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...Unfortunately, the high jinks didn't stop there. During their first week, the GOP staff was also forced to contend with tangled phone lines and reports of broken glass desktops. A little surprise looms as well - according to one snickering Gore staffer, when the new White House occupants replace paper in the office photocopiers, they'll find themselves face to face with empty paper trays emblazoned with "Gore 2000" bumper stickers. (This little trick has also been reported in newspapers as "leaving obscene messages in the copy machines," a discrepancy that gives you a sense of just how subjective this...
...that the President is eager to forgive and forget the transgressions, because he "understands that transitions can be times of difficulty and strong emotion." (Loosely translated, that means: "I have no interest in getting sucked into a debate over who has precipitated more undignified pranks in his lifetime.") Instead, GOP officials are taking this moment to gloat, shaking their heads sadly whenever the "incidents" are mentioned, and sagely murmuring that we could hardly expect any better from the likes of the Clinton family...
...minority leader Tom Daschle - but any delay at all provides Ashcroft's adversaries with time to build up their arsenal, which, while probably incapable of bringing down Ashcroft's nomination, could serve another, longer-term purpose: By lodging deeply in vulnerable congressional Republicans, the Dems' ammunition may poison GOP reelection efforts - and even shift the balance of power on Capitol Hill...
...While GOP leaders are confident they've locked up their party's 50 votes in favor of Ashcroft, no one is absolutely sure how many Democrats are considering giving him the green light - although West Virginia's Robert Byrd, Georgia's Zell Miller and North Dakota's Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan have all expressed their intentions to confirm. One Democrat on the committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, doesn't need the extra week to make up her mind about Ashcroft; she has already announced her opposition to the nominee, citing his "ultra-right-wing" record on hot-button...
President Bush confirmed at a White House lunch for GOP congressional leaders Monday that as one of his first acts as president he will reinstate the so-called global gag rule, which blocks U.S. funds being given to international family-planning groups that offer abortion and abortion counseling. "Yes, I will," Bush told reporters who asked if he would issue an executive order. When can it be expected? "Soon," Bush replied. The announcement was expected later in the day, which is the 28th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion...