Word: democratic
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...November 5, 1996, the American people, in a coast-to-coast electoral landslide, re-elected a Democratic president for the first time in more than a half century. And, although Congress remains in Republican hands, more Americans voted Democrat for Congress than Republican. The American people sent the message that they are pleased with the steady progress Bill Clinton has made as our leader, supportive of his proposals for reform and tired of petty partisanship...
...word "liberal" and even the word "Democrat" still seem to be taboo. Clinton has not asserted the mandate that voters handed to him. Instead, his new mantra is the word "bipartisan," which frequently means capitulation to the Republican agenda rather than constructive cooperation between the parties. One of the Clinton's first policy pronouncements after Election Day was his decision to try to appoint some prominent Republicans to his cabinet. Admittedly, appointing a moderate conservative--Colin Powell, perhaps--to a cabinet post would not be especially unusual. However, Clinton's decision to court Republicans so soon after his re-election...
MOST INDISCREET CAMPAIGN AIDE (besides Dick Morris): J.E. (Billy) McKinney, father of Cynthia A. McKinney, a Georgia Democrat running for the House, resigned as her adviser after invoking the Rev. Louis Farrakhan and calling her opponent, Republican John Mitnick, "a racist...
...Democrat] John Kerry Mass. $8,333,197 [*] [Democrat] Robert Torricelli N.J. $8,269,457 [*] [Democrat] Mark Warner Va. $8,237,073 [Republican] Guy Milner Ga. $7,638,652 [Republican] Dick Zimmer N.J. $7,595,374 [Democrat] Harvey Gantt N.C. $7,057,717 [Republican] Jesse Helms N.C. $6,725,515 [*] [Republican] William Weld Mass. $6,639,759 [Democrat] Carl Levin Mich. $5,730,793 [*] [Democrat] Paul Wellstone Minn...
...Republican] Newt Gingrich Ga. $5,625,093 [*] [Democrat] Richard Gephardt Mo. $3,249,849 [*] [Democrat] Charles Schumer N.Y. $2,859,681 [*] [Democrat] Michael Coles Ga. $2,344,912 [Democrat] Ellen Tauscher Calif. $2,100,833 ? [Democrat] Vic Fazio Calif. $2,054,088 [*] [Republican] Greg Ganske Iowa $2,019,302 [*] [Democrat] Joseph Kennedy Mass. $1,885,342 [*] [Democrat] Martin Frost Texas $1,768,731 [*] [Republican] John Ensign...