http://www.newsweek.com/id/165648- Cover, by Richard Haass
http://www.newsweek.com/id/165642-   by Michael R. Bloomberg
 

COVER: NIGHTMARE ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE

THE WORLD THAT AWAITS THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS FAR DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE DISCUSSED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
  
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS PRESIDENT RICHARD N. HAASS ON THE GLOBAL PERILS AHEAD:
'CAMPAIGNING AND GOVERNING COULD HARDLY BE MORE DIFFERENT'

NYC MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ON THE ECONOMY:
'YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS IN WASHINGTON WILL BE BETTER SPENT PREPARING FOR THE 1,360 DAYS THAT WILL FOLLOW'

 New York-Richard N. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, writes a memo to the next president in the current issue of Newsweek, reminding him that there are only 76 days between Election Day and the Inauguration and, "you will need every one of them to get ready for the world you will inherit.  This is not the world you've been discussing on the trail for the last year or more: campaigning and governing could hardly be more different. The former is necessarily done in bold strokes and, to be honest, often approaches caricature.  All candidates resist specifying priorities or trade-offs lest they forfeit precious support.  You won, but at a price, as some of the things you said were better left unsaid.  Even more important, the campaign did not prepare the public for the hard times to come." 

In the November 3 Newsweek cover, "Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue: The Scary Challenges Facing the Next President on Day One" (on newsstands Monday, October 27), Haass  examines the global challenges and, in a companion piece, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg examines the economic challenges facing the next president.  Haass outlines all the difficulties and constraints the next president will inherit, and lays out a roadmap for how to approach everything from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iran's nuclear power capabilities to the energy situation and even how to build on programs that President Bush leaves behind.  Bloomberg addresses how the new president should deal with the global financial crisis and outlines the necessity of an economic agenda that is driven by a long-term vision and will produce results. 

"The global financial crisis has prompted countless comparisons to the Great Depression, and no doubt members of the media will soon be asking you to detail your agenda for your first 100 days, expecting you to pursue a legislative sprint as fast as Franklin D. Roosevelt's in 1933. My advice: ignore them. Your first 100 days in Washington will be better spent preparing for the 1,360 days that will follow," Bloomberg writes.          # # # (Read cover package at www.Newsweek.com)