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...that Cabinet confirmation hearings become policy shootouts. If one of the more vulnerable targets gets in real trouble and Bush has to ride to the rescue, he may have to spend more political capital defending his picks than he has got by making such wide use of the G.O.P. bench. Worst of all, one of these picks may be a constant draw on his account. Just as James Watt or Jocelyn Elders became poster children for entire Administrations, Ashcroft or Chavez or Norton--the three candidates whose rhetoric and records Democrats consider most extreme--may appear on every Democratic fund...
...underlying allegations of racism regarding Ashcroft’s campaign against Judge White are unfounded; of the 26 African-Americans nominated to the federal bench during Ashcroft’s tenure, he has voted to confirm 23 of them. The Crimson states that Ashcroft is opposed to affirmative action; so are a great deal of Americans, but that does not preclude them from holding a law-enforcement office. The Crimson cites a lawsuit against the National Organization of Women as proof that Ashcroft will not promote equality; this is downright ridiculous...
...familiar name on the Brown squad belongs to Heidi Egelhoff, younger sister of Courtney Egelhoff '00. One of Brown's most reliable bench players last season, the younger Egelhoff has struggled with limited playing time so far this season...
...fact, it was Harvard whose attack was most balanced and who displayed the most depth. The Crimson bench outscored the Big Green reserves 33-18, and outrebounded them by a 13-2 margin...
Most disturbing of all, as Ashcroft was gearing up a short-lived campaign for the White House last year, he verbally attacked Missouri Supreme Court Justice Ronnie White, an African American whom Bill Clinton has appointed to the federal bench, for supposedly being "pro-criminal" and soft on capital punishment. The charge was outright slander. White had voted to uphold the death sentence in 41 of the 59 cases that came before him, roughly the same proportion as Ashcroft's court appointees when he was Governor. No wonder Gordon Baum, leader of white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens...