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...Senate veteran Jim Sasser by campaigning against the things Sasser was for: gun control, abortion rights and Washington pols telling people not to smoke in Old Smoky country. The main requirements for success among the neophytes were work in a field unrelated to government, a life lived outside the Beltway except for the odd trip to see the monuments, and a Democratic incumbent as hoary as one of the marble buildings on the Gray Line tour...
...only the news center of the world, but in the nature of our program, which takes public policy and the democratic process seriously, Washington has increasingly become the NewsHour's center of gravity anyway." He and his colleagues deny that the show will become a prisoner of the Beltway. Says Al Vecchione, president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions: "A year from now, audiences will see the same program they've always seen...
...just out of touch," says Randy Pepple, a Seattle G.O.P. consultant. Flapping hard from the lofty perch of House Speaker, Foley's venerability is his greatest vulnerability. Nethercutt, a youngish Republican lawyer with boundless energy and a ready smile, punches out the message that Foley has succumbed to Beltway-think. "Mr. Foley is a nice man, but he personifies Congress's reputation," he says. Nethercutt's point is coming through loud and clear. In the state's open primary two weeks ago, five Republican and Democratic candidates split the vote so badly that Foley squeaked by with just...
...Wilhelm that Tony Coelho, a tough and controversial political pro, would be given a large role at the Democratic National Committee. Hurt and angry, Wilhelm then announced that he would go home to Chicago after this fall's congressional elections. Wilhelm's fate made for constant speculation inside the Beltway. The Clinton loyalist has been made a scapegoat for election losses since 1992 and is disdained by Democrats who believe he wasn't doing enough to prevent a rout in November's ballot. Some congressional Democrats complained that Wilhelm was so intent on using D.N.C. funds to promote Clinton programs...
...Mainstream Coalition," a bipartisan group of 16 senators working on a health-care compromise, may not have as much influence as Inside-the-Beltway hype has suggested. The coalition, led by Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., hoped to present Senate leaders today with a bill designed to break the impasse between Republicans and Democrats. It would put cost controls on the insurance industry, and take employers off the hook of having to provide bill for coverage. But this morning, Congressional Budget Office Director Robert Reischauer said their numbers didn't add up. Chafee called the briefing "sobering," but added...