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...Senate, Thompson had little patience for chasing the money it takes to get elected. Bouncing along dark Tennessee roads from one fund raiser to the next, he would give his campaign manager, Bill Lacy, long disquisitions on the flaws of the current system. An underdog against a better-financed Democrat, Thompson was finally exasperated enough by conventional campaigning to don battered boots and lease a red pickup to travel the state talking about how "Ol' Fred" would bring common sense to Washington. Voters loved the whole bit, even when it came from a rich lawyer with a Washington lobbying practice...
This year's orientation will include presentations from both Republican and Democrat leaders...
...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...
...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...