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...life as an oilman didn't present much opportunity for him to make political enemies, looks primed to sail through his Senate confirmation hearings, which began Thursday. But congressional observers predict that other, less innocuous nominees could be in for a very rough ride, including ex-Missouri senator John Ashcroft, who is nominated for attorney general, and former Colorado attorney general Gale Norton, who has been named to head the Department of the Interior...
...Finally, at the center of a brewing storm: Norton and Ashcroft. During the Reagan administration, Norton worked under Interior Secretary James Watt, who almost single-handedly galvanized the environmental movement with his pro-business policies. Norton has engaged congressional Democrats before - when she tried unsuccessfully to convince them to open the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration. To many environmentalists, Norton's tendency to consider corporate interests when making land-use decisions, considered alongside Bush's repeated insistence that current land protection policies are too broad, lead many environmentalists to fear Norton could represent the worst-case scenario for America...
...Will it hold up? The new Senate, to be sworn in Wednesday, will be a muscle-flexing ground for the angriest losers of the 2000 election: black groups. Jesse Jackson has already promised to come after "Frisk 'Em" Whitman and Ashcroft, whose civil-rights record conservatives call principled and liberals call horrendous. Whitman, cleverly shelved as an EPA appointee, will be had to nail. But Ashcroft, a justifiable bogeyman as the nation's top law enforcer, will severely test Senate Democrats' proclivities toward giving a smooth ride to a fellow club member. Will Ashcroft be the Clarence Thomas of this...
...With the exception of the white male pro-choicer (think Tom Ridge), Bush has managed to span the expanse of the Republican party, from Christy Whitman and Colin Powell to Tommy Thompson and John Ashcroft. And with Mineta, who is just Democrat enough to please the pundits without confusing the voters, Bush has done a pretty good "uniter, not divider" impression - in record time - considering how few Democrats were actually willing to join the team...
...Will it hold up? The new Senate, to be sworn in Wednesday, will be a muscle-flexing ground for the angriest losers of the 2000 election: black groups. Jesse Jackson has already promised to come after "Frisk 'Em" Whitman and Ashcroft, whose civil-rights record conservatives call principled and liberals call horrendous. Whitman, cleverly shelved as an EPA appointee, will be hard to nail. But Ashcroft, a justifiable bogeyman as the nation's top law enforcer, will severely test Senate Democrats' proclivities toward giving a smooth ride to a fellow club member. Will Ashcroft be the Clarence Thomas of this...