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...waited in a holding cell following his arrest on a gun charge last December, police overheard him offer his driver $50,000 to take the blame for a stolen pistol found in Combs' limo. As collateral, Combs dangled a $40,000 pinkie ring--a recent gift from girlfriend Jennifer Lopez. The driver declined. "They think money can buy them out of this," said prosecutors, requesting that Combs' bail be upped from $10,000 to $150,000. (A judge will rule on the request Feb. 22.) Combs and his attorneys did not comment on the bribery allegation. And the good news...
...behind. In Michigan, particularly, McCain will want to come across as a true centrist; after all, he'll be courting the Grosse Pointe Republican contingent, who blanch at overtly conservative language on social issues like abortion. As long as McCain loosens his affiliation with Bauer after South Carolina, says Lopez, he shouldn't have any trouble stepping back into the moderate role as he heads West...
...fact, both candidates need to quickly shroud their ultra-conservative overtures once they leave the Palmetto State. Bush, in particular, has made earnest overtures to the far right while in South Carolina, says Lopez, and these efforts to secure a victory there could cost him dearly later. "Bush went to the head of the class with his visit to Bob Jones University," says Lopez. The university embraces staunchly right-wing (some would say racist) rhetoric, which Bush didn't address on his trip to the school. That sort of miscue won't play well in California or New York...
...wasn't necessarily a tight convergence of political beliefs that led conservative former presidential candidate Gary Bauer to endorse John McCain over George W. Bush. "Bauer really dislikes Bush," says TIME correspondent Steve Lopez, who is following the campaigns in South Carolina. "During the New Hampshire debates, McCain and Bauer forged some sort of alliance - based primarily on their opposition to Bush's campaign." TIME political correspondent John Dickerson, also on the road in South Carolina, sees Bauer's choice as a not-so-subtle poke at rival Christian conservatives. "There's a deep-seated tension between the Ralph Reed...
Quiroz also said that the survey respondents listed Gloria Estefan as the most "trusted" celebrity, followed closely by Tom Hanks and Jennifer Lopez...