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Prior to the 104th Congress of 1995-96, the three Republican Congresses that squared off against Democratic Presidents came in 1895-96, 1919-20 and 1947-48. In each case the squabbling prompted voters two years later to pick one party to control both branches. The sad part is that this year the electorate felt compelled to continue the split in the apparent belief that it was as plausible as any other solution offered by our aging, even decrepit two-party system. Indeed, growing disillusionment with the two main political parties over the past three decades has been pointing toward...
...Dole gave a reprise of his "what I did for love" speech (choking up at the same points) in front of an audience of 500. But it was not just an elegy; he also attacked Bill Clinton as "the champion of the Great Society status quo" and defended the 104th Congress--"We kept our promises. He vetoed them." The event was one of the last pure Dole campaign events paid for with campaign funds. Dole is down to his last $200,000, and from here on out, he will go almost exclusively to state and local fund raisers so that...
Think back. The singular achievement of the '94 Gingrich revolution was that it swept into power united behind one comprehensive ideological goal: dismantling the welfare state. Just about everything in the Contract with America and the legislative agenda of the 104th Congress is a mere subheading: welfare reform, tax cuts, entitlement reform, returning power to the states, the balanced budget (a supremely powerful means for keeping the growth of government in check...
...Union address, Bill Clinton held two rehearsals of his speech in the White House family theater. He was relaxed, in a plaid shirt, drinking tea, cracking wise. Present were a sprinkling of advisers and speechwriters and Vice President Al Gore. "Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of the 104th Congress," the President intoned, then smiled. "Thank you and good night." Laughter...
This understanding yields important concrete results. It means that anyone supporting the 104th Congress's trashing of democracy, its wholesale auctioning of legislation and transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richest in our nation, cannot be considered a true volunteer for the public interest. Participants in the "Republican Revolution" who simultaneously engage in social services must be acting out of either ignorance or penitence. For they obstruct the last and greatest of our revolutions, the democratic revolution...