Word: gop
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Dissent: Clear Victory for GOP...
Dole, the wife of former GOP presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bob Dole, held a slight lead in polls going into the election...
...state's oft-ridiculed electoral system - exorcised the demons of 2000 in convincing fashion Tuesday night. Bush routed Democratic challenger and political rookie Bill McBride - 56% to 43% - becoming the first GOP governor ever to win re-election in Florida. Meanwhile, the state, which as recently as the botched September primary races looked as though it still couldn't vote and chew gum at the same time, finally pulled off an election without a hitch. So efficient and smooth was the voting that within an hour of the polls closing, enough precincts had been counted to call Bush's landslide...
...South Florida in Tampa. While the chief voter concern was schools, she notes, Floridians were willing to entertain the notion of change. "But when they suddenly start thinking about all the economic uncertainty we're living under now, then change of leadership is a lot less appealing." Florida GOP Chairman Al Cardenas concurred: "People in Florida realized at the end of the day that Jeb Bush has their utter confidence." As for the national effect of the landslide, Cardenas added, "It was the Democrats who called [the Florida governor election] a plebiscite on George W. Bush's presidency. They...
...president can certainly claim a little favorable wind behind his plan to privatize Social Security. Candidates who ran on that plan, such as Elizabeth Dole and Lindsay Graham, did well, vindicating Karl Rove and other conservatives in the party have been fighting an internal party battle over whether GOP candidates should run on the issue. Many conservatives blame Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Tom Davis for watering down Bush's ideas, telling his candidates that running on Social Security private accounts was too risky. Whether or not Davis was right, it will be harder for him or other nervous Republicans...