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"DYNAMIC DUO" DEWI-DEWI

"Dewi-Dewi tinggal dua. Tetapi mereka menjadi lebih heboh dan seru. Mereka menyingkap sisi-sisi personalnya hanya untuk Anda… Grup vokal yang dibentuk Ahmad Dhani dari sebuah acara reality show ini, kini kehilangan Ina, salah satu personalnya. Alih-alih kehilangan, Purie dan Tata mengubah citra mereka, dari trio spektakuler, menjadi duo yang dinamis. Bulan ini, lewat album kompilasi Republik Cinta, mereka meluncurkan penampilan perdana mereka sebagai duet. Masihkah mereka tampil memikat? "


TATA

Bagaimana rasanya kehilangan Ina?
Hmm… Kehilangan sebagai seorang partner begitu ya pasti terasa. Biasanya kami nyanyi bertiga, sekarang tinggal berdua. Seperti ada yang kosong, tapi, tidak perlu dibuat terlalu dramatis juga. Hanya merasa kehilangan saja sih, tetapi tidak sampai parah rasanya. Kalo kita terlalu merasa terlena dengan kehilangan, nantinya jadi tidak fokus dengan apa yang ada di depan. Sekarang bagaimana caranya Dewi-Dewi jadi berdua, tapi tetap OK.

Lebih suka berdua atau bertiga?
Terus terang ya, ada kelebihan dan kekurangannya. Kalau bertiga, mungkin kanan dan kiri ada teman. Lebih seru, lebih ramai gitu, cuma kordinasi juga lebih berat. Sekarang sih saya rasakan hanya berdua dengan Purie, saya merasa lebih enjoy saja. Jadi lebih fokus saja pada satu orang.

Lantas, tiba-tiba menghadirkan Mulan?
Kalau Mulan, kebetulan lagu “Sakit Minta Ampun” itu ada di albumnya Republik Cinta management. Di antaranya ada single Mulan feat Dewi-Dewi, bukan berarti Mulan menggantikan Ina. Hanya idenya management untuk membuat konsep yang seru untuk album Republik Cinta.

Kalau Mulan, she’s like a huge star now, tidak takut overshadowed by her image?
Sebenarnya bagaimana ya? Kita kan satu managemen, kalo mau dibilang numpang beken, ya tergantung orang memandangnya seperti apa. Yang penting kita sama-sama berkualitas, Mulan punya kelebihan di situ, ya sama-sama bisa menyanyi, sama-sama punya kelebihan. Jadi saya pikir kalo disatukan bagus, ya mengapa tidak? Bukan berarti numpang beken gitu, tetapi kalau itu imbasnya ya terserah.

Apa hal terberat menjadi Dewi-Dewi?
Tiap orang kan punya rasa egois, ingin punya keinginan sendiri-sendiri. Bukannya berat ya, tetapi di sinilah kita musti mengesampingkan ego. Apalagi kalau mau jujur, sifat asli saya mungkin bisa dibilang emosional atau mungkin agak sensitive. Nah kalau berada di satu grup begitu, grup vocal, dengan pikiran yang berbeda, kan saya harus bisa mawas diri, harus toleransi, saling pengertian dan saling memahami. Awalnya susah sekali mengerti orang lain, tetapi itu ya ada hikmahnya, membuat kita jadi sabar.

Hal terbaiknya?
Banyak banget terbaiknya hahaha… Di Dewi-Dewi saya mengenal karakter vocal saya sebenarnya, pokoknya saya berterima kasih pada Ahmad Dhani. Ya gini, mungkin kalau suara orang tidak ada yang bisa mengubah, tapi kalau karakter, baru saya temukan di Dewi-Dewi. Kebetulan Dhani yang mengarahkan karakter suara saya. Tuhan menciptakan kita kekurangan dan kelebihan, dan jadikanlah kekurangan kita menjadi kelebihan kita… Dhani suka bilang, “jangan sembunyikan suara serak-serak kamu…”. Saya baru sadar, sebelumnya saya selalu sembunyikan suara serak saya. Sampai saya berdoa, kok suara saya kayak begini banget? Saya jadi selalu menyiasatinya dengan menggunakan falsetto, nah ketika bergabung di Dewi-Dewi, Mas Dhani yang suruh saya keluarkan suara serak saya dan ternyata itulah kelebihan suara saya!

Selain Ahmad Dhani, dalam hidup kamu, adakah pria lain yang berarti? Selain orang tua?
Banyak kok… Pastinya adalah. Biar itu jadi rahasia saya! Hahaha… Ya pasti banyak orang yang mendukung saya dari belakang…

Kalo pembaca Popular ingin dekat dengan kamu, apa yang musti mereka lakukan untuk bisa membuat kamu paling sedikit tertarik?
Bersikap charming kali ya...

Define charming!
Orang ganteng banyak, gagah banyak. Tetapi orang yang kharismatik itu bagaimana ya? Itu susah dijelaskan dan saya lihat laki-laki dari situ, tidak perlu ganteng tapi kharismatik.

Apa pengorbanan terbesar yang siap kamu lakukan untuk pria yang kamu cintai?
Sebenarnya kalo orang benar-benar sayang, tidak perlu pengorbanan besar, itu semua berjalan dengan sendirinya saja. Misalnya saya berhenti nyanyi, itu bukan pengorbanan, kalau memang saya memilih keluarga lebih penting daripada karir.

Sejak pertama kali muncul, Dewi-Dewi selalu menunjukan keseksian a la Dewi-Dewi. Tidak terganggu dengan hal itu?
Sebenarnya kita tidak menonjolkan keseksian ya. Cuma mungkin memang perempuan itu seksi kan? Semua perempuan punya sisi seksi. Lantas bagaimana caranya sex appeal itu keluar tanpa cara urakan. Jadi tidak ada yang dibuat-buat agar jadi seksi atau jadi mesum? Selama ini saya merasa tidak ada yang dilebih-lebihkan atau dibuat-buat.

Nah, manusia kan selalu turun-naik mood-nya. Kalau kamu baru bertengkar dengan pacar 10 menit sebelum manggung, tapi di panggung tetap musti tampil seksi dan menggoda, apa yang akan dilakukan?
Nah di situlah. Jiwa entertainment terlihat, profesionalitas diuji. Kalau yang saya rasakan selama ini, karena saya sudah lama menyanyi, sudah hampir 10 tahun… Jadi apa yang dibilang orang tentang harus menjaga mood atau apa, kalau sudah naik panggung, saya lupa sama sekali semua masalah. Justru saya kalau sedang bete atau tidak nyaman, saya butuh menyanyi, agar semua hilang, jadi tidak perlu ada trik-trik khusus. Bahkan saya bisa lupa pada sakit saya, waktu itu saya pernah tipus, tetapi sudah kontrak musti nyanyi, akhirnya saya bisa lupa dengan sakit saya! Tetap jingkrak-jingkrak sampai Ina bingung… ”Bukannya kamu sakit?” sedangkan mereka sudah deg-degan. Tapi sakitnya benar-benar tak terasa pas di panggung.

