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...Powell's backing, Bush floated Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge for the spot, but Ridge withdrew about the same time that the G.O.P.'s right wing began to whisper out loud that the one-time Army artilleryman was soft on defense. Now leading the short list is retired Indiana Senator Dan Coats, a former Senate aide to Dan Quayle, whose selection would make the conservatives happier...
...Jackie Judd and Jeffrey Toobin, asked for their instant read by Peter Jennings, reacted as if served a baked rat. ("I'm going to turn it over to Jeffrey Toobin," she offered; "I was hoping to turn it over to Jackie," he demurred.) NBC's tag team of Dan Abrams and Pete Williams flipped madly through the opinions, looking with their topcoats, windswept hair and booklets like Victorian gentlemen caroling in legalese. On CBS, Dan Rather--trading spin with analyst Jonathan Turley though neither had read the ruling--was adamant on one point: those of us on Eastern time would...
...takes two to play political football. The White House's frenzied attempts to protect its economic halo - "No economist thought we could continue to grow at 5 percent a year indefinitely," Clinton reminded Dan Rather on Monday - could certainly be considered gamesmanship...
...post Bush is no longer expected to fill with the expected name is the Department of Defense, where the New York Times reports that George W. was less than overwhelmed after sitting down with his vice-president's choice, former Indiana senator Dan Coats. Coats, who led the charge against gays in the military in 1993, is a favorite of the far-right crowd, but may not be the wonk Bush is looking for. And so Paul Wolfowitz, who did Asia-expert duties for Reagan and tutor duties for W. during the campaign, is back in the running...
...Former U.S. senator Dan Coats (secretary of defense), who's a bit more solidly to the right than anyone announced today...