A look at my Helium articles will reveal that baseball occupies a big part of my consciousness. I've been a fan since 1945, and that includes a pre-teen, adolescent, and young adult phase when I was able to hear or watch two or three hometown games most days when the Big Apple had the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants. An early dream was to be calling those games as a successor to Mel Allen. After that, a government service career, mostly in Washington, got in the way of intense daily fandom. Luckily, the late 90's Yankee resurgence found me with lots of leisure time to root for Jeter, Rivera, Williams, Cone, and Company. I've followed up my years in government with regular contributions to a magazine and newsletters on federal management issues (see Google for my name). Book reviews I've written can be found at www.shvoong.com under Dave Horn. My other chief pastime is keeping up with my three daughters and their families and doing the interstate and overseas travel needed to see them in person.

Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 US presidential elections 2008: Presidential candidate pros and cons

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Each of the remaining three candidates possesses qualities and experience which would be valuable in executing the office of President of the United States. However, as has been true of all previous contenders for that position, each also has drawbacks which should give pause to voters.

Although the extent of Hillary Clinton's involvement in policy formulation during her husband's Administration is not known, in some areas it was more intense than that of all previous first ladies. While her health care role was most active, she clearly was consulted by President Clinton on a variety of...

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