Pantangan terbesar buat cowo? Hal yang paling membuat kamu il-fil?
Kukunya kotor! Hahaha!. Harus bersih! Bau badan juga! Pokoknya yang kotor-kotor secara fisik, rasanya membuat saya sangat jijik. Hahaha!

PURIE

Bisa diceritakan hal terbaik menjadi Dewi-Dewi?
Banyak sekali pelajaran yang bisa saya saya ambil di Dewi-Dewi. Ternyata menyanyi dengan benar itu sulit. Apa yang selama ini saya kuasai, rasanya sama sekali belum sempurna…

Yang mengajar siapa?
Waktu! Yang paling banyak memberi pelajaran adalah waktu! Oo, ternyata begini atau begitu. Apalagi untuk dunia entertainment, ternyata untuk menghibur orang, untuk membuat penonton senang, saya musti begini dan begitu, dan untuk penonton yang lain, saya musti beda lagi.

Hal terberat menjadi Dewi-Dewi?
Apa yaa?...

Yang orang-orang tidak tahu, kalo ternyata berat juga menjadi Dewi-Dewi?
Bangun pagi dan hanya tidur 2 jam itu sangat berat buat saya. Kadang-kadang satu hari bisa tampil sampai 3 kali, kemudian besok paginya sudah harus stand by di airport.

Kehidupan personal kalian kan jadi minim, rasanya bagaimana?
Saya kan di Jakarta sejak mulai kuliah. Jadi, sementara ketika saya cuti kuliah ya tidak masalah, karena keluarga saya juga jauh, di sini saya tinggal sendiri bersama adik saya, supir dan pembantu, sesudah itu tidak ada masalah.

Kalo soal ketenaran, seandainya tampil solo, orang-orang akan kenal Purie, sekarang orang kenalnya cuma Dewi-Dewi dan kadang suka tertukar, menurut kamu bagaimana?
Tidak masalah, menurut saya begini. Seseorang yang mau menjadi penyanyi solo terkenal, apalagi dengan kemampuan yang baik, ya harus melalui tahap yang seperti ini dulu. Ini tahap ujian dan pelajaran. Buat saya kalau sekarang harus berpikir untuk solo, saya masih berpikir 2 kali, mampukah saya? Karena saya juga tidak bisa seenak jidat saya,”Aah jadi solo ah…”. Itu sulit lho bebannya, bertiga saja, yang istilahnya bebannya dibagi 3 saja sulit, apalagi sendiri.

Tapi kamu sendiri punya personal obsession atau tidak?
Ya pastilah, semua orang yang jadi penyanyi pasti ingin jadi solo ya. Cuma di sini saya masih menerima dan berkomitmen dengan Dewi-Dewi. Menurut saya, ini saya masih dalam tahap pembelajaran, masih jauhlah.

Kok sepertinya tidak yakin dengan kemampuan diri sendiri??
Bukannya tidak yakin, tetapi masih banyak yang musti saya cari lagi… Entah itu cara bernyanyi, entah itu cara entertain. Masih banyaklah…

Selain karir musik, masih ada personal obsession lagi?
Itu sih, saya sampe lulus S1 saja dulu.

Mengejar kuliah?
Iya, kuliah!!! Hihihi… Karena ayah saya sudah mengatakan, ”terserah deh kuliah selesainya mau kapanpun. Mau dari manapun, yang penting saya minta ijazah kamu!” Karena kalau tidak begitu, saya tidak dapat izin kawin… Hahaha...

Seorang Purie masih membutuhkan ijazah S1 untuk menikah?
Kalau untuk ayah saya, saya kan tetap Purie anaknya, bukan Purie penyanyi. Hahaha…



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"FULL OF GRACE" TYAS MIRASIH


"Setahun terakhir ini, wajah cantiknya kerap muncul dalam sinetron, video klip, sampai berita-berita gosip. Kini, Tyas menampilkan sisi lainnya hanya untuk Anda. Mirasih Tyas Endah atau popular dengan Tyas Mirasih, adalah model, presenter dan bintang sinetron. Karirnya melejit saat menjadi finalis Gadis Sampul 2002, dan beberapa kali tampil sebagai model sejumlah video klip seperti Demi Waktu dan Seperti Yang Dulu milik grup band Ungu. Disusul kemudian lagu milik Baim, Seperti Yang Kumau dan lain-lain. Tyas juga terkenal sebagai bintang sinetron. Sinetron berjudul Teman Tapi Mesra, Sepatu Kaca dan Cinta Itu Ngga Buta, di antara judul yang pernah dibintanginya. Tyas Mirasih memang penuh pesona. Di balik usianya yang masih sangat belia, talentanya bagaikan magma yang siap meledakan dunia entertainment Indonesia. Tetapi ada banyak hal yang masih menjadi obsesi bagi Tyas Mirasih, selain ingin menjadi penyanyi dan DJ, juga mencari pria yang setia… Hmm… Berani mencoba? "

Bisa ceritakan proyek-proyek terbarunya?
Masih shooting sinetron stripping “Serpihan” untuk Astro TV, tetapi sudah hampir selesai. Selanjutnya sudah ada rencana FTV dan persiapan film. Tetapi belum banyak yang bisa diceritakan dengan kedua proyek terakhir ini, yang jelas bulan Juli baru mulai shooting.

Jadi aktivitas yang disukai sebenarnya yang mana? Model atau aktris?
Saya sih tidak berusaha memilih. Selama masih bisa enjoy melakukan beberapa hal sekaligus, ya jalani saja. Kalau disuruh memilih, saya jadi bingung. Menjadi model itu fun sekali dan saya sekali suka akting.

Mana yang lebih enjoy dilakukan?
Mungkin akting, karena lebih intense aktivitasnya ya. Kalau modeling kan sejauh ini hanya selingan.

Tidak ingin sekalian terjun jadi penyanyi?
Saya ingin sih, tetapi ingin les dulu. Kalau saya jadi penyanyi, saya maunya memang dengan bakat yang sudah diasah. Banyak sih yang bilang bahwa suara saya cukup berkarakter saat nyanyi dan saya juga suka menyanyi. Jadi kalau ada waktu jeda sedikit, rencananya saya ingin mulai kursus menyanyi. Tetapi saya juga masih belum terlalu PD sih. Selain itu saya sebenarnya ingin belajar DJ juga, tetapi sepertinya agak lebih ribet persiapan dan latihannya.

