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...this country." House majority leader Richard Gephardt, a possible candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, placed the Republicans on "a new trail of racial resentment and recrimination blazed by David Duke, then trod successfully by Jesse Helms and now given a tarnished patina of intellectual respectability by William Bennett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing The Waters on Race | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

Bush's more moderate advisers, already queasy about Bennett's approach, argued inside the White House that the President's image would suffer. "This is a powder keg," said an official privately. "Somebody is going to read racism into every word you say on this subject. You don't want to do this." While the racial card appeals to some blue-collar and rural whites, it obviously offends many blacks. It also conflicts with the two-year effort by Bush and the departing G.O.P. chairman, Lee Atwater, to woo black voters. Further, the moderate faction agrees with political scientist Larry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing The Waters on Race | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...last Monday, Bennett was saying his earlier remarks had been "overinterpreted." White House aides tried to revise recent history by implying that Bennett had overstated his brief. No decision had been made about politicking on quotas in the future, they maintained. Bennett's withdrawal from the chairmanship was not immediately related to the issue. The main cause was the belated realization by Bennett and White House counsel Boyden Gray that conflicts of interest would be a far more serious problem than earlier thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing The Waters on Race | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...Bennett, eager to enhance his net worth, has a lucrative contract to write two books and a long list of high-paying speaking engagements for business audiences. As a recent incumbent of high federal office, Bennett could face restrictions on activities that might be construed as lobbying. To take plump fees from private industry while enjoying regular access to the Oval Office could easily create the appearance of impropriety. Though the party chairmanship pays $125,000 a year, Bennett said, "I didn't take a vow of poverty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testing The Waters on Race | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...Moscow faces a winter of shortages, politics and pity propel U.S. aid in a historic gesture. -- Republicans pull back from playing racial politics as Bill Bennett exits. -- A Mafia don is collared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

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