Word: kassebaum
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...will they go? "The moderates have the best argument," says neoconservative turned neoliberal Michael Lind, author of Up from Conservatism. "It remains to be seen if they have the same organization." Republican centrists are a dwindling breed. In the Senate, conciliators like Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, William Cohen of Maine--and Bob Dole--are leaving or have left. The G.O.P. leadership there is dominated by "movement" conservatives like Trent Lott of Mississippi and Don Nickles of Oklahoma. And the House leadership--Gingrich, Dick Armey and Tom DeLay--is Exhibit A in the argument that hard-right Southerners have taken over...
...million in losses from the state's Municipal Investment Pool, but she has also taken aim at opponent Pat Roberts, calling him a career politician who hasn't lived in Kansas in 30 years. Thompson styles herself as a "moderate, independent bipartisan problem solver," much like retiring Senator Nancy Kassebaum, whom she would replace...
Kansas House majority leader Snowbarger overcame his state's Republican establishment when he soundly beat Overland Park mayor Ed Eilert, who was endorsed by retiring Senator Nancy Kassebaum. A fiscal and social conservative (he's backed by the N.R.A. and Kansas pro-life groups), Snowbarger was known as a tax cutter in the state legislature, and tried to push over $1 billion in state tax cuts during the last legislative session...
...sense that moderation has been a victim of recent political shifts is evident in many of the departures. Maine's Cohen leaves, along with fellow moderate Republicans Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas and Mark Hatfield of Oregon. Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Jim Exon of Nebraska are all considered middle-of-the-road Democrats. What worries many observers is that Congress's tradition of comity and compromise is disappearing along with the centrists. Not every case is so laden with deeper meaning. "It is a simple matter," said Representative Pat Williams (D-Mont.), about...
Bill Bradley, D-N.J. Hank Brown, R-Colo. William S. Cohen, R-Maine Bob Dole, R-Kans. Jim Exon, D-Neb. Mark O. Hatfield, R-Ore. Howell Heflin, D-Ala. J. Bennett Johnston, D-La. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, R-Kans. Sam Nunn, D-Ga. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I. David Pryor, D-Ark. Paul Simon, D-Ill. Alan K. Simpson...