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...stood before a group of senior citizens in Des Moines, Iowa, recently, Richard Gephardt was reminded that their cheers were at best a halfhearted embrace. The House Democratic leader had come to Iowa to stump for congressional candidates and to rail against Newt Gingrich for attempting to slash Medicare spending. The Republicans had so bungled their mandate and had pushed such an extreme agenda, Gephardt said, that Democrats should be given another chance. Which made sense to Arlyn Hodson. "We'll see you in the Speaker's seat!" the 66-year-old retired postal worker and Air Force veteran shouted...
That's hardly a ringing endorsement, and as such, it sums up Gephardt's challenge if he has any chance of replacing Gingrich as Speaker: before the nation is willing to oust the Republicans, it will have to decide whether it can trust the Democrats again. So it falls to Gephardt to make the country believe two years in the wilderness have been enough, that his is a chastened party with the discipline to keep its liberal, profligate instincts in check. "We got the message," Gephardt insists. "If you can't learn from your mistakes, then you aren't worth...
...Veepstakes is only a backdrop. Gore and Kemp may face each other four years from now, but at this point the real race for both men is against potential rather than present enemies. "For us," says Democrat Bob Kerrey, speaking for those like Dick Gephardt and Chris Dodd who would deny Gore that chance, "how Al does this time will shape the race for next time--and the same is so with Jack for the other side." Why? "Money, mostly." For at least the next two years every person bitten by the presidential bug will be scrambling for political...
...state audit found his office had spent extravagantly (on staff trips and entertainment) and had "completely violated" laws regarding competitive bidding, but he was never formally charged. He later held sub-Cabinet jobs in the Ford and Carter administrations and counseled such national politicians as Gary Hart and Richard Gephardt. He was credited with alerting many politicians to the problems of preserving U.S. competitiveness and maintaining the nation's infrastructure. True, he has a penchant for apocalyptic statements--e.g., the U.S. might become a "Japanese economic colony." That, however, should fit right in with Perot's own great sucking sounds...
...DAVIS Democrat--Florida 11th Emerging from a financially grueling primary, Davis came from behind, bolstered by sluggers like House minority leader Dick Gephardt...