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Only one person has nothing to lose at this year?s supercharged Iowa straw poll: the treasurer of the Iowa Republican Party, who?ll have raked in a cool half-million for the cause by the time voting kicks off Saturday. For the nine GOP presidential candidates frenetically bribing voters with free tickets, celebrities and tchotchkes galore -? it?s OK, it?s not a real electoral event ?- it?s pretty much do or die. For George W. Bush, who has spent about $750,000 on the event, anything less than a convincing win is a dangerous stumble. Steve Forbes, whose...
...blow. John McCain, meanwhile, skipped the event completely, calling it a "scam," and in the run-up to the vote it?s not hard to see why an avatar of campaign finance reform would find the event distasteful. The event itself is just a fund-raiser for the Iowa GOP, held a full six months before the state?s caucus. Candidates ply farmers with barbecue, musical acts, gold pins, luxury bus rides to the polls; they?ll even pay your $25 entrance fee if you vote for them. It?s the first indignation of an election cycle over-stuffed with...
That's fine with the potential First Twins. "They're not big into campaigning," says spokeswoman Mindi Tucker. While fellow GOP candidate Steve Forbes has enlisted his four daughters, Bush, who worked for his father's campaigns, is following the Clinton model used to shield Chelsea. It's one area in which he would like to emulate the man he wants to succeed...
...GOP tax reform legislation would extend the exclusion from paying taxes on this benefit through...
Despite the Clinton administration's disagreement with aspects of the GOP's tax legislation, many of bill's education provisions could still eventually be signed into...