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...other public services -- has touched down in California, battering Wilson and tearing the state G.O.P. apart. The antitax revolt that was started by California Republicans and culminated in Bush's "read my lips" campaign of 1988 has hardened voters so indiscriminately against taxes that those same Republicans can't govern after they're elected. Trapped in their own antitax rhetoric, they find that voters are refusing to pay for programs that even Republicans support. Like Wilson, Bush nearly lost control of his party during a bloody budget fight last year. Abortion could cause even bigger battles in Bush's party...
...union also objected that B.U. operated outside public opinion with umpunity in the face of criticism. The university requested exemption from many public interest laws, such as open record and public meeting regulations which usually govern the actions of public school commitees...
What does this all have to do with Mario's ability to govern? Very little, unless he can turn the public's excitement about Mario into excitement about democracy. Not an easy task...
Last week the Bush Administration seemed confident enough of Gorbachev's continued stewardship not only to accord recognition to the Baltics but also to set forth "five principles" that would govern the U.S. response to the - rapidly shifting situation in the Soviet Union. Tipping its preference for a clearly delineated central authority that could oversee inter- and intra- republic conflicts, the Administration emphasized the need for orderly and peaceful change, safeguards to ensure the rights of ethnic minorities, and respect for international obligations...
...balance between them is already clear. Yeltsin is the senior partner. With the hard-liners in flight, the union treaty they conspired to head off will turn the country into a confederation, a "Union of Sovereign Soviet Republics." The power to govern will flow out from the central offices in Moscow to the parliaments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and especially to the largest of all, Yeltsin's Russia. "Gorbachev is back in power," says Alex Pravda, a Soviet expert at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, "but the presidential office is shrinking under his feet...