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...letter on the face of it, and McCain has repeatedly warned that soft money corrupts 'us all,' his populist appeal makes him much more vulnerable to anything that looks like politics as usual." With McCain bleeding from a self-inflicted wound, Bush simply had to dance around and jab for a clear points victory, graciously avoiding mention of McCain's FCC troubles. "The golden rule of politics is that when your opponent is hurting himself, you stay out of his way," says Tumulty. But Bush did take advantage of his challenger's sudden vulnerability to press home his claim...
After staggering Bill Bradley with a surprise jab in the form of a twice-weekly-debate challenge, Vice President Gore sought to finish off the ex-senator Wednesday with one of Dollar Bill's own weapons - Great Society revivalism. Borrowing language from LBJ, the veep unveiled a 10-year, $50 billion plan to make preschool universally accessible to four-year-olds and most three-year-olds. The proposal hit Bradley, the de facto liberal of the Democratic race, where it hurts by surpassing his $2.5 billion-per-year child-poverty program. "This answers Bradley's big criticism of Gore, that...
There was little open criticism between candidates, but Fantini did get in one jab at current School Committee members...
...next year?s race to represent New York in the U.S. Senate seat is shaping up to be one weird puppy. Undeclared candidate Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday launched his most concerted campaigning tour yet ?- in Little Rock, Ark. As political theater, it gets rave reviews, but the witty jab at carpetbagging has worn a little thin, with Giuliani repeatedly saying things like "I?ve never lived here, I?ve never worked here, I?ve never gone to school here... I guess it would be cool to run for the Senate." (Memo to Rudy...
...about time that someone takes on the National Rifle Association," he said to sustained applause. In a jab apparently directed at Gore, who also supports tighter gun restrictions, Bradley said he was "not a Johnny-come-lately on gun control...