Word: governability
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...school of thought in the government argues that Palestinian self-rule should be limited to the Gaza Strip and Jericho and not expanded, as promised, to the rest of the West Bank -- at least until Arafat proves he can effectively govern Gaza. The alternate view holds that Israel must help Arafat by granting him a political victory, namely extending autonomy to the West Bank as soon as possible. Dromi believes the second school will...
...himself talked of the possibility of dismantling his self-rule administration and quitting Gaza as a way of wriggling out of the troubled peace accord. The Israelis, however, have no intention of reclaiming control of the Gaza Strip -- which means the Palestinians will have to find some way to govern themselves, short of killing off their rivals...
...narrow slice of the ever more conservative electorate. As a rough blueprint for post-apocalypse strategy, White House chief of staff Leon Panetta, with the help of several other top aides, produced a memo one described as a "thought piece." The memo proposed that the President should attempt to govern from a "forceful center," working with Republicans who want to share the middle on matters like welfare reform, health care and the line-item veto, but challenging as radicals any who propose ideas too far to Clinton's right...
...government should not support anything of this sort. When they do, they lose the moral capacity to govern," Menendez said...
...cuts in spending and entitlements, which they both know is necessary in order to keep the deficit from ballooning again. At worst, the President's tactics were a harbinger of broader gridlock to come. Said a veteran Democratic Party official: "I don't know how Clinton is going to govern, given the tenor of what he is doing...