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...kiss-and-shrug memoir--a bittersweet but ultimately forgiving account of his four years in Washington. In Locked in the Cabinet, to be published this month by Knopf, Reich describes his constant appeals to Clinton's conscience against the stronger pull of such personalities as then Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and presidential adviser Dick Morris...
...BENTSEN (D) District 25 (South Houston and Baytown...
...Bentsen, the nephew of former U.S. Senator and vice-presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen, won his seat in 1994 despite being outspent five to one. A moderate, labeled "White House potential" by an influential Capitol Hill publication, Bentsen devoted much of his first term to balancing the budget, achieved by cutting discretionary spending and holding the line on taxes...
Though it will be difficult to out-smart Ken Bentsen, National Merit Scholar and University of Chicago grad Perry at least has the intellectual credentials to know what he's up against. With advice also from former boss Representative Jack Fields, Perry is pushing for a balanced-budget amendment and term limits. However, Perry now encounters more opposition within his own party since seven other Republicans have joined the race...
Democrats like Bentsen have another problem. Special elections, and particularly one in the Christmas season of a year when many voters are disconnected from the campaign, usually favor the superior organizational skills of Republicans. "We'll have to hire Greyhound buses to get people to the polls," sighs Democrat Tony Proffitt, a Texas political operative...