Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Congressman from Arkansas, Hutchinson says he got to know Lindsey when they worked in state politics in the 1980s and early 1990s. Though always cordial, they were foes then too. Hutchinson was a rising Republican, while Lindsey was a close friend and adviser to the state's most powerful Democrat, Governor Bill Clinton. In Arkansas, Hutchinson says, "everybody's got some connection...
...that doesn't get it, can't keep up and is probably only going to make things worse if it finds you. Gordon Smith, the freshman Republican Senator from Oregon, is worried that a government engineered more than two centuries ago risks irrelevance in the Internet age. He and Democrat Ron Wyden held a series of bipartisan town meetings earlier this month, thinking they might be a good antidote to the bickering. But what Smith heard from voters surprised him. "I expected to be deluged with questions about the scandal," Smith said. "But it was the opposite. I got questions...
...problem for the White House is that the interests of the President and those of his party are not quite the same. "From the Democratic Party perspective, I don't see any downside to having a long trial," says a White House official. The Democrats would prefer not to see Clinton thrown out of office. But they cannot have failed to notice that the bloodbath in the House helped their party and hurt the Republicans. In fact, the only Democrat to lose from what happened in the House was Clinton...
...Wednesday he appointed three department heads--one Democrat, one Republican, one Reform Party member...
...with Governor--and soon to be convicted felon--Fife Symington. When she suggested that he resign, a Symington crony said she was having "a bad hair day." Last week Keegan joined Governor Jane Hull, secretary of state Betsey Bayless, treasurer Carol Springer and attorney general Janet Napolitano (the lone Democrat) in the nation's first all-female state administration. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is from the state, swore in the "Fab Five," who have captivated the national media. To Arizonans, having women run things is no big deal. The candidates did not make gender...