Dalam usia 21 tahun, kamu begini sibuk dan masih kuliah, apa tidak merasa masa mudanya terenggut dunia kerja.
Kebetulan stripping yang saya pilih ini bukannya kejar tayang, jadi kita stock puluhan episode dulu baru ditayangkan, jadi cukup fleksibel produksinya. Memang sih, cukup menyita waktu. Tetapi kebetulan saya sudah terjun di dunia entertainment sejak SD, jadi sudah cukup terbiasa untuk menyesuaikan jadwal main saya untuk pekerjaan. Jadi sekarang apapun konsekuensinya, biasanya sudah siap dihadapi. Malah kadang-kadang kalau sedang kosong saya suka memaksa minta pekerjaan pada manajer saya.

Tetapi sepertinya kamu belum pernah terjebak dalam sinetron kejar tayang gila-gilaan ya?
Belum. Tawarannya cukup banyak, tetapi biasanya saya menerima pekerjaan selalu mengukur kapasitas. Waktu kemaren ditawarkan, saya sudah mulai dengan sinetron serial yang ini, jadi saya tidak berani ambil. Sebenarnya kalau ada tawaran yang kejar tayang, saya siap saja mengambilnya tapi dibatasi cuma satu produksi dalam satu waktu, jadi tidak gila-gilaan. Tetapi sesudah ini, karena mau persiapan film, saya cuti dulu dari sinetron.

Obsesi khusus di dunia akting?
Saya ingin jadi main film. Terakhir cuma jadi cameo di “Tarix Jabrix”. Itu juga senang sekali. Nah, sekarang dapat kesempatan ya semoga lancar dalam produksinya.

Kalau sibuk begini, bagaimana cara kamu having fun?
Hidup saya sih sebenarnya cukup fun, tidak pernah saya bawa bete, meskipun sibuk. Saya tidak pernah kekurangan masa “main-main”, karena saat bekerja pun rasanya fun. Kalau bisa selesai cepat, maka nongkrong dengan teman-teman. Kadang-kadang, sahabat-sahabat saya juga suka mampir ke lokasi untuk menemani saya.

Biasanya apa yang dilakukan untuk killing time, kalau sedang berjam-jam di lokasi shooting?
Tidur. Saya selalu membawa peralatan tidur yang cukup lengkap ke lokasi shooting. Saya tidak terlalu gadget-freak, bahkan telponan dan SMS saja juga jarang. Jadi kalau ada jeda sebentar, biasanya saya langsung tidur.

Banyak pria mengaku terobsesi dengan Tyas, apa rasanya jadi obsesi pria?
Glad to hear that, kalau bisa saya ingin tahu karena apa? Saya orangnya senang menerima masukan dari orang lain dan saya senang melihat diri saya dari kacamata orang lain.

Tidak ada pikiran negatif dengan hal itu?
Tidaklah, namanya juga laki-laki. Saya saja yang perempuan, kalau melihat pria yang ganteng juga suka gemas. Manusiawilah hal itu.

Sebenarnya kalau main-main, sukanya ke mana?
Seringnya nonton bioskop dan makan-makan. Biasanya sih saya sesuaikan dengan jadwal kerja. Di luar itu, suka juga nongkrong di café dan sesekali clubbing dengan teman-teman.

Banyak yang bilang clubbing itu buang-buang waktu dan energi, menurut kamu?
Tidak sih, menurut saya clubbing itu salah satu cara balancing antara waktu bekerja dan waktu main. Kalau di café kan kita cuma ngobrol-ngobrol, kalau di club kan bisa lebih ekspresif dengan dancing. Selain itu, setelah berhari-hari sibuk di dunia kerja, sekali pergi ke club bisa ketemu semua teman-teman dan seru-seruan, malah bisa jadi lebih refreshed. Rasanya berbedalah kalau clubbing.

Pernah ada kejadian lucu di club?
Nggak ada yang aneh sih, tetapi paling sering sih tersundut rokok. Makanya kalau di club, ada teman saya yang merokok, biasanya saya suruh jauh-jauh. Soalnya pas sampai rumah, kadang-kadang baru terasa sakitnya dan terlihat bekas-bekas tersundutnya.

Bukan mau bergosip, tetapi sebenarnya pria seperti apa yang dicari?
Hahaha… simple sih, yang penting setia! Setia itu sepertinya mudah diucapkan, tetapi kalau dijalani dalam sebuah hubungan ternyata bisa sangat sulit. Selain itu, harus bisa dekat dengan keluarga saya dan bisa mengerti pekerjaan saya. Saya orangnya agak keras dan manja, jadi lebih bagus juga kalau dapat yang sifatnya bisa

Harus anak band?
Tuh kan, selalu ada pertanyaan ini, padahal saya baru pacaran dengan anak band 2 kali. Nggak ada patokannya lah kalau soal ini. Saya juga sering dibilang playgirl, padahal sebelumnya saya pernah pacaran empat tahun lho. Jadi biar deh rekan-rekan terdekat saya saja yang mengerti.

Terakhir, kamu sering sekali muncul di infotainment, berapa persen beritanya yang benar?
Pokoknya yang benar itu cuma bagian yang saya bicara sendiri. Kalau bagian narasinya, aduh bisa sangat mengerikan kalimat-kalimatnya dan sangat judgemental. Jadi saya kira, kurang dari 50% lah.



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"KESETIAAN JIWA" DJ DELIZIOUS DEVINA


"Awan gelap seketika bercahaya. Diisi dengan taburan bintang yang gemerlap. Menawarkan sejuta mimpi dan asa. Desiran angin keras yang menampar hingga menusuk tulang rusuk seolah tak terasa lagi. "

Awan gelap seketika bercahaya. Diisi dengan taburan bintang yang gemerlap. Menawarkan sejuta mimpi dan asa. Desiran angin keras yang menampar hingga menusuk tulang rusuk seolah tak terasa lagi.

Sambil berpose DJ Delizious Devina menjawab pertanyaan.

“Seberapa penting cinta seorang lelaki dalam kehidupan kamu?”

“Sangat berarti. Rasanya kita hidup ada meaning-nyasekali. Memang hidup ini sudah ada artinya, tapi akan jauh berarti kalau adaseseorang disamping kita yang disayang sehingga akan membawa aura yangpositif,” jawab DJ Delizious Devina.

Wanita kelahiran Jakarta, 6 Desember ini mengakui bahwa dirinya tak bisahidup tanpa cinta. Mekipun kerap membutakanmata, jatuh cinta turut memberikan kekuatan dan jiwa yang baru bagi wanitaberkulit putih bersih ini

“Sebenarnyabuat saya, love is blind. Cinta itujuga mampu membawa saya merasa ada di dunia lain yang indah, penuh warna warni.Biasanya, kalau sedang jatuh cinta semua jadi indah di mata saya,” ungkapnyasambil mengulum senyum tipis.

Hati yang bertahta masih mencari sang Raja. Dimanakah keberadaan pencurihati yang telah dinanti?

