Word: democratization
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...difficult to find a Democrat in Washington who doesn't say publicly that the nomination is Gore's if he wants it. But it's just as hard to find one who privately expresses any enthusiasm for the prospect. That doesn't bother Zimmerman, who says, "The Beltway underestimates Al and Tipper's very strong national following." Maybe so, but many big-and not-so-big-name Democrats are discovering that urgent matters demand their presence in states that happen to hold early presidential primaries. Even Gore's running mate seems to have got the bug: last weekend Senator...
...barely know but there's another working mother in the race. State Treasurer Shannon O'Brien, a Democrat, takes being a high elected official and a mother of two children, one just a year old, as a fact of life, not an excuse. Women don't benefit from Governor Moms (or Dads) claiming exemptions from the rules for doing what most people do quietly, work and raise a family. No more Governor Moms. Governor will...
...Pickering get picked on? At least one Democrat was straightforward about the reasoning behind his vote. The New York Times reports that Charles Schumer admitted that Pickering was “a decent and honorable man and certainly not a racist.” But Schumer went on to explain that the vote was about demonstrating the unacceptability of “stack[ing] the courts with Scalias and Thomases...
...howls by anointing individual candidates in contested primaries across the country. And Rove's minesweepers cleared the Republican field of all but token opposition for Senate candidates Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina, John Thune in South Dakota and Norm Coleman in Minnesota, who is running against incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone. Rove called Coleman's expected primary rival, Minnesota house majority leader Tim Pawlenty, and asked him to step aside. After Pawlenty turned Rove down, Cheney called him with the same message--less than two hours before Pawlenty was set to announce. Pawlenty is now running for Governor...
...difficult to find a Democrat in Washington who doesn't say publicly that the nomination is Gore's if he wants it. But it's just as hard to find one who privately expresses any enthusiasm for the prospect. That doesn't bother Zimmerman, who says, "The Beltway underestimates Al and Tipper's very strong national following." Maybe so, but many big-and not-so-big-name Democrats are discovering that urgent matters demand their presence in states that happen to hold early presidential primaries. Even Gore's running mate seems to have got the bug: last weekend Senator...