Word: gop
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...signs of this year's race point to a Weld presidential candidacy: a changing GOP, for one. The party is slowly trading the rightism that produced Pat Robertson and "family values" in 1992 for expanding acceptance of abortion and gay rights...
Even Roosevelt aides, responding to the universal GOP chant of "Four more years!" said "two more years" would be a more realistic view of Weld's second term, which they expect to be cut short by his bid for the presidency...
Returns-watchers are expecting a Republican sweep to be as big as advertised or even bigger -- with virtually every competitive race, according to early exit polls, too close to call. The GOP needed to win at least seven seats totake power in the Senate, and 40 seats in the House. Republican Senate leaders, including Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, say exit polls suggest they'll gain nine seats -- two more than the number needed to take control of the Senate -- a first for the GOP since 1986. (Tony Coehlo, a chief Democrat strategist, admits the Dems will lose five to eight...
...would we want to give the Congress to people who want to take us back to what almost wrecked us in the 1980s? Say no to them! Say yes to our people!" But the news was grim as polls gauging voter congressional preferences released today all give the GOP a comfortable margin over the Dems: A CNN/USA Today poll has the numbers at 51-44; A Times Mirror survey pegs it at 48-43; and an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll gives the GOP a staggering 46-35 lead. The numbers had pundits predicting a sure GOP takeover of the Senate...
Races for governorin key, large states today showed some unexpected movement as challengers closed in on incumbents, both Democrats. In New York, Gov. Mario Cuomo, who just a week ago had a 16-point lead in the polls over GOP rival George Pataki, saw his advantage evaporate to just 4 percent, a New York Post/WNBC poll shows. Cuomo's gains two weeks ago after the surprise October 24 endorsement by New York City's mayor may have taken place too soon. Now the race is too close to call. The other race that's unpredictable at this point...