Word: gore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vice President too was a designated tough guy, to help give Clinton some cover. He heckled the enemy, repeatedly interrupting Gingrich during his presentation of Medicare options. At one point, Gingrich had to bite his lip when Gore cut in with the warning that "we can't frighten senior citizens. We must all guard against that." Gingrich, who had watched the Democrats spend millions of dollars last year attacking "Republican cuts" in Medicare, said nothing, having been counseled to stay calm at such moments. Gore remained feisty, however--so much so that rumors began circulating that he was throwing bones...
...years ago. Though Americans still tell pollsters that crime is at the top of their concerns, that may change as lagging perceptions catch up to new realities. Meanwhile, the President sees the political advantage as his. Though crime has hardly been mentioned in the Republican primaries, the Clinton-Gore Re-Election Committee spent a surprising $2.4 million last summer on TV spots that ran in 24 states, touting the President's record on crime...
...power moments for big bucks. When Lloyd Bentsen served as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in 1987, he planned to charge lobbyists $10,000 for the privilege of having breakfast with him. And this year, the Democratic National Committee offered two meals with President Clinton and Vice President Gore for $100,000. But the latest Republican appeal is the largest ever: it seeks to raise a record $15 million at the Jan. 24 Annual Gala--the Republicans' main fund-raising dinner--which is $3 million more than the 1995 affair...
...full-dress conference in Paris in the next week or two. But first Clinton hopes to win the support of a skeptical Congress. He was to begin his selling job to an equally suspicious nation this Monday with a televised speech. The arguments he and Vice President Al Gore will use to sway Congress and the public center on the need to halt a bloody and destabilizing war in Europe, to maintain U.S. leadership in the world and to play its role in the forefront of nato, lest the alliance fall apart. To help push the proposal, Administration officials will...
...about the political fallout from his refusal to cave in to G.O.P. demands. Summoning an answer he'd used on Gingrich days earlier in private, Clinton responded, "I don't care if my approval ratings drop all the way down to 5%; it's the right thing to do." Gore then piped up, "Why 5%? Why don't you say, 'All the way down to zero'?" Clinton joked in reply, "Well, if I go down to 4%, I'm gonna cave!" By that point, the jesting came easy: two of the week's polls already showed Clinton with a comfortable...