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Next came Ornstein. Peering out from behind his horn-rims, he underplayed the audience into his hands. He jabbed at last year's winner, CNBC's Chris Matthews, noting that Matthews hadn't yet picked up his prize, a case of Ritalin. He said that Newt Gingrich was going to make some commercial endorsements now, but only those befitting the dignity of his office: "So far, the only one he's accepted is from Bob's Big Boy." He confessed that his naivete had left him unprepared for this year's events: "I used to think that being...
...what, you might ask, did all this mean for practical politics? Here is where the difficulties arose. Trying to explain himself, as he so often did, Gingrich would only make matters worse. After Bob Dole's defeat in 1996, the Speaker tried to inspire the troops with a "movement planning proposal," in which the definer defined his mission (take a deep breath) like so: "We are the positive, values-oriented, problem-solving movement committed to a stronger better America with a better government that uses modern management, relies on faith-based and other charities, pursues modern science and technology, encourages...
PRISCILLA PAINTON, editor of TIME's Nation section, has unflappably presided over a raucous political year. Most recently she guided our coverage of the midterm elections, which culminated last week in the surprise resignation of Speaker Newt Gingrich. Born to American parents in Rome and educated in Paris, Painton always brings a fresh eye to political journalism, including her reporting on the campaigns of Jesse Jackson and Bill Clinton. "I love American politics," she says, "because the facts constantly contradict the conventional wisdom." Of the dozen cover stories she has edited this year, Painton is most proud of two that...
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Gingrich jumps, D'Amato and Faircloth lose, in-law Boxer wins and Monica threat goes up in smoke...
...exactly a repetition of DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN, but the European edition of USA Today did seem to suggest an election outcome that was at some divergence with how things actually played out. Unless this was one of those gag newspapers that somebody printed to razz Newt Gingrich...