Word: bradleys
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Rocky and Apollo Creed they ain't. Heck, Gore-Bradley II, the War of the Snores, had the feel of sixth graders trying very hard to convince themselves that they should have a fistfight. But you had to admire Al Gore and Bill Bradley, surely the most nonconfrontational of politicians, for at least trying to put up their dukes in debates that took place Friday in New Hampshire and Sunday on "Meet the Press." The subjects were wonkish - health care, education, campaign finance reform - but the subtext was clear: How willing were they to show a nasty side...
...Well, sort of. Bradley had obviously learned from the first debate, and came into this weekend loaded for Gore. Unlike two months ago, he was ready with an actual criticism of Gore's health care plan, which Bradley says isn't sufficiently inclusive. True, as slogans go, "Whom would you leave out?" doesn't have the same ring as "Are you better off?" or even "Where's the beef?" but for Bradley this represented a quantum leap in combativeness. And it allowed Dollar Bill to keep Gore on the defensive all weekend, which led the vice president to propose some...
Eliminating this discriminatory policy does seem possible in the near future. Both Al Gore '69 and Bill Bradley have called the "don't ask, don't tell" policy a failure and promise to allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military if they are elected. While some discomfort among close-minded people may initially arise, the overall effect will promote dialogue and understanding. Discomfort is not a valid justification for discrimination and prejudice. The current policy only causes witch-hunts and limits individuals' free expression. Although Private Winchell can never return, this much-needed, long-awaited change in military policy...
...Bush had scared off nearly every serious challenger with his immense war chest, which then stood at $35 million - more than the rest of the Republican presidential candidates combined, and by far the largest pre-election-year sum ever raised by a candidate. Gore, meanwhile, was keeping ahead of Bradley by using the many advantages of the vice presidency to raise more than twice as much money...
...then Bradley and McCain surged. In part this was simply because reporters were desperately looking around for something, anything, to write about. "The media, whether they realize it or not, do try to build a race," says TIME political correspondent Jay Carney. But they also had a compelling story to tell, that of two self-professed political mavericks who enchanted reporters simply by being positioned as the polar opposites of the front-runners: real, spontaneous and full of convictions, rather than cautious and poll-driven. The press was hooked, and that put the two underdogs squarely back in the race...