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...better ideas of what government might do, the fiscally conservative G.O.P. majorities in Congress and in many statehouses around the country don't want to hear them. "No programs are going to happen," says California Representative Maxine Waters, a Democrat whose district is in South Central Los Angeles. Jack Kemp, who served as HUD Secretary under George Bush, says, "I don't see a single thing coming out of Congress that is specifically targeted to our No. 1 issue, which is creating more jobs and opportunities and access to capital and credit for minority men and women...
Still, most Republicans who might have been offended by Powell's opinions remain complimentary. Words of praise came last week from Jack Kemp and William Kristol. Even House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is toying with the idea of entering the race, says that Powell could be a strong contender in the Republican primaries because of his standing as a war hero, an economic conservative and a person with strong family values. Says Gingrich: "I don't think a social moderate will necessarily lose the Republican primaries. [Powell] could put together a very interesting coalition...
...Dole operation, Dole is trying to reach out to conservatives who do not trust him," says political correspondent Michael Duffy. "To some conservatives, Quayle still has a kind of talismanic power." Earlier this year, Dole similarly reached out to economic conservatives by having ex-HUD Secretary Jack Kemp named to head a tax reform commission...
Roth remains a creature of legislative habits too. As Bob Packwood's successor as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Roth is as hot to cut taxes as Packwood was cautious. Probably best known for his role in the deficit-ballooning, Kemp-Roth tax cut of 1981, which slashed rates 25% across the board, Roth says he is determined to stage an encore performance, planning to cut estate and capital-gains taxes and provide tax relief by expanding individual retirement accounts and creating a new tax credit for families with children. He also wants to overhaul the federal income...
...over social conservatives who are pivotal in early-primary states. He promises term limits for federal judges, a Smithsonian Institution that respects American values and a no-exceptions ban on abortion. He has warmed up his rhetoric about tax cuts to woo the supply-side supporters of Jack Kemp and attacks Dole and Gramm as government huggers who won't go far enough in cutting the budget...