Winners & Losers

Posted By James Forsyth Friday, September 29, 2006 - 10:00 PM Share

Winners

Tony Blair: A masterful speech to his last party conference should allow him to depart at leisure.

German Muslims: They push for the production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" to go ahead, demonstrating a commitment to pluralism that is all too often lacking among Europe's self-anointed Muslim leaders.
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Stereotypes: New Jersey pol corrupt, Virginia pol racist, Florida pol weird.

Kazakhs: They can take a joke even if their government can't.

Creative accounting: Greek economy grows 25 percent thanks to money launderers and prostitutes.

Losers

Rumsfeld: Revelations in Bob Woodward's book will prompt another round of resignation demands. Meanwhile, Baghdad goes into lockdown. Guess stuff just keeps happening.

Magna Carta: Habeas corpus goes into hibernation.

Snoops: HP bugging scandal claims more victims, while candidate for New York Attorney nuclear General is embarrassed by an investigation into whether she spied on her husband.

Nuclear talks: Chatting with Tehran isn't going anywhere.

Neighborly feelings: Afghanistan and Pakistan snipe at each other, Georgia enrages Russia by arresting four alleged spies, and the U.S. Senate is set to fence off Mexico.

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