“Cowok yang dekat sih ada beberapa, tapi masih dalam pemilihan. Yang paling pas belum ditentukan,” ungkap jebolanBachelor Graphic Design And Multimedia at Martin College,dan Advanced Diploma in Business Hospitality ini.

“Ada keinginan untuk segera menanggalkan status single?”

“Pastiada. Any time. Kalau saya ketemu dengan cowok yang cocoksaat ini, why not?”

Seorang Devina memiliki beberapa kriteria yangditujukan pangeran cintanya. Adalah sosok pria yang smart, tampan, danpenyayang, yang mampu mencuri hatinya.

“Yang pastiharus smart, dan saya nggak mau muna kalau saya mencari cowok yang cakep dong ya, he…he…he…Saya juga tertarik dengan cowokyang penyayang. Kalau dia sudah smart,berarti dia bisa bekerja dengan baik, kalau penyayang berarti dia mau mengertikita dan menyayangi kita. Gitu aja deh,” jelasnya.

TATAPAN MATA. Loveable, simple, seksi, berjiwapetualang dan bisa dipercaya. Lima kataitulah yang terucap dari bibir tipis Devina mengenai gambaran dirinya.

“Saya itu sangat penyayang dan sangat suka untukdisayangi, he…he…he. Buat saya, kasihsayang dalam kehidupan ini sangat penting sekali,” ungkap wanita yangmemelihara anjing dan ikan. “Aku juga pecinta binatang,” sambungnya.

Namun, karena kesibukannya yang padat dalammenjalani karier sebagai disc jockey professional, saat ini dirinyamemilih untuk tidak memiliki hewan peliharaan terlebih dahulu.

“Tapi kalau sekarang ini lagi nggak punyapeliharaan, karena lagi nggak adawaktu. Dari pada mereka terlantar, mendingnggak usah dulu deh,” katanyamemberi alasan.

Jika cinta tak bersemayam di dada, gundah dangelisah mengguncang sepajang waktu. Bagai pohon meranggas, hati pun menjadikering. Membutuhkan tetes tetes hujan turun ke bumi yang mampu membasahi.

“Kalau sedang patah hati,pasti bawaannya sedih dan murung. Nggak enak. Hidup ini paling enak kalau sedang jatuh cinta,” katanya.

Jika cinta itu memangperlu dikejar, Devina pun tidak menolakuntuk mengejarnya. “Tapi tergantung mood juga, Kalau saya lagi mau mendekati duluan, ya, saya kejar. Tapiterkadang lebih enak untuk dikejar terlebih dulu, jelasnya.

Lebih lanjut pemilik dadaukuran 34A ini mengungkapkan, jika ia tertarik dengan seorang pria, tanpabanyak bicara sosok itu pun akan segera mengetahuinya. “Biasanya sih pihak yang saya minati akan tahusendiri kalau saya sedang perhatikan dirinya. Mungkin dia melihatnya daritatapan mata saya,” tuturnya.

Lihatlah mata ini, makaengkau pun akan melihat cerminan jiwa. Jiwa yang masih kosong tanpa cinta. Menanti sang pujaanhati. Setia sepanjang waktu. Seperti kesetiaan pelangi yang akan hadir seusaihujan.

Menjaga komitmen dalamberhubungan merupakan hal wajib bagi pemilik tubun jenjang ini. Meskipun hatipernah terluka akibat penghianatan dari orang yang dikasihinya, ia tetapmemegang teguh prinsipnya.

“Sudah biasalah diselingkuhi. Tapi buat sayaselingkuh itu sulit. Semua terbagi, mulai dari perasaan, perhatian dan kasihsayang akan kebagi dua. Saya nggak pernahselingkuh. Mungkin karena aku tipewanita yang setia. Kalau sudah satu ya itu aja,” akunya.

Berbicaramasalah seks, pemilik tinggi 171 cm dan berat badan 56 kg ini menandaskan bahwaseks bukan prioritas utama dalam berhubungan. “Tapi lebih buat variasi saja.Seks memang diperlukan sebagai bumbu. Lewat seks kita juga bisa mengenal sosokpasangan kita yang sebenarnya.”

Mata yang tajam seketikamenerawang. Ada sekelebat pengharapan disana. Sebuah mimpi yang ingin segera dicicipi. “Mmhh, mungkin bercinta di lokasi out door, di bawah bintang, sambil mendengar suara angin, menjadifantasi seks saya saat ini”.



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Nama Lengkap : DJ DELIZIOUS DEVINA
Nama Panggilan : Devina
Tempat/Tanggal Lahir : Jakarta, 6 Desember
Pendidikan Terakhir : Bachelor Graphic Design & Multimedia at MartinCollege, Advanced Diploma in BusinessHospitality at Sidney College
Pekerjaan : Disc Jockey
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In an otherwise forgettable season, the shortest player in the NBA gave an unforgettable performance.

By Mark Jacobson

It was Legends Night, and the Knicks dutifully trotted out the old favorites: the hard-driving Richie Guerin, captain Willis Reed, Walt “Clyde” Frazier in his black leather suit, Bernard King, and the great Patrick Ewing—one star from each decade of the team’s deeply checkered history. It is a ritual here, genuflection before the numbers on the rafters, Monroe, DeBusschere, Bradley, and the rest, those fading memories that are supposed to make us forget the team hasn’t won for going on 36 years now. That’s likely why the Knicks offered no one from the current decade, unless you were expecting the exhumation of Stephon Marbury.

Even if Bernard, Patrick, and Willis left the Knicks with no small hard feelings, there was an obvious bond between these men and the fans, a deep reverence for the old club and its hallowed home court. When the Knicks are rotten, “it’s no fun, none at all,” said the once-unstoppable, now-sweating King, who only that morning had been briefly hospitalized for what he called “a precursor to a stroke.”

However, upon the mention of Nate Robinson, the Knicks’ undersize (listed at five foot nine, he seems closer to five-seven) backcourt dynamo, everyone suddenly got happy. “Nate! Nate the great!” said Frazier, breaking into a big smile. “If you ask me, Nate is the most impressive athlete in the league since Allen Iverson. He plays like he’s shot out of a rocket. A pocket rocket!” Willis, after pretending to look around on the floor to see if “little Nate” was down there somewhere, offered a more novel assessment of Robinson’s talents. “It sounds crazy, but he reminds me of Phil Jackson,” the Captain said, speaking of the gangly six-eight role player on the Knicks’ championship teams who went on to coach Jordan, Shaq, and Kobe. “When Phil came in with those arms all over the place, he completely changed the game defensively. Nate does the same thing on the offensive end. The man cannot be ignored.”

Amid the darkness of the season that’s about to end, N8, as he’s called by texters, has been a rare flash of light, a mini-comet across the bleak firmament. There have been little guys in the league before, the near-pygmy Muggsy Bogues, Earl Boykins, Michael Adams, Spud Webb, and the estimable five-nine Calvin Murphy, who backed down from no one. Useful players all, but none of them were athletes like Robinson. Everyone has their favorite N8 YouTube move, the incredible double-pump dunks, the way he literally jumps over people. But none of these feats quite matches the cosmic block on the seven-foot-six-inch Yao Ming in 2006.

