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...course, that speculation may be just what GOP strategists are hoping for; they know full well the erstwhile candidate's effect on the press corps - many members of which are rendered goo-goo-eyed in the senator's presence. And they know that the longer the guessing game continues - and the more interesting they can make it - the less time and space they have for Al Gore...
...harder man to tolerate - what with intolerance being practically a bumper sticker for him - and his audience is narrowing. Remember, it was a decided lack of disaffected Republicans that drove Buchanan into Perot's arms in the first place (the numbers for Pat in his perennial GOP primary battles had dwindled to nothing) and in his bid for the Reform mantle Pat has steadfastly refused to broaden his appeal...
...symbolic protest of Bush's vice-presidential choice. There'd be a few desertions, to be sure, but in general, political strategists shouldn't have a hard time convincing anyone that the time is right to show middle-of-the road voters that there's room in the GOP for social moderates - an approach whose potential benefits far outweigh the risk of leaving a few pro-life extremists high...
...that the House Republicans are paupers - they've still raised $90 million, more money than the Dems, but they've been burning it too, to the tune of $68 million so far ("investments," in the flack-speak of nervous GOP staffers). House Democrats have been more careful, and still the money keeps rolling in, because these days George W. has them looking like the only decent bet in town...
...would-be Democratic donor looks at the polls, looks at Bush, looks at Gore... and suddenly sees the House, GOP-controlled by only six seats, as his last best investment opportunity. A big check made out to the Democrats, who'll then pour it into the close races in hopes of tipping the numbers, puts the donor in a position to be a hero to any number of Democrats newly in charge of powerful committees who'll be very, very grateful. And congressional Democrats, used to being outspent 2 to 1, are quietly pimping those expectations...