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...Obsession with process has made Byrd a god in West Virginia; his mastery of appropriations has funneled billions to the perennially poor state. While Al Gore lost the state in 2000, Byrd won all but seven of its 1,970 precincts. Senators, too, admire his command, seeking him out like a somewhat eccentric sage. When Bill Frist ascended to Byrd's old post as majority leader, the two met for two hours. Hillary Clinton comes by for advice...
...same time recognizes that it could protect her family. "I'm very torn," she admitted. "Before 9/11, I would not have been." Nancy Potter, a 52-year-old teacher in Murfreesboro, Tenn., did not vote for George Bush and still thinks he stole the election from Al Gore. But when it comes to what the Administration has done against terrorism, she admits, "I think everything they've done is necessary. I absolutely support them in this." Adds Terri Brill, a 42-year-old mom from the Denver suburbs: "Personally, I think we need to close our borders; the threat...
...winning streak. Bill Clinton muscled through the most significant new gun laws in 30 years, including the 1994 assault-weapons ban and the 1993 Brady Law, requiring background checks for gun buyers. But gun groups got some revenge in the 2000 election, when they were credited with costing Al Gore at least three states, including his home, Tennessee...
Smith states: “In our democracy, ambition can’t subordinate the will of the majority....” Al Gore won the 2002 election by over 500,000 votes. Florida was decided not at the ballot box but by Bush Sr. appointees. Obviously, ambition did subordinate the will of the majority...
...months ago, Karen Tumulty went inside the mind of Al Gore and predicted that it was quite possible that he would skip another run at the White House. A month later Gore announced he was doing exactly that. In December Nancy Gibbs dissected the relationship between George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who confirmed last week that he will again be part of the ticket. Two weeks ago, James Carney and John Dickerson examined the Bush re-election strategy, noting that while the President would focus on the economy, he would never skip a chance to remind voters...