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It said there was optimism among Israeli diplomats, who hadn't expected President Hafez Assad to make such a pro-Israel gesture before the Golan Heights were returned to Syria, but skepticism among others who saw it as a psychological tactic to soften up Israeli public opinion into accepting territorial concessions.
In retrospect, then, it may have been not merely a romantic comedy with a little product placement tossed in; it may have been an attempt to soften the ground for AOL's latest acquisition.
It's hard enough to work out a deal already, pundits observe, given that Democrats want to soften the censure resolution while Republicans want to stiffen it.
But a closer look at Bush's comments suggests the opposite: He is concerned that the party looks mean because of its economic policies, and he is using cultural issues to soften that image by projecting Republican "compassion."
The NYT story stresses the inability of congressional Republicans to soften their image post-Newt Gingrich; the Post notes that Bush's policy positions are still solidly conservative, despite Bauer's and Forbes' assertions to the contrary; and the Journal calls Bush's Tuesday remarks his "Sister Souljah moment"--referring to candidate Clinton's successful 1992 strategy of distancing himself from his party's ideological base.