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...last the moral, political and philosophical imperatives came crashing down on their House. Gingrich spent the rest of the day talking with various factions within his ranks, and at 7 p.m. Thursday he summoned them to the Cannon building to offer his proposal. Dole had, in essence, taken 10 steps so the others could take five. It was the sort of leadership that earned him, in another venue, a chestful of medals and a withered right arm. Some freshmen could not believe their own House leader was deserting the cause. "There is not a need to cave," said an incredulous...
...Friday morning the Speaker was brooking no dissent. "He walked in and told us to sit down and stop the side conferences," said several members who were there. After a brief explanation of his plan to return 760,000 workers to the payroll, Gingrich urged their support and unveiled his threats. "If you don't vote for it, don't come to me..."--he paused for a long and very pregnant moment before continuing--". and talk about teamwork. If you think you should be Speaker of the House, then run for Speaker. I'm here to tell you this...
...convinced that whatever the President says, whatever he offers, Clinton will never sign a deal. "We realize that, and now we have to go to plan B, and plan B is to get the government back on its feet," said Representative Chris Shays of Connecticut, a close ally of Gingrich's. "The President simply isn't going to balance the budget, and so we take this to the November election...
...strategy looks exquisitely wise. He was the one who first agreed to end the shutdown, despite howls from the House and charges of treason from campaign rivals like Phil Gramm and Pat Buchanan. By Friday, when the House reversed course, Dole not only looked statesmanlike; he had also diminished Gingrich as a rival on his right and distanced himself from his party's extremists. At the same time, he had acquired a weapon to carry through the rest of the campaign against Clinton. Everywhere he goes for the next 10 months, he can make the case that...
...polls already reward what some Republican campaign veterans are calling Dole's "triangulation" strategy. A cbs News survey early last week showed Dole's job-approval rating had risen to 63%, up 11 points from December, while Clinton's was flat at 50% and Gingrich's was up 4 points but still a dismal 33%. It was, of all people, Sonny Bono who had the best explanation of the Speaker's folly. "I always respected his ability to be an artful dodger," said the freshman lawmaker. "He has an instinctive ability to make you believe things are going...