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...targets. "My own view is that the Senate's role is to be a partner in the appointment process and examine the views of the nominees, at least when the President is so self-consciously trying to shape the court," asserts Yale Law School Professor Paul Gewirtz. Democrat Alan Cranston of California, who voted against Rehnquist's confirmation as a Justice in 1971, last week asked, "Can a man who has an extreme right-wing ideology manage the court in a fair and balanced...
Leading the opposition, California Democrat Alan Cranston criticized the Saudis for their unwillingness to make peace with Israel and for subsidizing "terrorists," meaning Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Though he acknowledged that Washington and Riyadh have some mutual interests, Cranston argued, "The Saudi princes don't pump oil or resist Marxism just to do us a favor. They'd do it anyway...
After the vote, Cranston claimed that the arms package had been reduced to about 10% of what the Saudis had originally negotiated. A better estimate would probably be 25%, but he was right in maintaining that the Administration's victory had been a qualified one. The next question is whether, as some have predicted, the President will face another congressional battle over delivery of five AWACS surveillance planes that the U.S. agreed in 1981 to sell the Saudis at a total cost of $5.8 billion...
...teaching voters how to pronounce his name (like the first syllable in shower). In a display of post-primary solidarity, Zschau and his six key competitors sat down after his victory for a unity lunch in Los Angeles, where he discussed strategy against three-term Democratic Incumbent Alan Cranston...
...must win. The G.O.P. now has a 53-47 Senate majority, but Democrats hope to pick up at least six seats this fall, when 22 G.O.P. seats will be up for grabs. Only twelve Democratic Senate seats are up this year, and no more than four are considered vulnerable. Cranston's is one of them. For the first time, the 71-year-old Senator will not be facing a far-right opponent; Zschau, 46, portrays himself as a fiscal conservative but social moderate. The Congressman's political polish, his relative youth and particularly his powerful fund-raising abilities (he expects...