Word: gop
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...Democrats are hoping that election-eve efforts to drum up fear of GOP Social Security cuts are tailor-made for Pennsylvania incumbent Sen. Harris Wofford, who's slipped well behind Republican Rep. Rick Santorum, 35 percent to 46 percent, among likely voters in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/WTAE-TV poll. In a state with an elderly population percentage second only to Florida's, Santorum recently suggested the Social Security retirement age be boosted from 65 to 70 or higher; a Wofford campaign worker videotaped the remark, which is now the centerpiece in a new ad blitz.Post to 1994 Elections...
...last 24 hours were Oliver North's latest turn at being a punching bag in the gloves-offVirginia Senate race. Late Thursday in New York, former First Lady Nancy Reagan laid into the Iran-contra figure-turned-Virginia GOP Senate contender: "I know Ollie North has a great deal of trouble separating fact from fantasy. And he lied to my husband and lied about my husband, kept things from him that he should not have kept from him . . . " North praised Ronald Reagan's presidency as the "greatest" of his lifetime and said he didn't want to "get into...
...government. That's not what we were promised. And that's not what this country needs." Another spot showcases the now infamous leaked OMB memo that raises the prospect of administration schemes to slash Social Security and Medicare. Will the ads play?TIME senior correspondent Laurence I. Barrettthinks the GOP timing may be off. In midterm contests, he says, "Republicans tend to try to nationalize elections and Democrats tend to localize elections. And we're at the stage now where candidates are back home and local issues and debates come into play...
...California, Democrat Kathleen Brown is inching up in her race against GOP Gov. Pete Wilson, although her gains among those likely to vote are less dramatic. According to a Los Angeles Times poll, Brown lags 48 to 45 percent behind Wilson, but the difference is within the poll's error margin. Two weeks ago, Brown trailed by eight points. Still if younger less reliable voters are removed from the picture, Wilson leads 52-43. Brown's gains come as she has distanced herself from Wilson-backed Proposition 187 -- which would stop illegal aliens from receiving social services. A majority...
...Huffingtonhas based much of his Senate campaign against Democratic incumbent Dianne Feinstein on combatting illegal immigration, but now he admits employing an illegal alien in his posh Santa Barbara home for five years. Early Wednesday -- right after he reaffirmed his support for the anti-illegal immigration Proposition 187 -- the GOP nominee was asked whether he'd had ever employed an illegal alien, a violation of federal law. His answer: no problem he knew of. But last night, the Huffington camp issued a terse confession -- plus a so-far unsupported accusation that Feinstein had done the same thing. The Huffington campaign...