“Yeah, the Yao one has to be in there,” said Robinson as he sat in the Knicks’ locker room slathering Vaseline on his surprisingly stumpy body. He’s built like one of those leg-churning fullbacks, though he was cornerback for part of college before giving himself over completely to basketball. That’s where “the jump” comes from: the legs, said Robinson, slapping his tree-trunk thighs, “that’s how I got up over Yao.” Robinson regards the block as his greatest moment, because “it was in a game, in the heat of competition. People think Yao was just standing there and I snuck up on him. That’s not right. Look at it. We’re face-to-face, and Yao’s jumping. He’s off the floor. Seven-six and off the floor! But I got up there.”

Tell N8 what the old Knicks have been saying about him and he gets all humble. These were tremendous compliments, he said. “Because, you know, I really look up to those guys.”

Only a few days before, Robinson was looking up at himself. The Garden had rounded up the usual press suspects for the unveiling of a huge new sign at 34th and Seventh, which Robinson, it was said, would be seeing for the first time. And there he came, ambling up Seventh Avenue with his entourage: his mom, his girlfriend, and his two sons, Nahmier, 4, and the 2-year-old Ny’ale. In his black, baggy athleticwear, the 24-year-old Robinson could have been anyone else, since it is only on the basketball court that a five-nine person looks like a Lilliputian.

“Check it out, Nate,” someone screamed. N8 turned to see what has become his official portrait: a joyously openmouthed flying man set against an infinite background of black, as if he were no longer hemmed in by the apex of his outlandish 46-inch vertical leap or gravity. “Damn,” Nate said, staring at himself writ so large above the midtown din.

“You’re like Godzilla up there, Zilla-Nate!” said a passerby, to which Robinson, a big monster-movie fan growing up in Oakland and Seattle, replied, “Right.” On TV, Clyde Frazier was mellifluously coining new Nate names, energy-intensive sobriquets like “Perc-Can-Nate” and “Caffeine-Nate.” “Zilla-Nate” fit in with that.

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Asia occupies a quarter of the earth’s land mass, it spans a lot of time zones. Having a single travel guide for all of Asia is virtually impossible. Asia like any other continent, has its certain hot spots, here are basic travel tips for a few of the most happening countries in Asia.

Vietnam
The country’s recommended tourist spots are Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, which are both modernized. All tourists in Vietnam, except Thai and Philippine Nationals need a tourist Visa before entering the Country. Health wise, Malaria is prevalent in Vietnam, it would be best to bring with you anti-mosquito lotions to prevent being bit. You Can visit the Vietnam Travel Guideor Vietnam Travel Mall to learn more about vietnam

Indonesia
Aside from the usual prohibition of narcotics and deadly weapons, Radio cassette Players are banned in the Island of Bali, which is a prime tourist spot in Indonesia. Any object with Chinese characters written on it, are also prohibited in Bali.

Thailand
Thai people are very religious and very loyal to the monarchy. You would often see pictures of the king around the cities, never make fun of him. The Thai also consider the head as the highest part of the body, whether spiritual or physical. Refrain from touching anybody in the head, and try not to point at anything with your foot.

Malaysia
It’s best to bring light and cool clothing in Malaysia. You would usually find food stands in the cities selling the local delicacies, “teh tarik” a creamed tea, and “roti canai” a type of pancake, are a must try when you do encounter them. Malaysia has many religions, you would usually see, a variety of Christian churches, Muslim Mosques and Buddhist and Hindu temples may be present in each city.

Philippines
The Philippine has 7,107 islands and islets; beaches are the main tourist spots in the country. There are several museums and Historical Landmarks in Manila, the country’s capital. Boracay Island is the boast of the country which has white sand beaches. You’ll find a “tiangge”, which is a sort of bazaar with stalls that sell almost anything, in most parts of the country, even inside malls. Tiagges are a good place to find souvenirs as well as cheap goods.

General Tips
Each country in Asia has its own currency, although up-end establishments will accept dollars, there are very few of these around. It is best to have your money changed at the local bank. Some hotels also offer money changing, but usually at a lower exchange rate.

Pickpockets are present in most tourist spots, so be careful with your valuables. Separate money from checks and credit cards, have two sets if you can so that you won’t be left dry if you fall victim to a pickpocket.

Choosing Your Best Travel Destination
If you are planning to take a vacation, be sure to know what you really like to do, this will make your trip more meaningful. Mostly, travelers go for a trip that their friends recommend, but is it what they really want? It's never too early to plan and know what your heart desires.

It's nice to ask yourself these questions before starting to plan your vacation; do I want to relax? Do I want adventure or a learning experience? Do I want to get away from my job? Once you know the answers to these questions, then you are ready to plan your trip.

Vacations are needed for our emotional, physical and mental balance. Vacations give a person a chance to relax, renew his energy, and free him from his daily routine. Vacations could be far away or close to home. Wherever the vacation may be, it does the same thing. It is the satisfaction that is more important than the destination.

Generally, there are some different types of travel according to activities involved. Here are some of them:

1. Responsible Travel. Traveling doesn't always have to be self-serving. With responsible travel, one could have enjoyment as much as respecting the local environment and the people.

2. Rediscovering nature. Rediscovering travel is all about nature and everything in it. It revitalizes the soul while smelling and feeling nature.

3. Tribal cultures. In today's world of high technology, it is wise to experience the simpler life of the tribal people who live close to nature in the same way for the past thousands of years.

4. Responsible Diving. Diving not only let travelers appreciate what is down the sea but also making the traveler more aware of the conservation effort.

The country one is planning to travel to also leaves a great mark on the traveler's diary. Here are some of the most popular destinations today:

1. Thailand. Thailand is also known as Siam. It is an Asian country bounded by Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Malaysia. Behind the back draft of Thailand's jungles of bamboo, rubber trees and vines are the Five-star hotels of modern conveniences. In some parts of the country, elephants are still being use to lift timbers and buffalos are still being use in farming.

2. China. China is now the second largest country and fastest growing economy in the world. Most parts of China are still unexplored by tourist; however, the eastern portion is now popular to western tourist. First class hotels now offer highest class of amenities and dozens are still being built/

3. Italy. Italy is a boot-like shape country bounded by Switzerland, Austria, France, and Slovenia. The main attraction of Italy is St. Peter's Square where the Pope resides.

4. Caribbean. Caribbean is an archipelago of islands, 2000 square miles across. Most of the islands are plateaus and eruptions of underlying mountain systems. It has nice beaches of crushed coral and white or pink sand and the water at the shore is a deep blue.

