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...Judiciary chair would be requiring a whole bunch of answers as the price for a speedy impeachment inquiry. And the longer some of the queries go unanswered, the worse it looks for the White House -- a fact which was, no doubt, at the back of the minds of the GOP legal team that framed them. For example, question one: "Do you admit or deny that you are the chief law enforcement officer of the United States of America...
...President of the Republican Club C.J.Mahoney '00 put the GOP's loss into perspective...
...Conventions, of course, are little more than scripted beauty pageants these days, but they still attract the pundits like flies. And just re-elected Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge is one of the GOP's new breed of pragmatic managerial governors who draw the broad local support the national party lacks. But why not runner-up New York, where mayor Rudy Giuliani and Governor George Pataki have Manhattan's crime rate way down and the city's popularity way up? "New York is still hostile territory for most Republicans," says veteran TIME political reporter Richard Duncan. "It's closer now than...
WASHINGTON: The GOP would probably rather be in Houston -- but this time around, Philly is the way to go. Reeling from Tuesday's election and intent on broadening their appeal, the Republicans are pitching their 2000 convention tent squarely in traditional Democratic territory -- the northeast. "The first president of the next millennium will be nominated in the cradle of liberty," Republican Party Chairman Jim Nicholson said Thursday...
...upcoming leadership elections -- due November 18 -- is not whether Newt can garner a majority among Republicans, but whether he could win all the Republican votes when the speakership comes to a floor vote in January. The last time, around six Republicans deserted Gingrich. If there are more than six GOP turncoats this time round, the Speaker will have to step down. Right now, however, it is unclear whether Livingston or anyone else will have the courage to challenge Newt. As the now-departed Bill Paxon knows, failure invites retribution...