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Directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel; Screenplay by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson and Joe Ranft...
...such tasks at their own peril. Big-name national figures learned they could not take local issues for granted while they pursued a national agenda. For all his stature as a potential presidential candidate, Bill Bradley very nearly fell victim to a local political battle over New Jersey Governor Jim Florio's detested $2.8 billion tax hike. Bradley tried to hide from voter wrath against Florio, but he was the only target in sight; in the end he squeezed into office with 51% of the vote, down from 64% six years ago. Florio heard the message as well: the next...
...some cases, women exerted more influence on the outcomes by their absence than by their presence. Democratic Governor Jim Blanchard of Michigan was tossed out by voters who were irritated by, among other things, his less than courtly dumping of Lieutenant Governor Martha Griffiths, 78. His ex-wife also made a contribution to his defeat by selling her titillating memoirs to the Detroit News...
...sell, and 3) a recession is a bad time to ask for money. The very strategy of favoring ballot proposals over the horse trading of legislation may also bear re-examining. "I don't predict the beginning of some trend that makes environmental initiatives more difficult to achieve," insists Jim Maddy, executive director of the League of Conservation Voters in Washington. Yet last week's results hardly suggested that the task was becoming easier...
...Jersey, it is said that Bradley was punished by voters upset with Governor Jim Florio's $2.8 billion tax increase. That was part of it, but the main reason Bradley almost lost is that he threw away his ace. For 12 years Bradley was that rarest of breeds, a politician of decency, candor and intellect. "He looked at issues one at a time, voted as he thought right and never ducked," says G.O.P. consultant Roger Stone. Until this year. All of a sudden, the architect of the 1986 federal Tax Reform Act avoided taking a position on Florio's taxes...