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That was something the Clintonites were not prepared for. When Dole announced that he would be leaving the Senate, on May 15, Morris was dumbfounded. "Dick doesn't respond well to surprises," says one of his partners. Morris hustled from the Jefferson Hotel to the White House to plot a response. In a meeting with Panetta, Stephanopoulos, press secretary Mike McCurry and others, he argued that Clinton should go before the cameras and make a statement. "It's Dole's day," McCurry said. "Let's stay...
...presidential contest. Back then the Republicans were revolting and the President was arguing with the press about whether he had some relevance to the process of government. The week after the 1994 elections Time charitably said that, "if not gone, certainly radically diminished was the prospect of William Jefferson Clinton's gaining a second term." Yet, Tuesday night it was that same President who was beaming in front of the Old State House in Arkansas, having been reelected in an electoral college landslide...
BORN: June 15, 1963, Philadelphia EDUCATION: Bloomsburg U., B.A., 1985; Thomas Jefferson U., 1994- FAMILY: Wife, Kimberly; one child RELIGION: Christian MILITARY: Air Force Reserve, 1986- OCCUPATION: Scientific researcher POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 25246, Philadelphia...
BORN: Feb. 14, 1945, Beaumont EDUCATION: Lamar U, B.S., 1968, M.Ed., 1974 FAMILY: Wife, Susan Floyd; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Teacher; tax assessor-collector POLITICAL CAREER: Chairman, Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1972-74; Tax assessor-collector, Jefferson County, 1977-95 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 21578, Beaumont...
...home of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, Virginia can make a legitimate claim to be the birthplace of the American Revolution. But with 10 of 11 House incumbents expected to win reelection, a political revolution at the polls seems unlikely in 1996. The big issues are similar to ones being debated throughout the country: gun control, tobacco, abortion and traditional cultural values. But as they have always done, Virginians, close as they are to the nation's capital, will find a way to represent their local interests while contributing to the nation's welfare...