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...neither decision seems to have been quite the betrayal of principle that critics have portrayed. Dole at worst showed a dismaying propensity to convince himself of what he wanted to believe: that he could conscientiously propose a big tax cut while preserving his hard-won reputation as a deficit hawk. Eventually he satisfied himself that he could cut federal spending enough to offset his tax cuts and balance the budget, even though he never managed to fill in all the numbers. His national campaign chairman, Donald Rumsfeld, scoffs that it is "absolutely ridiculous" to think Dole should "have to track...
...seek the Reform Party's nomination, Perot entered the race and proved that it really was about him. And by accepting $29 million in taxpayer money to fund his general-election campaign--just like any other pol--he undermined his credibility both as an outsider and as a deficit hawk...
JOHN THUNE Republican--South Dakota, at Large On the strength of a budget-hawk platform in which he opposed Dole's 15% tax cut until the federal deficit is eliminated, Thune won the seat vacated by Senator-elect Tim Johnson...
...hope of winning the White House than on the fear of losing the Congress. And so last week was something of a spectacle of genuflection. House Budget Committee chairman John Kasich, as ruthlessly honest a budget cutter as they come, was calling himself a "supply-side deficit hawk" and gushing, "I love this program! I think it's a terrific program...
...bless themselves with sage smoke and thank the spirit of the buffalo that is about to give up its life. A few bison look up from their grazing as a pickup truck churns slowly across the field. Then the crack of a rifle scatters the herd: Rocky Afraid-of-Hawk drops a yearling bull with one clean shot. The teenage warriors, dressed in Fila sneakers and No Fear sweatshirts, scramble in for a closer look as the older men skin the carcass. Later the meat will be hung to dry at the traveling teepee village that these kids are calling...