Word: coopered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Delphic President Zachary T. Cooper '94 said he could "personally guarantee" that the pranksters were not Delphic initiates...
Senator Jim Cooper has one, and the White House isn't happy...
This fueled the appearance of reconciliation -- not coincidentally, just a day before Clinton and Cooper were to address the DLC. But behind the scenes, some Administration officials say the First Lady and Magaziner have no intention of compromising with Cooper. Says one official: "Universal coverage is non-negotiable, and the Cooper plan does not provide for universal coverage. Period. We are not going to back away from the notion that everyone should have a package of basic benefits. Period. And the Cooper plan does not do that. Period...
Those in the no-compromise faction that surrounds the First Lady calculate that they don't need Cooper to make the Clinton plan fly. Instead they are wooing the estimated 90 members of Congress, most of them liberals, who favor , a Canadian-style, single-payer system. This official calculates prematurely -- and improbably -- that with those votes, the Clinton plan is just 30 votes shy of passing. But in trolling for those votes, the Administration does not want to continue giving free publicity to Cooper by campaigning against his plan...
...which leaves the question: Who's using whom? It's possible that Clinton has been using the Cooper plan as a stalking horse to provide jittery Republicans with a middle-of-the-road refuge while the true dealmaking with liberals gets under way. And Cooper may be tilting at White House windmills largely to increase his stature in anticipation of his campaign for the Senate next year, when a special election for Al Gore's former seat is held. One thing is likely: when Cooper runs, Clinton, who wants to hang on to the Senate's Democratic majority, will...