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...spell out how he would do that as President. "Gore has been very, very soft on school accountability," says Amy Wilkins, a principal partner at the Education Trust, a center-left school-reform group. "He doesn't set consequences for schools that fail. I'm a black Democrat," she adds, "so it's frightening for me to see Bush more concerned about minority achievement than Gore...
...John Cranley is a progressive Democrat, and the fact that he's pro-life will appeal to a larger cross-section of voters," said Massachusetts Young Democrats President and Kennedy School of Government graduate Avi Green, who also is assisting in Cranley's campaign. "He's going to campaign everywhere; [he's] not going to cross off anything in his bid for the seat...
Labeled "super" because of the wide range of state primaries contested and convention delegates awarded, last Tuesday witnessed the resounding victories of Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush and the subsequent demise of the insurgent candidates, McCain and Bradley...
...three Illinois Republicans slugging it out for the G.O.P. nomination for the House seat held by Democrat Lane Evans is using high-caliber weapons to secure his spot on the ballot. MICHAEL CURTISS, M.D., a general practitioner from western Illinois, raised about $50,000 in funds by raffling guns on the Internet. Currently up for grabs is a .50-cal. rifle that Democratic Chicago Representative Rod Blagojevich is trying to ban--the ArmaLite AR-50. Curtiss snidely refers to it as the "Blagojevich Special." At least 1,000 tickets at $20 a pop have been sold. Curtiss insists that...
There are no such overt struggles on the horizon for Gore. "He is very comfortable, very happy about where he is now," says Pooley. Having not had to stray far from his centrist-Democrat path in his tussle with Bill Bradley, the vice president won't have to do too much repositioning in his wooing of McCain independents in the coming months. And according to the exit polls taken in open primaries exposing the social libertarianism of many McCain supporters on issues like gay rights, Gore's moderate stance on social issues will probably find a welcoming audience. The vice...