Word: democratic
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Additionally, Cellucci's repeated attempts to have Harshbarger take a "no new taxes" pledge is a poor political ploy to paint the Democrat as a tax-and-spend liberal, while Harshbarger has rightly pointed out that the pledge limits the power and flexibility of the governor's office...
...members of the committee remain in the House. Michigan's JOHN CONYERS is the ranking Democrat on the committee. New York's CHARLES RANGEL moved to the Ways and Means Committee, where he's the ranking Democrat. Two others are in the Senate: majority leader TRENT LOTT (Nixon partisan, Clinton critic) and PAUL SARBANES (Nixon critic, Clinton ally). The fresh-faced WILLIAM COHEN won a Senate seat, published works of poetry and fiction, and is now Secretary of Defense. ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN lost two Senate races and served as New York City comptroller...
Many members pursued careers in the law. Silver-maned Nixon apologist CHARLES WIGGINS of California and Democrat WILLIAM HUNGATE of Missouri became federal-court judges, and Arkansas' RAY THORNTON and Wisconsin's HAROLD FROEHLICH became state-court judges. Wisconsin's ROBERT KASTENMEIER headed a National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal. California's JEROME WALDIE served on the National Labor Relations Board. JOHN SEIBERLING taught law at the University of Akron. "Our results were clearly a bipartisan effort," he says. "I don't detect any of that today." And ROBERT DRINAN of Massachusetts teaches law at Georgetown University...
...Democrat WAYNE OWENS heads a Middle East peace center; DON EDWARDS serves on various civil-liberties boards; and CARLOS MOORHEAD is active with several foundations. Democratic stalwart JACK BROOKS manages his financial interests, and the G.O.P.'s LAWRENCE HOGAN has written a book, The Osage Indian Murders: A True Crime Story...
Third parties come and go, but the Green Party shows no signs of fading away. Environmentalists are fielding 120 candidates in 20 states and stand to be spoilers in two New Mexico congressional races. In Albuquerque the Greens' BOB ANDERSON pulled enough votes from Democrat PHIL MALOOF in a June special election to let Republican HEATHER WILSON win the seat. Now there's a rematch, and Anderson may ruin the Democrats' chances again--so much so that Maloof has adopted much of the Greens' platform, and House minority leader RICHARD GEPHARDT asked Anderson to drop out, a plea that...