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...from disillusioned Conservatives. Like the Bloc Quebecois, which advocates Quebec's separation from Canada, its appeal is largely regional. West of Ontario, the Alliance shows healthy (for Day, at least; most Canadians, however, pale at the prospect) leads in the polls. East of the Manitoba-Ontario divide, responsible citizens balk at Stockwell "Doris" Day, insisting that anyone who announces his bid for Prime Minister in a wet suit, frankly, deserves to be washed up. (An example of grassroots democracy at its best: A petition has been circulating that calls for the government to officially change Stockwell's first name...
...IMPACT: Washington enjoys greater influence on local school districts. Teachers' unions balk at testing requirements, but cheer federally mandated raises. A Republican Congress could resist spending plan and/or push for vouchers. ENVIRONMENT GEORGE W. BUSH AL GORE...
...also respond by asking why Gore and Lieberman are concentrating on guns in movies while falling silent on the issue of gun control. Or why Congress has commited itself to video game violence while giving trade benefits to China, where human-rights abuses have escalated (although asking Hollywood to balk at trading with China would be like asking Eddie Murphy to stop making sequels). Instead, Hollywood Democrats are standing rather stoically in this unflattering light. When they weren't in a defensive huddle over the report last week, studio executives were shaking hands with Lieberman and Gore at a fund...
...counter pads depicting a handsome young man being led off to a bleak cell. The slogan: "Don't lie for the other guy. Purchase a gun for someone who can't and buy yourself 10 years in jail." NSSF and BATF officials hope to get girlfriends and pals to balk when they realize they may face severe penalties for making false statements on Form 4473, the federal firearms purchase declaration...
BILL COHEN Def. Sec.'s interracial marriage, bipartisan elan help, but Dems might balk. Doubt...