Word: governability
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...what happens when the guerrilla fighter actually has to govern? That's the question for America as Gingrich amasses his powerful minority, which next week could, possibly, become a narrow majority in the House of Representatives. Even if it does not, a combination of Republicans and conservative Democrats will control Congress and bedevil Bill Clinton. All his political life, Gingrich has been perfecting his ability to disrupt the majority and move the opposition into an increasingly radical position on the right. But now that Gingrich has arrived, what does he want? His record as a builder is shaky at best...
...goes: Clinton will have to ask Republicans and business interests for help with the trade treaty after the election, but that courtship will leave his partners on the left feeling jilted, and they will demand favors of their own. Their IOUs will make it more difficult for Clinton to govern from the center next year, when the 104th Congress turns more moderate. As Wayne Berman, who helped manage trade issues in the Bush Administration, put it, "The Republicans are going to pass the GATT, but they want to make Clinton bleed...
...Christian Democrats' skin-of-their-teeth victory gives Helmut Kohl a fourth term, but the narrow parliamentary majority threatens Kohl's ability to govern. The Christian Democrats come-from-behind victory actually saved the Chancellor's political career. "This campaign revolved around Kohl," says TIME Bonn bureau chief Bruce van Voorst. "The Christian Democrats offered not a new ideal, but Kohl as a symbol of stability and reliability. There were posters that had nothing on them but Kohl." The conservative architect of German reunification succeeded in edging out the rival Social Democrats by just 10 seats, down from a comfortable...
Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader in Burma, met with the two generals who govern the country for the first time since she was placed under house arrest five years ago. A government-controlled newspaper described the meeting as "cordial," without giving details. Suu Kyi won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for her nonviolent efforts to restore democracy to Burma...
Shilepsky argued that the campaign election for union president is not a general public election and the same laws do not govern...