Ariel Sharon suffered a humbling finish to the most bruising week of his prime minstership yesterday with opinion polls charting a deepening disenchantment with the Israeli leadership.
A poll conducted for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, Israel's largest Hebrew daily, showed that 61% of Israelis were dissatisfied with Mr Sharon's performance, and just 38% would give him a passing grade for his handling of the 17-month Palestinian uprising.
White House Watch: Stepford, USA
WASHINGTON - The past week has shown why this country of ours, molded into greatness by melding diverse elements, is in danger of becoming a gigantic monolithic megalopolis that ignores the reality of the rest of the world
Did you get the feeling there were no other athletes at the Winter Games that NBC thought you should watch but Americans?
Did you hear about the federal appeals court decision that all but gives a green light to mega corporations making more mega mergers so that a smaller and smaller number of guys in suits own all the nation's TV stations?
In the "Unresolved Problem" segment tonight, are there any worthy men in the USA? Author Michael Moore has a new book out called "Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation." Of course, the book is controversial and it attacks not only President Bush, but also Bill Clinton, whom Mr. Moore calls the best Republican president we've ever had. Michael Moore joins us now.
Bush's Hopes for Republican to Run California Hit a Snag
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 — President Bush has been careful not to appear to take sides in the Republican primary for governor of California. But when he spotted one candidate, Richard J. Riordan, on his trip here last month, Mr. Bush could not help himself.
"He came up to me and said, `Hi, Governor!' " Mr. Riordan recalled in an interview. "That felt pretty good."
But Mr. Riordan, the former two- term mayor of Los Angeles, is no longer so cheery or confident about his chances, and neither are the White House officials who quietly recruited him to wrest back the governorship of the most populous state.
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