Word: arizona
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...Mark Salter, the writer who is nearly as close to the candidate as any of McCain's children, who delivered the good news that the Arizona Senator might be not just winning but winning huge--men and women, young and old, wild-eyed libertarian independents and bluenosed conservative Republicans...
Barry Goldwater is one. The Arizona Senator and McCain mentor (McCain succeeded him in office) founded the modern conservative movement, ran for President and lost, said just about anything that came into his mind (a clear influence right there) and, in his later years, tempered his social conservatism in ways McCain might be starting to now. Goldwater was a voice for fiscal prudence. When Ronald Reagan ran up a $1.3 trillion deficit during the 1980s, Goldwater lambasted him, demanding the sort of debt reduction that McCain argues for today...
...always side openly with a person who is about to be stomped by a crowd. I've seen this over and over again in his instinctive reaction to situations. I was standing with him in a parking lot late one night when his cell phone rang. It was an Arizona political reporter calling to say the Republican mayor of Tempe had just been outed as a homosexual, and was under fire from Arizona's conservative establishment. McCain didn't even think about it. He went on ad nauseam about what a good man the mayor of Tempe...
Porter's remarks followed those of Martin S. Feldstein '61, Baker professor of economics and chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under former President Ronald Reagan. Feldstein, who is advising Bush on economic policy, spoke more about conservatism than Republicanism and expressed his clear preference for Bush over Arizona Sen. John S. McCain...
Campaign-finance reform has emerged as an issue during the budding presidential race. Three of the four leading candidates are for it; one is against. McCain has made limiting campaign contributions his defining issue, although the Arizona Republican has accepted contributions from corporations seeking favors from his Commerce committee. Bill Bradley has also spoken out for reform, calling for public financing of elections. Vice President Gore, although involved in the Clinton Administration's 1996 fund-raising scandals, also advocates publicly funded campaigns. Only Texas Governor George W. Bush favors the status...