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John McCain's insurgency may be catching fire with the South Carolina GOP rank and file, but the Republican leadership nationwide is more determined than ever to stop him from spoiling the Bush coronation - and they intend to fight smart. New York governor George Pataki announced Thursday that the state party would drop its efforts to keep McCain off the ballot in a number of congressional districts, after the Bush camp had reconsidered the wisdom of a tactic that's been grist to the Arizona senator's anti-establishment mill. The solidly pro-Bush party establishment had been locked...
...GOP side, the same old mantra of taxes, taxes, taxes seems to be the leading song choice. This would seem odd now, given the obscene prosperity that has been generated over the past half decade. Not that taxes don't make for great political fodder. It is just that at a time when people are doing well and America is preeminent in the world both economically and militarily, a government-bashing tax cut doesn't seem like the most sellable line. Equally important, to be sure, is the important issue of health care. Democrats are right to seek...
...Officially, however, the club's constitution requires it to adopt the anti-abortion stance of GOP's national platform...
...marking the longest economic expansion in U.S. history - and that boom has been making it hard for the candidates to differentiate themselves from one another. Although Tuesday's vote may produce close races in both parties as Governor George W. Bush reins in Senator John McCain's lead among GOP voters and Bill Bradley makes up ground against the vice president among Democrats, the presidential race thus far has been most notable for its lack of burning policy questions. Character, we're told, will be decisive; "authenticity" is much in demand. Looking back at the New Hampshire campaign, there...
...marriage tax penalty," says Branegan, "and that leaves the Republicans with the choice of either kvetching that he stole their ideas and looking churlish, or broadly supporting him. You can also be sure that whatever big-spending programs he's proposed poll-tested well with voters." That leaves the GOP facing a challenge of picking their battles against his legislative spending agenda in a way that differentiates them from the Democrats while appealing to moderate voters. The biggest beneficiary of Clinton's glowing account of the administration's achievements is Vice President Gore, who received plenty of plaudits from...