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Another WSJ front-page piece notes that while the current economic differential between the U.S. and the leading Asian economies will amp our trade deficit somewhat, few think the Asian crisis will derail America's current economic expansion--because the other major legs of the economy, like consumer confidence, business profits and government expenditures, are robust.
Not, however, before Johnson's reckless attempt to derail him by reminding delegates of rumors that Joseph Kennedy Sr., while he was ambassador to England, had appeased Hitler.
Skeptics will try to derail it.
However, three factors--which could surface at any time--may derail his ambitions:
Sometimes I put my faith in sectarian rivalries, which helped derail the most recent proposed school-prayer amendment to the Constitution.