Word: gop
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...even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe vs. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to undergo illegal and dangerous operations." Gasp. A statement that wouldn?t arouse much ire with sociologists (or certainly moderate San Franciscans) suddenly had the GOP?s right wing up in arms. McCain, after 17 years of opposing abortion in the Senate, suddenly found himself first vainly fudging on CNN Sunday night, and then writing an abashed letter Tuesday to National Right to Life Committee president Wanda Franz. "I share our common goal of reducing the staggering...
Lamar Alexander was too much like George W. to be a real alternative. And so, after trudging an uphill campaign trail practically nonstop for six years, the former Tennessee governor bowed his head Monday and dropped out of the GOP 2000 presidential campaign. "My heart wants to keep going, but there is no realistic way to do it," Alexander said in a prepared statement to supporters gathered at the state capitol in Nashville. During the 1996 primaries, Bill Clinton had called Alexander the opponent he most feared. Four years later, after pouring the last of his meager campaign funds into...
Only one person has nothing to lose at this year?s supercharged Iowa straw poll: the treasurer of the Iowa Republican Party, who?ll have raked in a cool half-million for the cause by the time voting kicks off Saturday. For the nine GOP presidential candidates frenetically bribing voters with free tickets, celebrities and tchotchkes galore -? it?s OK, it?s not a real electoral event ?- it?s pretty much do or die. For George W. Bush, who has spent about $750,000 on the event, anything less than a convincing win is a dangerous stumble. Steve Forbes, whose...
...blow. John McCain, meanwhile, skipped the event completely, calling it a "scam," and in the run-up to the vote it?s not hard to see why an avatar of campaign finance reform would find the event distasteful. The event itself is just a fund-raiser for the Iowa GOP, held a full six months before the state?s caucus. Candidates ply farmers with barbecue, musical acts, gold pins, luxury bus rides to the polls; they?ll even pay your $25 entrance fee if you vote for them. It?s the first indignation of an election cycle over-stuffed with...
That's fine with the potential First Twins. "They're not big into campaigning," says spokeswoman Mindi Tucker. While fellow GOP candidate Steve Forbes has enlisted his four daughters, Bush, who worked for his father's campaigns, is following the Clinton model used to shield Chelsea. It's one area in which he would like to emulate the man he wants to succeed...