On Sat, 09 May 2009 22:58:29 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 9-5-2009 19:14, Darren New wrote:
>> Chambers wrote:
>>> To me, the fact that everyone pays so much attention to the first 100
>>> days is indicative of a great many of our society's ills...
>> 
>> I think part of that is people asking "how much did he lie to get
>> elected?" The other half is the society's inability to say "I don't
>> know", so anything not accomplished in the first 100 days is a sign of
>> failure rather than a sign of it being only 100 days.
> 
> I though there was also some sort of tradition that the losing party
> should not attack frontally in that period.

Nope, though arguably in the US the Republican party is doing as much if 
not more in attacking other parts of their own party as attacking the 
opposition.

Jim

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