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...have gone too far in pushing equal rights in this country.'' In the federal courts several cases have been filed by angry whites that challenge race-based preferences. And in a development that could start a national free-for-all on the issue, Californians are expected to face a ballot initiative next year that would forbid preferences for women or minorities in state programs...
...decision after former Vice President Dan Quayle decided last week to drop out of the race, raising Buchanan's hope of claiming Quayle's Christian Right constituency. Buchanan associates said he would attend a Republican convention in New Hampshire this weekend and compete in a straw-poll popularity ballot in South Carolina March...
...real. They are running for the state assembly on the ticket of the New Jersey Conservative Party, an infant group that plans to contest all 80 seats in the lower house this year. If it captures 10% of the popular vote, the party will be entitled to its own ballot position for national and state offices...
...dissonance between the people and their leaders on term limits is deafening. Limit proposals have passed overwhelmingly in every state in which they have been on the ballot (22 so far), but a dozen term-limit bills were introduced in the past Congress and none was debated, even at the subcommittee level. That's changing now, but artifice is the rule. Some Democrats favor retroactivity: members already at the limit would be forced out immediately. Others of both parties call for exempting sitting members altogether. Gingrich's dance is the most intricate. Newt, himself a 16-year veteran, says...
Weissman declined to specify what his priorities as an Overseer would be, saying only that he would outline his positions in his statement for the ballot...