Word: gop
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...over the defense budget. Their emerging strategy: Use the President?s requisition for the NATO action to tack on supplemental funding, perhaps $10 billion or more, to bolster the nation?s defenses. The move has the advantage of both backing the troops in Kosovo while also maintaining the GOP?s distance from Clinton?s general military policy...
Even his hometown pals and fellow GOP'ers won't back him--according to the AP, the Indianapolis mayor is backing Republican fave, Texas Gov. George W. Bush And Quayle aides have gone over to the Bush camp. Indiana GOP Chair Mike McDaniel hasn't endorsed anyone...
...they have a bright star in the making with George W. Bush. "His numbers are extraordinary," says Dickerson. Without having held a single fund-raising event, the Texas governor attracted $7.6 million. Bush easily eclipsed all his other rivals, including Elizabeth Dole, the other big name in the GOP contest. Dole raised less than $1 million, suggesting she may be following a dangerous family tradition set by her husband in his failed presidential bid: a slow start. "She hasn't put anything in place quickly," says Dickerson. "She's only announcing her New Hampshire team this coming week." Another...
...election machinery for the next congressional election, a small group of congressmen are feeling a particular pang: Should they honor the pledge they made in 1994, in conjunction with the failed term-limit plank of the Contract with America, to quietly exit in 2000? At least 10 GOP incumbents face that question. The answer has implications for the personal and political integrity of each member -- and for the continued Republican control of Congress...
...chagrin of some party insiders, six GOP Representatives have already announced they will abide by their pledges and not seek reelection in 2000. But the number six is crucial: It's exactly the margin of votes by which Republicans currently control the House of Representatives. In the shark-infested waters of politics, nothing draws an opposing party faster than an open seat. That's because incumbents enjoy a reelection rate of more than 95 percent. The best chance of a party turnover occurs when a seat opens...