Word: bushed
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Weeks before election day in 1992, Richard Nixon knew in his shrewd political bones that George Bush would lose. On the day after the final debate he wrote a note to Bush, "to buck the guy up," assuring him that "you hit a home run" and praising his "character and courage." Two weeks later, only hours after the votes were counted, Nixon wrote to President-elect Clinton, offering congratulations and declaring that he had the "character" to be a world leader. The old lion was betting that he could regain more influence through the neophyte in the White House than...
...immediacy of a daily diary--and the sting of a man brooding over his raw deal, still eager to even old scores. Eisenhower "was very charming and warm socially, but he was a hard-ass...He didn't endorse me in 1960 until he absolutely had to." George Bush's Secretary of State James Baker, who froze Nixon out, was branded "an ass," Bush "a good man, but not strong." After the G.O.P.'s meanspirited 1992 convention, Nixon was worried that "We have too much bashing of everyone in this party. It's an embarrassment. So many people...
...that one top Clinton aide sarcastically described as "a Hail Mary pass." In Kemp, Dole seems to think he's found his quarterback, an energetic, opinionated politician who gets along with voters better than with members of his own party, including Bob Dole and Kemp's former boss, President Bush. A California native and star Buffalo Bills quarterback who served as a congressman from Buffalo for 18 years, Kemp could draw much-needed votes in both key states. Kemp has won the approval of pro-choice Republicans (though he is not), as well as women and minorities with his moderate...
Senator John McCain (ARIZ.) 56% * 55% Governor Jim Edgar (ILL.) 61% 20% * Governor John Engler (MICH.) 65% 13% Governor Christine Todd Whitman (N.J.) 47% 25% * Governor George Voinovich (OHIO) 75% 42% * Governor Tom Ridge (P.A.) 43% 18% * former Governor Carroll Campbell (S.C.) 66% 14% * Governor George W. Bush (TEXAS) 49% 15% 28% Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (TEXAS) 60% 22% 32% Governor Tommy Thompson...
...small business owners. While Dole himself is not ready to put a figure on a possible tax cut, his top aides say a plan to deliver a $600 billion cut over six years is under "serious consideration." A universal 15 percent cut, to roll back the 1990 and 1993 Bush and Clinton tax increases, could deliver that total. Either way the price tag is $100 billion a year. A GOP workup indicates that Dole would rely on a combination of extraordinary economic growth, reduced corporate tax loopholes, tighter enforcement of customs laws and cuts in domestic spending...