Matthew Miller, writing in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, says it won't matter whether Bush or Gore is elected, since 85% of the federal budget is spoken for: defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and so forth.

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On Sunday, the New York Times Magazine featured a lengthy piece on the Obama Administration investment in advanced battery manufacturing.

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Sunday's scuffle began with a New York Times Magazine article by journalist Ron Suskind that quoted Bush as saying at a recent private luncheon that he would "come out strong" in a second term ''with fundamental tax reform, tort reform, privatizing of Social Security.

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