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...affirmative action. Bush answered, “If affirmative action means quotas, I’m against it. If affirmative action means what I just described what I’m for, then I’m for it.” At that point, former Vice President Al Gore ’69 asked Bush if he approved what the Supreme Court had declared “a constitutional way of having affirmative action.” Bush refused to reply, and he has been largely silent on the issue ever since—until he filed two briefs...
...their reluctance to run, Daschle and Gore are the exception these days. And while the Iowa caucuses may be more than a year ahead on your calendar, they feel like a heartbeat away to those who aspire to be the Democrat who challenges George W. Bush. The nomination might not seem like much of a prize, given that the winner gets to run against an incumbent President with a currently healthy approval rating and probably a quarter-billion dollars to spend in the campaign. But the field is expanding quickly and snapping up top talent...
...Gore's decision not to run opened up opportunities, but competition is fierce. Lieberman, whose crusade against violent and sexually explicit entertainment has left him with few friends in Hollywood, is working Silicon Valley hard. And in New York City, several of Gore's former backers plan to meet this week to consider their options. "This is the first time in my experience there's not been an obvious candidate that all the most engaged activists here are going to get behind," says one of them, investment banker Steve Rattner. "At the moment, it's a real free...
...Pander with a Drawl Candidates are wasting no time in building their operations in states that matter. Steve Hildebrand, who ran Iowa for Gore, had pledged his loyalties to Daschle; within an hour of the Senate minority leader's announcement that he was opting out, Hildebrand had already got recruitment feelers from three other candidates...
...Beware the Perilous Story Line As much as anything, what killed Gore in 2000 was the rap that he was a stiff who couldn't stop telling whoppers. Perceptions are jelling that Edwards is callow, Kerry aloof and patrician, Gephardt yesterday's news. Dean? Well, he's from tiny Vermont...