Word: gop
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WASHINGTON: All he had to do was ask. A day after Bob Dole complained on national television that his campaign was running into trouble because Bill Clinton is outspending him on TV advertising, Newt Gingrich pledged a whopping $250,000 of his own funds to the GOP for ads. The typical contribution from Congress members is about $5,000. While not all of the cash can be used for ads directly endorsing Dole, the Republican National Committee is allowed to spend unlimited amounts on generic "issue ads" designed to achieve the same end: support for Dole. Newt's good deed...
...probably try to use this," says TIME's Eric Pooley. "But, it is not likely to prove a decisive turning point. Drugs are a part of the culture, and voters know this. Besides, a Democratic administration attracts idealistic young people who grew up during the 1970's." Unless the GOP concocts an unusually clever way to exploit the issue, Pooley says, it mainly functions as campaign clutter. "It should be seen in the context of the scandal-a-week which plagues the Administration. The White House can't seem to find a clean week to put out their positive message...
...early indications show that he will sign the bill into law." Republicans, led by former Senate Majority leader Bob Dole, had fought to keep the Medicaid legislation attached to the welfare bill in the hopes of denying the President an election year victory. With Thursday's shift in strategy, GOP lawmakers may gain personal credibility in their states for keeping their promise, but will also give Clinton the opportunity to make good on his 1992 campaign promise to "end welfare as we know it." The Dole campaign scrambled to take credit for the decision spearheaded by Newt Gingrich and Trent...
...YORK CITY: After a month of presidential campaigning dominated by talk of tobacco and assault weapons, President Clinton has increased his lead over GOP challenger Bob Dole. According to the latest TIME/CNN poll taken July 10-11, Clinton leads Dole by a 53-38 margin, up from a six-point lead in June. The numbers are below Clinton's 22-point lead in May, but still represent Clinton's second largest lead since the poll began last July. Dole appears to have been hurt by comments that tobacco may not be addictive and his failure to support a federal...
...crook, not the Nazi") he still received 39 percent of the vote. Duke also grabbed a resounding 44 percent of the vote in a run for the U.S. Senate in 1990. And last month, Republican Governor Mike Foster said he would support Duke if he became the GOP nominee. -->