Word: gop
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Alexander emphasized the economic benefits of his tax code for families, he also focused on his desire to alter the focus of the GOP...
...recent actions seem to indicate that Alexander has become more serious in his pursuit of the GOP presidential nomination...
...this," reports Branegan. "They see it as a way out, a show of bipartisanship that would put their disapproval on the record." And then, so the script goes, Clinton can make some more contrite comments and the country can move on. There's just one problem: Those in the GOP who are already calling for Clinton's resignation might simply ignore the censure -- and move ahead with impeachment anyway. Not everyone likes a Hollywood ending...
...lauded the court's decision as "a tremendous court victory." But the great uncounted can be an inscrutable bunch. Take motor-voter laws, which make registering to vote easier and which Republicans opposed on the tenet that the laziest voters were all Democrats. "Those laws have actually helped the GOP, for reasons that demographers still don't understand," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. "You never know how it will come out." Certainly Clinton hasn't had much luck lately with the high court, and this time, as before, the law seems to be against him. But if he wins...
...Lott doesn't want to fuss with campaign finance anymore," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "There's just no benefit for the GOP to take it up -- their constituencies don't care anymore." Either that, or they're not rich enough to get Lott's attention...