The British papers are abuzz about the news that John Major had an affair before he became prime minister. We’re more upset that he was unfaithful to Margaret Thatcher.
Although its tenor was anti-war, Al Gore’s speech on Iraq was a carefully hedged bet. It was written so as to look supportive of military action in the event it takes place and goes well. Now Gore has given another speech, on the economy. Again, he was cagey. President Bush’s fiscal policy, Gore said, has failed and needs to be reassessed. He noted that President Reagan, at a similar point in his presidency, took back some of his tax cuts. Does this mean that Bush’s tax cuts should be undone? Gore didn’t say. On the two most important issues of the moment, the war and the economy, the former vice president—a man who has some claim to being the leader of the opposition—refuses to take a position. Perhaps he will take them by 2004, if anyone still cares.
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