Word: arizona
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...Republican and Democratic conventions. Although much of the attention will be focused on New York and California, Massachusetts is widely regarded as a crucial New England state. In this light, we take this opportunity to reaffirm our endorsement of former Sen. Bill Bradley for the Democratic party and Arizona Sen. John S. McCain on the Republican side...
This is why, in the wake of McCain's 8-point win in Michigan and 24-point rout in his home state of Arizona, Bush was repositioning himself so acrobatically. Having borrowed McCain's sneakers in South Carolina, where he ran as a Reformer with Results, last week he headed to Southern California to put some compassion back into his conservatism. His first event in the state was at an inner-city faith-based social-service organization of the kind he became known for touting last summer. "We have to keep talking to voters about the Governor's successful record...
...would recapture the attention of both citizens and the press: They announced their plans to hold the nation's first binding election for public office using the Internet. The primary, which was given the final go-ahead by Attorney General Janet Reno last week, will allow registered Democrats in Arizona to log in from any computer that has access to the World Wide Web and enter their preferences for the primary...
...before we embrace Internet voting as the ultimate panacea for our political system, it is important to consider the possible problems that might accompany the implementation of such a process. The first--and trendiest--objection is that online voting is an inherently discriminatory practice; Arizona in particular is a sitting duck for such criticism because of its history of Voting Rights Act violations, most of which occurred in the 1970s. The Voting Integrity Project (a non-profit, nonpartisan civic group) has already filed a lawsuit against the state in the hopes of blocking the primary on the grounds that minorities...
...gift was a TV commercial in which the Arizona Senator looked into the camera and charged that Bush "twists the truth like Clinton." The spot went too far--in South Carolina's Republican circles, being compared to Clinton is worse than being compared to Satan himself. Putting it on the air undermined McCain's claim that he was above politics as usual and freed Bush to amplify his attack strategies while muddying the waters on the question of which candidate was hitting below the belt. Says a Bush aide: "When he truly crossed the line, that's when we could...