Filing in federal court in New York--thanks to their Manhattan summits at media-mogul locations like Michael's restaurant--Schonfeld wants Bush to pay damages for allegedly robbing him of the 10% stake in XFTV he says she promised him.

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Harvard economist Martin Feldstein, Stanford University's Michael Boskin and Lindsey are mentioned as possible Bush picks.

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President Bush is now reading Michael Beschloss's excellent history "The Conquerors, " about how Franklin Roosevelt planned Germany's postwar future.

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Michael Gerson, a former Bush speechwriter who's credited with making Darfur a priority at the White House, says it will be hard to make such a force effective.

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He will also try to peg Mr Kerry as a Massachusetts liberal, of the Michael Dukakis variety (Mr Dukakis was trounced by Mr Bush's father in the 1988 election after being branded wishy-washy).

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That said, given the significant evidence that seems to be available already, including eyewitness accounts and video footage, a confession might not be necessary to win a conviction, said Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge and U.S. Attorney General under President George W. Bush.

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