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...this group grows older." By underplaying the numbers, Clinton is probably taking the right approach. "What you don't know is whether this is the result of a run of strong antidrug messages and advertisements from the White House, or a stronger economy," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. Or maybe these kids are simply seeing their older siblings have problems with drugs. In any case, says Branegan, "you don't want to take too much credit for something like this, because if it gets worse later you don?t want to be the person to take...
...this front-loaded election season, in which checks not made out to George W. are getting harder and harder to come by, finishing among the best of the rest could mean survival itself. "For Bush, the challenge is to meet the high expectations," says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan. "For the rest of the field, this is a competition to get noticed as a viable alternative...
...right depends on continued economic good times and the fiscal discipline of future governments -? neither one of which you ought to be betting the farm on -? and now both sides are headed home for a one-month recess to make their case. TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan says each side will be preaching to the choir. "Democrats will make the argument that?s been successful with their base thus far -- Clinton is saving Medicare and paying down the debt, and Republicans are merely helping the rich." They?ve got a point: According to the Treasury Department, the middle...
...Sunday. If no deal gets done, this year?s surplus goes straight into debt repayment ? something nobody is against these days. And although Roth has a way with bipartisanship, a standoff seems the likeliest possibility. "Clinton has successfully sold his spending programs as more important than tax cuts," says Branegan. "The White House doesn?t feel it will have to give too much up, and if the GOP stands firm, Clinton will veto it." But take heart, overtaxed Americans: if he does, you'll get another crack at it next year...
...against a GOP plan whose sheer size makes his spending programs look like the lesser of two fiscal evils. "The Republican plan assumes that government spending will increase at no more than the inflation rate for the next 10 years," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "Almost no one believes that will actually happen." Meanwhile, Clinton pitches his combination platter as something future leaders won?t be able to screw up. Now that?s believable...