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...many paid attention when little-known Republican Congressman Robert Ehrlich jumped into the race last March. Maryland is so Democratic, it has not elected a Republican Governor since Spiro Agnew in 1966. But a poor campaign has hurt Townsend, who is currently lieutenant governor. Polls last week showed Ehrlich with a slight though statistically insignificant lead. The race is suddenly being viewed as a test of whether being a Kennedy is still a political advantage...
...That leaves Townsend the last Kennedy standing in this year's races for higher office. (Cousin Patrick, Teddy's son, seems safe in his bid for re-election as a Rhode Island Congressman.) But her campaign has faltered: her choice of a white running mate was considered an insult to African-American voters, who constitute almost 30% of the electorate, especially after Ehrlich picked the state's black g.o.p. chairman for his ticket. And her association with Governor Parris Glendening has saddled her with some blame for next year's projected $1.3 billion deficit. Last week she had to fire...
...continues to “make the case” before U.S. lawmakers, Bush would be well-served to mention Israel’s 1981 raid as clear evidence that pre-emption can be a vital means of national, regional and global self-defense. Ultimately, any senator or congressman who still believes that America should merely work to “contain” or “box in” Hussein’s murderous regime ought to review the legacy of Operation Babylon before he or she casts a vote against...
...vote out of Congress approving war before it recessed for the elections. Bush would have that in his pocket so he could launch military strikes perhaps by January when Congress was not in session. But the plan was in danger of already unraveling. Republicans were already heckling him. Congressman Doug Bereuter, a senior Nebraska Republican on the International Relations Committee complained to his hometown Omaha World Herald: "The administration has mishandled [its Iraq policy] "to the point that they have no other option" but war. They got their [military] planning ahead of their diplomacy and education policy." Bush clearly...
...among conservative and moderate activists in their ranks. The Club For Growth, which calls itself a Ronald Reagan-style pro-tax cut group that raises money for conservative GOP candidates, plans to pump more than $100,000 into a Maryland primary Sept. 10 in order to oust moderate Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrist, who's seeking a seventh term. Alarmed that their thinning ranks might get even thinner, the House Republican Main Street Partnership, made up of moderate GOP members of Congress, says it'll fight the Club dollar for dollar in Maryland...