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...power and carry out a far-right agenda. But while an array of Republicans are lining up to get on the ballot (the top vote getter will replace Davis if he loses), the key for Davis is to keep members of his party on the sidelines. "If a solid Democrat files, it would be a vote of no confidence," says Allen Hoffenblum, a G.O.P. consultant, "and then it ceases being a recall election and becomes a gubernatorial election." Davis has constantly been on the phone with top Democrats like House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein. His hope...
...Democrat to watch is Feinstein. "Nothing I know right now interests me in running," she said last week. But that leaves her some wiggle room, should things change. She is more popular in the state than Davis and has long been thought to covet the governorship. (She lost a shot at it in 1990.) She also comes to the race with rare experience. In 1983 when she was mayor of San Francisco, she too faced a recall election. She won handily. --By Terry McCarthy and Karen Tumulty
...Come over here and make me. I dare you. You little fruitcake." REPRESENTATIVE PETE STARK, California Democrat, at a Ways and Means Committee meeting that erupted in a dispute over pension reform. Capitol police were called to restore order...
Both Tauzin and Breaux play it cool when asked about their interest in the job. "No one has told me Jack is leaving, and I won't believe he's going until he does," Breaux told TIME. But the three-term centrist Democratic Senator may not run for re-election in 2004, especially if a Democrat wins the Louisiana Governor's race this fall, thus ensuring that a Democrat would fill out his term. Said a spokesman for Tauzin, who insists he is running in '04: "No job has been offered, and we all know Jack's going...
...strategy discussions last Friday, party activists were asked to stand in different parts of the room according to the option they favored: run a presidential candidate in an all-out nationwide campaign; run only outside battleground states to avoid siphoning crucial votes from the Democratic Party candidate; or simply support whichever Democrat gets the nomination. Running an all-out campaign was the overwhelming favorite. Some Greens - including Nader, the party's candidate in 2000 - have indicated they could support Rep. Dennis Kucinich, one of the pack of Democratic presidential hopefuls. But, said Green Kevin McKeown, mayor pro-tem of Santa...