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...throw him a bone. George W. Bush has ventured far enough out of smile-and-wave mode to make some noises along McConnell's line ? make a CPI adjustment to the current hard-money limits and require full disclosure of contributors. "If a grand compromise is made," says Carney, "that could be the tradeoff: a soft-money ban in exchange for more hard money." That's still a long way from "one man, one vote" ? the rich will still get all the access when their man wins ? but maybe the influence wouldn't be as widespread, and as party-driven...
...race that?s practically already been won. That no one outside of Utah seems to like him very much. That he doesn?t have a chance. Sometimes, a man?s just gotta run. "Hatch has been ruminating about this for a long, long time," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. "He?s been in the Senate 23 years. He?s 65 years old. If he was ever going to run, he might as well do it now." Hatch made his unofficial announcement Tuesday in his favorite public-speaking venue ?- the Senate hallway -? and promised a low-key formal announcement...
...this time, says Carney. "I just don?t see where he fits in. He?s running as a maverick -- a guy who can work with Democrats -- but Bush, and even McCain, is doing that too," he says. "He?s a social conservative, but so is the rest of the GOP field." And at this late date, in this front-loaded election cycle, there may not be a dollar left for him outside of Utah. But Utah law allows him to try this and still run for reelection for his Senate seat -- an accommodation engineered by Hatch?s own supporters...
After the fiasco in the Senate, House Republicans are fully aware that they need to pass a full-fledged measure on gun control, reports TIME Congressional correspondent Jay Carney. At the same time they do not want to unduly antagonize those in core constituencies who object to stringent gun curbs. "Many Congress-watchers believe House leaders are trying to concede while saving face," says Carney, "Republicans do not want to appear as if they are being railroaded by Democrats." The risk is that they may give their opponents still more ammunition. "The vote to put off the measure gives Democrats...
...pick up on the rising tide of public resentment. Though GOP leaders do not want to embrace gun control in a rush -- they don?t want a vote until mid-June -- "a decision has apparently been made at the top to get on board," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. Meanwhile, the gun industry is faced with both legal and financial hurdles in dealing with the suits against it (others have already been filed in several cities, including Chicago and Miami). "The defense of such lawsuits will be very expensive," says Cohen, "and the gun industry is not as wealthy...