would the consequences be to his legacy -- and to the country? Also: Bush's longterm effect on the judiciary. Part three of a five-part series on questions for the twilight of the Bush era.
2008 Elections | Change the economy? Change? How about some specifics? ASK THIS It's time reporters got Obama and McCain to go beyond calls for 'change' and spell out their positions on deregulation, deficits, the plight of the middle class, taxes and energy.
Entrenchment, Part II | Midnight rulemaking, last-minute hires and executive fiats ASK THIS How are Bush officials using their executive branch powers to entrench their policies in the bureaucracy and make it harder for their successors to change course? Part two of a five-part series on questions for the twilight of the Bush era.
Entrenchment, Part I | Do we really expect the Bushies to go quietly? ASK THIS Reporters should be keeping a sharp eye out for things Bush officials are doing to make their policies stay in effect after they leave office. In the first of a five-part series: Putting Iraq on autopilot, risking war with Iran, and purging the military.
Life or death issues | Reporters: Get the candidates to focus on federal safety groups ASK THIS Serious regulators are needed, not lobbyists or industry executives like those Bush appointed. Morton Mintz cites coal mine safety as a case in point.
Afraid of a veto? | The House has moved to protect Medicare. Why won’t the Senate? ASK THIS Judith Stein on the Medicare issues now before Congress, including lavish subsidies for private plans and the status of slashes amounting to 15% in doctors’ fees.
McCain, Obama and Clinton are for it | Is carbon capture the next energy fix? ASK THIS It would be nice if coal could be made clean; therefore, it will be made clean. That’s the coming political logic and we’ll be hearing a lot more about it. But first, writer Joseph Davis has a few questions that need looking into.
| Shifting the health insurance burden ASK THIS In Canada, GM and Ford executives and other business leaders laud single-payer health insurance; in the U.S. support on the CEO level is hard to find. Why?
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