The success of any vacation will not depend by how much the traveler spent or its destination. It is how the traveler enjoyed it and how he was able to achieve his primary goal of "getting away from it all."

How to Survive While Traveling

In one way or another, aside from the business purpose that some travelers pursue, traveling is known to be one outlet for the adventurous aspect of a lot of people. Sure, traveling can be one heck of a fun activity. However, one is never sure on what untoward incident that can be encountered while enjoying the sights and scenes during the trip.

To avoid getting caught off guard while traveling, here are a few tips to ensure survival while traveling:

1. Know your water.
Ever heard of the traveler's diarrhea? This condition is caused by contaminated water that a foreigner has drunk. Aside from that diarrhea, a list of diseases abound due to contaminated water. To prevent getting any of those water-borne diseases, make sure you boil your drinking water for at least 10 minutes.

2. Milk will do.
Remember that thing they say regarding milk as the complete food? It still is true. As long as you boil it for at least 10 minutes too, like water, it will serve as one of your best sources of nutrition. Local processed milk products may not be safe for your tummy, better opt for a more popular brand of milk product.

3. Vitamins Schmitamins.
Bringing vitamins will help in warding off many of the diseases that an unguarded (with resistance-building supplements) person may be so prone to. Multivitamins can be more convenient to bring than separate vitamins for various needs.

4. Battling extreme temperatures.
Doing one's homework before going to any foreign country will save one from a lot of trouble. These troubles may include temperature or weather induced inconveniences. An online consultation will inform one what to bring to gear up against any problem that may be caused by the weather or temperature.

If you are to go to one of the warmer spots of the world, your luggage will benefit a lot since you don't have to bring a heavy and thick wardrobes. Now if you are about to visit a place like Antarctica, one tip is to choose well your clothes so as not to stock up much on those that you will not be using that much.

5. Taking care of your skin.
Don't forget your bottle of moisturizer if you're going somewhere cold. A sunscreen will be very indispensable too. A lotion or anything that will ward off insects is one must-have that should never be overlooked either. One best advice that is applicable too even when you're not traveling that much is to avoid getting sun exposure as much as possible.

It is not usually wise to be traveling during holidays as these are the times when almost every other person in the world is traveling. It is of course best to plan ahead or book ahead and go to your destination early to avoid all the hassle but if you’re one of those last minute people or probably one of those who can’t really avoid it, you should follow the next few tips for a better journey and maybe a cheaper stay.

- Holiday travel packages were never made with only one person in mind; no two people are alike, keep this in mind because the agencies that packed them have kept these in mind, use this fact to haggle your way into cheaper or sometimes better deals. Even if there are ready made packages, you can ask for extra perks especially if you’re staying for more than a week.

- Be careful of travel agents. Travel agents may give you the best deal for your package, which normally include airfare, lodgings and transportation, but a really good agent can be really flexible. One example would be if you want a rental car for the first half of your trip but you want to get rid of it by the second half, a good agent can arrange this for you, sometimes for a cheaper price.

- Be sure that the package you want is available, you don’t want to get pulled into something that ends up being sold out, some people give out too-good-to-be-true packages which end up being “sold out” in the end, so before you make a deal or transfer a morsel of cash, make sure that it is still available.

- Be sure to know exactly what airline and route your taking, you won’t want those unpleasant layovers which can be a real pain, not to mention delay your schedule.

- A good sign of a good package is one that is very flexible, as said before, no two people are alike, and a good package should reflect that, it should allow you to choose between destinations, as well as brands and lodgings without changing the price. A choice in which rental car to take is also a sign of a good package.

- Finally, it’s good to ask for discounts that you might get if you do certain stuff, like stay in the hotel for more than a week, or sign up on the internet instead of by phone. Research first before you cough up the money for down-payment; make sure you’ve exhausted all possible discount generating ways before you decide on a package.

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By John Heilemann

The morning before John McCain’s sprightly turn on Saturday Night Live on May 17, the de facto GOP presidential nominee had breakfast at Sarabeth’s on Central Park South with Michael Bloomberg and his girlfriend, Diana Taylor. This much you may have read in the Post, which reported that the trio consumed scrambled eggs and coffee and left a 20 percent tip. (The tab was picked up by the McCain campaign—which is akin in its degree of absurdity to a homeless guy’s stuffing a $5 bill into Warren Buffett’s pocket.) A McCain spokesman quoted by the Post added that “discussing a vice-presidential slot for Bloomberg was not on the agenda.” But a source close to the mayor informs me that the topic of McCain’s V.P. search was very much on the menu. One of the participants, in fact, came away from the conversation under the distinct impression that Bloomberg is on McCain’s short list.

Speculation about the possibility of Mike for veep is nothing new, of course. It’s been bubbling ever since late February, when the mayor decided, once and for all, not to launch an independent bid for the White House. Yet, by and large, the ruminations have revolved not around Bloomberg’s being McCain’s running mate but Barack Obama’s. The hopemonger has courted the mayor, not only orchestrating a breakfast op of his own but running an important economic speech past Bloomberg before he delivered it. And Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey, as is his wont, has been stoking the flames like some kind of meth-addled pyromaniac. Moreover, according to a friend of mine who witnessed the exchange, a non-Sheekey member of Bloomberg’s inner circle recently told a prominent CEO in the city that Bloomberg’s and Obama’s people held a meeting in April to discuss the former’s suitability to being the latter’s No. 2.

In a presidential year in which the unprecedented has become the commonplace, and in which the political currents swirling around the race keep carrying us into, as the cliché has it, uncharted waters, maybe it was inevitable that the veepstakes would yield a circumstance this bizarre: the presumptive nominees of both parties seriously mooting the concept of teaming up with the same dude. And not just any dude, mind you, but the Democrat turned Republican turned Independent, divorced, Jewish billionaire mayor of our glorious metropolis. The mind doth fairly reel at the notion—and even more so at the fact that it might actually make sense for either of them.

No, I haven’t been smoking anything, but I can see why you might be wondering. The standard calculation around selecting the Tonto for a presidential ticket boils down to narrow electoral math: Who would most enhance the prospects of carrying a crucial state the nominee might otherwise not win? But Bloomberg would do nothing to alter the outcome in New York for Obama or McCain; the blueness of the state on November 4 is a lead-pipe cinch. And, despite his recent flashes of tetchiness toward anyone who annoys him, Bloomberg has inclinations toward moderation and civility that make him an improbable attack dog—the running mate’s traditional role.

So the case for Bloomberg requires you to stretch your mind a bit. But just a bit. It begins with the eminently reasonable assumption that the economy will be the central issue in the fall campaign—an issue neither Obama nor McCain has a solid handle on. Bloomberg, with his entrepreneurial background and his record of financial stewardship of Gotham, would be a boon to either runner in this department, but maybe especially to McCain, whose economic anti-cluefulness is glaring. “The GOP is losing on the economy by 10 to 15 points,” says Doug Schoen, who served as Bloomberg’s pollster in his mayoral runs. “With Mike on the ticket, that gap would quickly, dramatically close.”

