presidential race. how much will same-sex marriage, private equity, and contraception have to do who is elected in november, or is it all about the economy? i ve got a great panel. the wall street journal s peggy noonan, ross of the new york times , and more. also, moving a capital. to increase your political capital. should russia build a new kremlin 4,000 miles to the east? i ll explain. first, here s my take. there s much speculation these days about the power struggles in china in the wake of the ouster of the powerful party boss. china s political system will surely be tested, but in the short run its leaders may have dodged a bullet. he was a charismatic leader who used pop lichl, money, and power to build a political base. had he not been brought down by a series of mistakes, revelations, and bad luck for him, he might well have altered the nature of the technocratic system that now runs china. in the short run china might well survive its political crisis, but it f