Word: bidding
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...just idle chatter, since the group includes three people who have considered or still are considering mounting such a bid: Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey; Lowell Weicker, the former Republican Senator and Independent Governor of Connecticut; and former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992. The other confederates are Dick Lamm, the former Democratic Governor of Colorado; former Minnesota Representative Tim Penny (a budget-cutting Democrat); the current Governor of Maine, Angus King, an Independent; and former Democratic Senator Gary Hart of Colorado. The meetings are so sensitive that Lamm, their...
...term will be her last. Credited with pinning the "Teflon president" label on Ronald Reagan, Schroeder is the highest-ranking woman in Congress and the first to be appointed to the Armed Services (now National Security) committee. First elected to the House in 1972, Schroeder flirted with a presidential bid for three months in 1987 before dropping out. She becomes the latest in an increasing line of congressional incumbents who won't seek re-election next year. So far, seven Democrats and three Republicans have announced retirements from the House...
...people did not already know. We were aware of her bulimia, of her infidelity and of the difficulties of her former life. What Diana accomplished, in essence, was offering the public the first willing player with whom to identify, someone open to any sympathy and who, in her admitted bid for popular support, was, in fact, garnering it as a political tool...
Aides to Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter say that he will announce Wednesday that he is dropping his bid for the presidency. "In addition to not being able to raise money, there was no indication that his message was catching on wih Republican voters," says TIME's John Dickerson. "His impact on the campaign has been negligible. To the extent that he forced people to talk about abortion, he gave voice to those Republicans who didn't want to see the government messing around the bedroom. But even if he had unlimited resources, Specter would not have been a contender...
...fundamentally an irrational act. Colin Powell, for all his candor and appealing humanity, has never been given to irrational acts. He decided to marry Alma only when she threatened to break up with him as he was heading for Vietnam. And so he went about weighing the White House bid very carefully. One of Powell's 13 Rules is "Check small things." He reviewed every pro and con, every poll, talked to a wide circle of friends and advisers. None of those details could ignite a fire in his belly...