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...ahead, no one can turn the power axis into a power black hole. There's only one exception to this general rule. When there's a presidential election, Hollywood unites against the Republican to ensure the Democratic candidate's victory. The Democrat becomes the "it boy," the Republican the whipping...
...Bush and the Republicans say everybody deserves the same tax cut, fully satisfied that the richest will reap the richest rewards; Gore and the Democrats say the best thing to do is to focus on those who need it more. Bush wants an expensive renovation of Social Security; Gore wants to put a new coat of paint on it. Bush tends to hold truck with the private sector; Gore is convinced government has its duties and can perform them admirably, if nourished. Gore seems a little more strenuous about the environment, Bush a little more stingy with our national influence...
...This is a classic case of being outspent," says Wayne County executive Ed McNamara, a Democrat. "If you get the spin doctors going, you can elect Dracula to heaven." Stabenow is looking for rescue from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is pouring in money to put her advertising outlays in line with Abraham's. "Here's all we know," says Jim Jordan, the Democratic Senate-campaign political director. "After millions of dollars, Abraham still hasn't reached 50% in the polls. The voters of Michigan are looking for an alternative." Maybe so. But whether Stabenow is the alternative they...
Reality dawned in 1998, just months after the victory of the centrist Social Democrat party. Jan Mladek, the republic's current Deputy Finance Minister for Privatization, planned to privatize the country's major banks after the Social Democrats took office, but slowly, perhaps keeping one in state hands. Two years later, three of four banks have been sold, and the last one is due to be privatized early next year. Mladek's explanation? "Social Democrat governments privatize only when they need money or something doesn't work. Ours is not an exception...
...About the only way the late Carnahan can beat a living Ashcroft is if Wilson announces in advance whom he intends to appoint should Ashcroft lose. The problem for Wilson, and the Democrats, is that the choices are few. The state's leading member of Congress, House minority leader Richard Gephardt, doesn't want the job. Attorney General Jay Nixon and former Senator Thomas Eagleton probably can't beat Ashcroft. The only Democrat with a shot at doing that would be Carnahan's widow, Jean. But since she also lost a son, Roger, in the crash - an aide...