Word: democratic
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Weld, in his desire for a change of scenery from Beacon Hill, chose his battles foolishly. In the race with Kerry, he was never able to persuade predominantly-Democratic Massachusetts voters to remove a popular Governor from office to replace a relatively popular Senator (and help pad the Republican congressional majority in the process). As for his nomination fight, he learned that the U.S. Senate-with its powerful privileges for committee chairpeople-is a poor battleground to fight for the soul of the G.O.P., especially considering that Helms and his followers had no incentive to help what they view...
...Ickes almost didn't speak at all, after a surprise sideshow squabble between Fred Thompson and his alter ego, ranking Democrat John Glenn. "Glenn wanted (White House Counsel) Charles Ruff to come up and tell his story about the tapes," reports AllPolitics correspondent Tom Moore. "It was meant to clear the air on why the tapes were not released in July, to address the disclosure problem and try to deflate Thompson's indignation...
That prospect puzzles Senator Frank Lautenberg, the Democrat from New Jersey who is the author of the bill. "I've never heard of a man killing his spouse with an F-16," he says. "That borders on the goofy." But that was an unwitting legacy of Republican lawmakers. In a ploy that backfired, gun-rights supporters, led by G.O.P. Representative Bob Barr of Georgia, quietly removed the exemption for the military and the police that had always been part of federal gun-control laws. The lawmakers apparently hoped the prospect of disarming G.I.s and cops would force Congress to kill...
...Democrat credited with being one of the savviest politicians in Texas has donated $2,500 to GOVERNOR GEORGE BUSH'S re-election campaign. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BOB BULLOCK wrote a check to the Bush campaign at an Aug. 21 fund raiser at Austin's Four Seasons Hotel. "It wasn't a Democrat-Republican thing," says longtime Bullock spokesman Tony Proffitt. "He feels Bush has been good for Texas...
...Cambridge-one of the two municipalities that did not vote for Weld (who lives a few blocks from Harvard Square) in his second run for Governor-there is a similar faith in the former Eliot House Democrat...