Schoen argues that Bloomberg would help McCain in numerous other ways, too. He would bolster McCain in critical swing states such as Florida, New Jersey (a state the Republicans have hopes of putting into play), and Pennsylvania—and also in California, where the McCain–Bloomberg–Arnold Schwarzenegger troika might compel Obama to spend time and money in a state that should be a gimme. He would enhance McCain’s image as a moderate, a maverick, and provide him with a riposte to the charge that he’s a clone of George W. Bush. (Is there any human being on Earth less like Dick Cheney than Bloomberg?) And if the mayor were willing to plow some of his fortune into the race—assuming election law allows it—he would let McCain close or, if he were feeling generous, eradicate completely the vast disparity between the two sides when it comes to moola.

What Bloomberg would bring to Obama’s ticket would be no less significant. If the central doubt about Obama is his lack of experience (and, in particular, executive experience), Bloomberg would provide a degree of reassurance. Picking him would substantiate and reinforce Obama’s message of pragmatism and post-partisanship. And he would go a long way toward mitigating Obama’s problem with Jewish voters, a dilemma brought on by a combination of his association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the nuthouse rumors that he is a closet Muslim, and his willingness to talk to anti-Israel crackpots such as Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Just how serious is that problem? So serious it might put Florida out of Obama’s reach. And Schoen contends it might even give him trouble in states as far-flung and unlikely as Nevada (where the electorate is 3 to 4 percent Jewish—who knew?), Colorado (1 to 2 percent), and Pennsylvania (4 to 5 percent). “For Obama, the question is, how does he get to the states John Kerry carried plus one?” says a Democratic operative. “Given his difficulties in Pennsylvania and Ohio, there’s not a lot of room for error. With Bloomberg on the ticket, Florida is back in play—especially if he’d spend, say, $50 million on Barack’s behalf there.”

For both Obama and McCain, to be sure, there are obvious downsides to pairing up with Bloomberg. A pro-choice, pro-gun-control running mate would only exacerbate the suspicions about McCain on the true-believing right. And the Democratic base would hardly jump for joy at the sight of a plutocratic former Republican (however much of a charade that affiliation always was) hand-in-hand with Obama onstage at the convention in Denver.

More to the point, each candidate has other options that might do more for them than Bloomberg would. Last week came word that McCain would be hosting three viable possibilities at his Arizona ranch for the weekend: Mitt Romney, Florida governor Charlie Crist, and Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal. Each would cause fewer headaches for McCain and add geographic and/or substantive balance to the ticket. As for Obama, Bloomberg would do nothing to remedy his shortcomings in the area of national security. Nor would he be the optimal choice to attract the support of white working-class voters, especially female ones. An arguably more powerful case can be made for Virginia senator Jim Webb, the Scot-Irish former secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan; Ohio governor Ted Strickland; or Hillary Clinton, among others.

The premise of the case for MRB, however, is that vice-presidential nominees rarely deliver much directly in terms of votes, let alone states. “When’s the last time you met someone who based their vote on who the V.P. was?” asks one Bloomberg advocate. The main function of a veep choice, goes this line of argument, is branding. What would say more about Obama’s desire to reach beyond traditional categories and transform our politics? What, coming from McCain, would be more of a declaration of independence from the GOP? “The Republican brand is dead, at least for this election,” says Schoen. “McCain needs to go outside the box, and that’s where Mike lives.”

Given his druthers, which of the two would Bloomberg prefer to get the call from? His relationship with McCain has been longer, warmer, dating back many years. McCain endorsed him for mayor in 2001, long before Rudy Giuliani did; Bloomberg has hosted a book party for McCain and visited him at his ranch. But the mayor also likes Obama, seeing eye to eye with the Democrat on many issues, including Obama’s refusal to pander on the gas tax, for which Bloomberg flayed McCain and Clinton.

The real questions are whether Bloomberg would take the V.P. slot and whether he’d open his wallet in the bargain. Sheekey recently remarked on NY1 that “the mayor has said that he may be too far along in life to work for anyone else.” But the truth is, most people around Bloomberg believe that as long as he was given a real portfolio—“Super Duper Treasury secretary” is Schoen’s suggestion—he’d jump at such an entreaty. His decision not to run for the top job reflected no lack of interest, but instead the conclusion that he couldn’t win. As for the cash, Sheekey has suggested that it would be free-flowing. “Listen, Mike Bloomberg spent $83 million in a reelection simply in New York City,” he said on NY1. If he were V.P., the figure would be “between zero and a billion [dollars].”

The billion-dollar number is ridiculous on its face—a bald-faced attempt to cause McCain and Obama to start panting like a pair of hounds. But the impact of even a small fraction of that would be huge. After all the talk last year about a subway series, Clinton versus Giuliani, it would be pretty rich if the New Yorker who wound up on one of the two tickets turned out to be Bloomberg. But even if he doesn’t, that his name is in the veep mix at all says something important about this election: that both putative nominees realize that voters are yearning for a radical departure from the brain-dead, polarizing, base-driven stratagems that have turned the past several presidential cycles into object lessons in democratic dysfunction.

History will record the Indiana and North Carolina primaries as the events that secured the 2008 Democratic nomination for Barack Obama—and put the final nails in the coffin of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Oh, sure, Clinton intends to finish out the remaining primaries. And she’ll certainly keep pressing to seat the disputed Florida and Michigan delegations. But the harsh attacks on Obama are almost certainly a thing of the past, and the chances of a scorched-earth march to Denver are vanishingly small. Clinton may have pushed things further and longer than some Democrats would have liked. But the notion that she’s some lunatic party-wrecker is the purest dum-dum drivel.

That the primaries in the Hoosier and Tar Heel states proved the scenes of HRC’s demise strikes me as ironic, because they were also the first time all year that she actually found her groove. In high-school gyms, train depots, and fire stations, she turned in performances that were sharp, energetic, and laced through with an antic, even madcap, populism—her vows to “go right at OPEC,” her attacks on Wall Street “money brokers” for their role in causing the recession—that drew whoops and hollers from the working-class audiences to which she was playing. Her staff was exhausted, bedraggled, shriveled; Hillary fairly glowed. “What’s got into her?” I asked one of her advisers in Evansville, Indiana, late on the night before the vote. He smiled and said, “She’s finally having fun.”

The operative word in this remark was finally. For much of the campaign, Clinton’s joylessness, her unhappy warriorhood, was painfully evident. Unlike her husband, who has always reveled in the rituals of politics like a toddler attacking a bowl of Cap’n Crunch, Hillary seemed to regard appealing for votes as a pesky chore for those who aspire to govern. It was only at the end that the stump became for her a source of vitality.

