page A18 THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE At a forum at Columbia University, John McCain and Barack Obama took a break from their increasingly harsh presidential contest to speak with genuine passion about a worthy cause that they both share: engaging more Americans in national service.
At a forum at Columbia University marking the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, John McCain and Barack Obama took a break from their increasingly harsh presidential contest to speak with genuine passion about a worthy cause they both share: engaging more Americans in national service.
What it entails is a journey from one ethos of conflict, the Palestinian one still raw, edgy and angry from the recent violence, to an Israeli one, expressed – most obviously for most – in the harsh rhetoric of political contest.
While the Florida primary contest turned harsh – 68% of the TV ads were negative against Gingrich and 23% were against Romney – the upshot is that it allowed Republican voters, as well as others, to see at long last that Mitt can, indeed, hit hard and land a punch.
As disputes have arisen in this contest, the harshest words out of the Democratic camp have often come from Mr. Lieberman -- a pattern repeated in today's responses to Mr. Bush's energy plan.
The race with the heaviest campaign spending — and the harshest attacks — unfolded in the contest between one-term incumbent Kayser and Rodriguez.
Her sweep of Tuesday's five primary contests was a harsh blow to rival Bernie Sanders, giving Clinton what her campaign manager described as an "insurmountable lead" in the delegate count.
With the nation polarized along party lines and many contests fiercely fought, tight races threw a harsh light on weaknesses in the system, fueling partisan accusations and legal challenges.
Again, the harsh reality of it all was forced home in his opening contest.
