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...knew it wouldn?t be long before the George W. Bush juggernaut started forcing fellow Republicans out of the 2000 race. But out of the party? Yes, it's happened. New Hampshire senator Bob Smith, the GOP presidential hopeful with the far-right positions and the 1 percent support, is quitting the Republicans for, well, anyone who?ll have him. Just as long as they?re really, really conservative. "I came to the Republican party on principle, and I'm leaving on principle," Smith proclaimed Monday. By principle, of course, he means unwavering support for gun rights and prayer...
...have sealed the deal. Pragmatic governors and tax-cut hawks are the party stars, and social conservatives are simply not welcome on the national stage. Among the spurned, there has been plenty of disappointed talk, but only someone as crotchety as Smith has the chutzpah to leave the GOP tent for the lean-tos of a Reform party or Taxpayer?s party. "This is quixotic," says Dickerson. "As much courage as Smith has for bolting ? and as much press as he'll get for it ? he?ll be a whisper from here on out." And if Bush wins, the same...
...some "tough political votes" over health care, says Dickerson. Republicans would prefer not to have to deal with the HMO issue, he reports, but, aware of the political draw of the matter, they are seeking to enact a limited bill that will both pass public muster and maintain the GOP?s reputation as the party of fiscal responsibility. At the moment there does not appear to be much wavering in the Republican ranks, which means that come the end of the week, the GOP majority will probably manage to push through its version. Both parties will then take their health...
...reasons are not yet clear, for McConnell and Lott, the motive was campaign-finance reform ? or, rather, their opposition to it. The two Republicans want to get an Ohio law professor ? who thinks that bans on "soft money" are a violation of free speech ? appointed to fill a GOP vacancy on the board of the Federal Election Commission. Bill Clinton doesn?t want that, and so the U.S.? star Balkan negotiator is, once again, stymied in his yearlong attempt to take his seat at the U.N. (His nomination was put on hold during an eight-month federal ethics investigation that...
...shoring up will probably have to wait for a new president and Congress." Meanwhile, of course, those "little things" will go a long way toward wooing seniors over to the Democratic half of the voting booth in 2000. They?ll also be very hard for Republicans to resist. "The GOP is in serious disarray right now," says Branegan. "They shot themselves in the foot on guns and Kosovo, and they don?t want to hand the Democrats another issue for 2000." When it comes to touchy-feely stuff like Grandma and her heart pills, Clinton has it all over them...