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...same day, Lott held a conference call with the 50 other Senators and Senators-elect across the country, to begin mapping out a legislative agenda. If he manages to seize control of the lame-duck session, Lott plans to push through Bush's homeland-security bill, which Democrats blocked because of the White House's refusal to extend civil servant benefits to employees of the new Department of Homeland Security. They won't try that again. Bush hammered the Senate as soft on terrorism for opposing the plan, and Democrats like Cleland were vulnerable to the charge. "The President will...
...economy got them nowhere--"No one has really felt the pain of the Bush economic policies yet," says Democratic Senate whip Harry Reid--many believe it's time to go after Bush's tax cut. "The economy is in shambles because of that tax cut," says Pennsylvania Governor-elect and former D.N.C. chair Ed Rendell. "We can translate that into things people understand: 'You're not going to get money you need for social services to make your life better. Why? Because they gave all the money away in a tax cut.' Find everything that people are concerned about, everything...
...race would have been drastically different had the Democratic Party supported Senator-Elect Coleman when he was one of their own. Coleman was elected and served as Mayor of St. Paul as a Democrat. He and other elected officials, such as Co-Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), left the Democratic Party because of the party’s rigid intolerance of opponents of abortion...
Another Midwestern state that has a long tradition of Democrats opposing abortion is Missouri, where Jean Carnahan lost her race against Senator-Elect Jim Talent. Historically, there is a net benefit of approximately 80,000 votes to the candidate who opposes abortion in state-wide races in Missouri. Additionally, Senator Max Cleland (D-Ga.), a wounded Vietnam Veteran who lost three of his limbs, was defeated in a pro-military state by an opponent of abortion, Republican Rep. Saxby Chambliss...
While several candidates who unapologetically support abortion lost their Senate bids, Senate Democrats did pick up a seat in Arkansas where Senator-Elect Mark Pryor essentially ducked the abortion issue. When pressed, Pryor said that while he personally opposes abortion, he believes a woman should have the right to choose in cases of rape or incest. Combined with questions about Sen. Hutchinson’s “family values,” this was enough for Democrats who oppose abortion to feel comfortable supporting Pryor...