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...forth on things they know nothing about. But that's not enough to explain why she has become such a lightning rod for criticism. Why is it that Arnold Schwarzenegger can hang out with Newt Gingrich and not take any hits? What Streisand is a victim of is her clout as the virtual ATM of Democratic politics. By simply and literally opening her mouth, she raised $1.5 million in one evening for six congressional candidates in 1986 (five won) and $1 million for Clinton in September 1992. It's much more seemly to be like Republicans, who are better...
...there. After Alexander's death in Babylon, or present-day Iraq, the body was sent back to Macedonia for burial. But Ptolemy, one of Alexander's generals, hijacked the corpse and eventually took it to his home base in Alexandria; having the Emperor's remains gave Ptolemy huge political clout...
...Virginia's Contract Information Center, which has 500 radio talk shows on its superefficient fax network. CIC sent pro-Contract clips and talking points to the shows; many hosts read the material verbatim on the air. The scheme worked handsomely; the Rush Republicans went to the polls. Limbaugh's clout is immense; former Congressman Vin Weber says Rush is as responsible as anyone else for the G.O.P. victory, and last week the Democrats of Texas paid him the compliment of a "Crush Rush with the Truth" campaign to fight his views by heckling stations and pressuring advertisers. Limbaugh, of course...
...service, Qiao is a contender because he commands strategic loyalties among generals, police and party conservatives. He is also virtually untarnished by the Tiananmen massacre; unofficial accounts say he abstained from a Politburo vote on whether to send in the military. His leadership abilities and attempt to bring some clout to the traditionally rubber-stamp Congress will be put to the test when it meets in March...
...Ceding power is "like getting out of the day-care business. All of a sudden, it looks like a good deal." So is Newt Gingrich nanny to the nation? He will certainly get to conciliate and cajole, to deal and dole out, to demand and deliver -- with all the clout of a victorious revolutionary, with all the prestige of a virtual President...