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Paxon had long been contemplating a move up, not out. As of early February he had decided to challenge Gingrich's No. 2, majority leader DICK ARMEY; a victory would have made Paxon the Speaker apparent. But late on Feb. 20, as he sat at home with his 21-month-old daughter and dialed potential supporters, Paxon lost his will. Whether he realized that running would be very hard on his family, as he said later, or he saw that his race against Armey would be nasty and not necessarily successful, he wanted none of it. The next...
...taken his ambition to the national level. In 1994, he worked closely with Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to realize the historic Republican takeover of the House. But last year, in perhaps Paxon's most eventful year, he seemed poised to challenge both Gingrich and Majority Leader Dick Armey for their positions. While Paxon's most recent connivances have come to no avail, he has somehow emerged from the controversy with a surprisingly positive public image...
There have been skeptics, however. As one Armey backer said of Paxon in The Washington Post, "He's a guy who would lie to your face and stab you in the back. We're going to miss him." But with the focus suddenly turned from Paxon's recent display of political ambition to his sudden rededication to family values, much of the media attention Paxon has received has been favorable, and he was heartily applauded last week by many of his colleagues for his decade of service in Congress...
Paxon had long been contemplating a move up, not out. As of early February he had decided to challenge Gingrich's No. 2, majority leader Dick Armey; a victory would have made Paxon the Speaker apparent. But late on Feb. 20, as he sat at home with his 21-month-old daughter and dialed potential supporters, Paxon lost his will. Whether he realized that running would be very hard on his family, as he said later, or saw that his race against Armey would be nasty and not necessarily successful, he wanted none of it. The next day, his face...
...news that Representative Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.) is resigning is disappointing. The Republican Party is losing a rising star to the abyss of private life, and Americans are losing a good chance to knock off Dick Armey (R-Tex.), Newt's sidekick, as majority leader...