Unfortunately for Clinton, this change in affect came too late in the game to alter the final score. But it raises questions that I suspect will haunt her and her adjutants for many months to come: What if Hillary had found her métier—and also her champion-of-the-working-class, fighter-for-the-forgotten message—a year ago, instead of a month ago? What if she’d run as the gritty, scrappy battler all along, rather than coming across as the bloodless, entitled, imperious candidate of inevitability?

This is hardly the only road-not-taken that will cause lost sleep among the Clintonites once this thing is well and truly over. Indeed, the list is longer than the still-secret roster of donors to her husband’s presidential library. But herewith I offer my personal Top Ten “what ifs” as a kind of roundabout postmortem of an operation that will surely be remembered as the coulda-shoulda-woulda campaign.

1. What if Hillary had gone negative against Obama last fall?
In 2007, the Clinton campaign treated the hopemonger with kid gloves, which seemed a sensible strategy as her lead over him widened and he struggled to gain his footing. But then Obama caught fire after his famous speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Iowa in November, and some Clinton advisers (including 42, it’s been reported) argued that the time had come to take him out, by making many of the same arguments regarding his inexperience that Hillary would deploy months later. Doing so would have entailed substantial risks in goody-goody Iowa. But then Clinton came in third there anyway—and Obama, unscuffed, was off and running.

2. Speaking of Iowa, what if Clinton had skipped the caucuses?
The idea was floated a year ago by her former deputy campaign manager, Mike Henry, who wrote, in a 1,500-word internal memo, “If she walks away from Iowa she will devalue Iowa—our consistently weakest state.” The risks here, too, were obvious enough: How could the putative front-runner forgo the first contest? With the benefit of hindsight, however, some Clinton hands concede that Henry was prescient in his fears and arguably correct in his prescription.

3. What if Clinton had apologized for her Iraq-war vote?
Her refusal to do so contained elements of both principle and calculation. But it opened the door to BHO and allowed him to argue that wisdom was more important than experience in foreign policy. And it provided Obama and John Edwards with a point of attack that drowned out Clinton’s positive message for much of 2007.

4. What if Clinton had learned the real lesson of New Hampshire?
To most observers, that lesson was obvious: Clinton’s sudden, shocking display of humanity had put her over the top against the odds. All along, there had been a running debate within her camp about softening her image and incorporating elements of her biography—her decades as a champion of the nation’s children, for instance—in her campaign narrative. But Hillary sided with her chief strategist, Mark Penn, in the view that this was sissy stuff. She was befuddled by all the fuss made over her tears in the Granite State. And she came to believe that the aggressive contrasts with Obama drawn by her campaign—in particular, by her finger-wagging spouse—had made the difference there. So instead of continuing to let her private side show through, she returned to her programmatic focus and often robotic style of presentation, a choice that kept her in her comfort zone but demonstrated a lack of capacity for growth.

5. What if the Clintonites hadn’t spent their war chest like a bunch of whiskey-addled sailors?
Of all the unexpected developments of 2008, perhaps the most astonishing is that, by the end of January, the Clinton campaign was broke—while the insurgent Obamans were flush, allowing them to outspend Hillary in the states after Super Duper Tuesday by two or three or four to one. One difference was Obama-land’s mastery of the Web as a fund-raising tool, which the Clinton people never got the hang of. But another was the latter side’s grotesque overexpenditures in 2007, a grievous error that must be laid at the feet of her former campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, an operative Clinton valued more for her loyalty than her ability to actually do the job. Recipe for disaster.

6. What if the Clintonites hadn’t ignored the other caucus states?
Arguably their single biggest tactical blunder was the decision last fall not to invest in building organizations in places such as Minnesota, Washington, Maine, and Idaho, where Obama would not only win but rack up huge pledged-delegate margins. The decision was rooted in arrogance and complacency; in the faulty premise that by carrying the big states on Super Duper Tuesday, Clinton would be able to bring the race to an early conclusion.

7. What if Clinton had dumped Mark Penn before he shot himself in the head?
No single figure was more influential in the Clinton campaign than her portly, perpetually rumpled supreme Svengali. And no one was a greater source of the instability and infighting that turned what was supposed to have been a well-oiled juggernaut into a leaky, creaky vessel. Roundly despised by colleagues, a walking catalogue of conflicts of interest, and a man with no history of successfully negotiating a Democratic presidental primary, Penn might still have been an asset had his strategic advice been sound. But it wasn’t (see No. 10).

8. What if Clinton had “divorced” her husband after South Carolina?
Bill Clinton is a man of gargantuan political talents, to be sure. But his omnipresence made Clinton fatigue an inescapable facet of the campaign’s thematics. And after the debacle in the Palmetto State, which thoroughly (and maybe permanently) alienated black voters from Hillary’s cause, it was clear to many on her team that he was doing more harm than good to his wife’s electoral prospects. Should she have sidelined him, standing up one day and declaring that she was a big girl and could fight her own fights, thank you very much? Some Clintonites think so. And even those who disagree admit that WJC’s energies should have been more carefully, productively channeled. “There was no way he wasn’t going to play a role,” says one. “But did we ever find the right role for him? I think the answer is obviously no.”

9. What if Clinton had gone magnanimous on Obama and the Reverend Wright?
The GOP strategist Alex Castellanos offers an intriguing theory about how Hillary might have reacted differently, and more effectively, to the issue that threatened to swallow Obama. “After the Reverend Wright controversy, Obama was suffering the worst press month of his campaign,” he says. “Hillary had a choice. She could have gotten bigger, more presidential, less political; she could have risen to defend Obama, saying, ‘This is outrageous and has no place in politics.’ Instead, she chose to become smaller, more political, less presidential. She diminished the value of the attacks on him by making them hers. Her instincts betrayed her. What if she had chosen to soar above a weakened Obama? That was her moment. And I believe she missed her last great opportunity to win this race.”

10. What if Clinton had cast herself as the candidate of change?
At the insistence of Penn, Hillary positioned herself from the outset as the avatar of experience, “ready from day one,” as she liked to say, to become the commander-in-chief. But this strategy profoundly misread the prevailing winds gusting across the political landscape—winds favoring a candidate representing a fundamental break with the past. It’s often said that Clinton, as a dynastic figure, would have found this impossible to pull off. But as the first plausible female president ever, why should this have been so? “There was always a powerful positive case for her as the change candidate,” says Democratic guru Bob Shrum. “Instead, she let herself become the Establishment candidate in a year of change.”

And here lies a final point worth making. In the days ahead, retrospective second-guessing and finger-pointing will be everywhere and vicious in Clinton-land—and God knows, as the list above makes clear, there’s blame enough to go around. But in the end the success or failure of any electoral venture rests mainly on the candidate herself. For Clinton, this will undoubtedly be the hardest truth to grasp. But if she hopes to do better next time—and trust me, there will be a next time—grasping it fully will be essential.