Word: gramm
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...tension between Dole and one of his more formidable prospective rivals, Senator Phil Gramm, is surfacing already. Dole believes "government does a lot of good things." Gramm warns that Republicans must be "truer to our less-government philosophy than in the past." Dole has been notably conciliatory toward Clinton; Gramm rejects compromise: "Why should we go halfway in the wrong direction?" he asks...
...substantive divide may be even greater than the stylistic one. Gramm and Newt Gingrich, who may run for President even though he's just won the House speakership, will push the House Republicans' "Contract with America," which has a heavy emphasis on supply-side economics. Dole disdained Reaganomics and seems equally unenthusiastic about the contract. "If ((its central features)) come to the Senate," he said last week, "I assume we'd end up voting on them." As for the contract's insistence that the budget can be balanced in five years even if taxes are cut and defense spending...
Like Dole, Gramm is an ace organizer. He already has $6 million on hand from his last run for the Senate in Texas. But he could end up like John Connally in 1980: great lines, a lot of money, no votes. Count Dole as the favorite, but watch for the fight inside as the battle to define responsible reform takes shape...
...real crime bill...recognizes if social programs prevented crimes, this would be the safest spot on the planet...grabs violent criminals by the throat, puts them in prison...and stops building prisons like Holiday Inns." --Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas), likely presidential candidates in 1996, quoted in the Boston Globe on Nov. 14, 1994. Gramm has clearly taken to practicing his rhetoric in preparation for tough debates against heavyweight contenders such as former Vice President J. Danforth Quayle...
...presidential hopefuls for '96 are already poking their heads out of the underbrush -- and revealing some internal party dissension. Today, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, an outspoken loyalist during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, announced the formation of an exploratory committee to test the waters, while Texas Sen. Phil Gramm said Sunday he was filing the paperwork necessary to begin his candidacy. Expect backbiting soon: Specter, a moderate, took a swipe at the religious right ("they advocate intolerance"), while Gramm, on NBC's "Meet the Press" yesterday, said he was more "committed to changing government fundamentally" than his potential lead rival...