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...Umina, a "dark horse" candidate for the GOP nomination proposed to make state government more efficient by laying off 30 percent of its workers...
...Steven D. Pierce (R-Westfield)--who with Weld is a current front-runner in winning delegates to the March 10 GOP convention--called for mandatory sentences for people who use guns in committing crimes...
...have members on your side of the aisle, and we have members on our side of the aisle who are looking for further cuts," said Rep. Kevin Poirier (R-North Attleboro), a member of the GOP leadership team...
...starchy GOP lineup doesn't fully explain the Democratic victories. The Democratic "trump card" was clearly the abortion-rights issue. During the campaign, which in some cases began to resemble a plebiscite on abortion rights. several Republicans backpedaled frantically from hardline anti-abortion stances. They either reversed their positions, as did Giuliani and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jim Courter, or minimized the issue, as did President Bush last Tuesday...
...clear what Bush and other Republicans who have espoused right-to-life views are trying to accomplish. While the abortion funding debate worked to their favor, they gave it a prominent slot on the GOP docket. But as soon as they felt a shift in the political weather, they tried to dismiss the issue. "It's no longer important if it puts wind in their sails, not ours," they said, but the voters, especially those in Virginia, didn...