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...sustained," he says. Over the years, Taylor has acquired a reputation for moral integrity, and as a result, he is flooded with benefit requests from politicians and causes. He remains proudly political, "a lefty like my pop," a genteel North Carolina physician who was an Adlai Stevenson Democrat and a strong advocate for socialized medicine. The doctor's son is appalled to think of the market as the answer to America's problems. It leads, he says, to "an armed-camp mentality...
...last minute, House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt looked ready to walk away from the deal. Two weeks ago, Clinton had summoned top House Democrats to the White House to argue that the agreement would remake the Democratic Party's image. The President insisted that it was only because he had embraced a balanced budget that he was re-elected last year, while Democrats failed to recapture Congress. By actually passing a balanced budget, Clinton claimed, he would "make it safe to be a Democrat again." Gephardt sat next to him, saying nothing...
...also wonders whether Kabila will choose to rule by himself or open up Zairean politics to other parties. "I cannot tell you that we think he is a democrat," says Burns. Museveni was not pleased when Kabila visited him last month and said he was about to announce the names of those who would serve in his new government. "I asked him, 'What's the hurry?'" says Museveni. "We cannot run Zaire for him, but we can try to help him avoid mistakes." He fears Kabila wants to dominate the country until elections are held--who knows when--and warns...
With his crusade to eliminate what he calls state government "the old-fashioned way," Malone rocked a boat that many Bay State pols--Republican and Democrat alike--were quite happy to be sitting...
...will browbeat his colleagues is unknown. And even if he does, to what end? Blair's career thus far suggests a capacity for ruthlessness, and he often recalls the question asked by a G.O.P. speaker at the 1984 Republican Convention: "When was the last time you heard a Democrat say no?" That, says Blair, was "too close to the truth for comfort...