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Under the terms of the merger, secretly negotiated through intermediaries over the last three months, Al Gore and George Bush will run on a single presidential ticket in the 2000 election and will share power as equal partners after the merger becomes final at the inauguration in January 2001. A coin toss at the DRP convention in August will determine which of them will call himself president and which will call himself vice president. By agreement, they will exchange the titles after the first four years. The "vice president" will run the DRP (for Democrat-Republican party) from a sleek...
...Today unconsciously discerned the rationale for the merger deal this week when it reported that Bush and Gore "have been campaigning for months spotlighting the differences they offer voters. But when it comes to the policies they believe will keep Americans employed and the nation prosperous, they could just as well be running on the same ticket. Both candidates generally embrace free trade, endorse a balanced budget and agree that a first-class education system is a critical federal priority in a high-tech Information Age. Both lobbied for the controversial China trade deal that has passed the House...
Gore and Bush, wearing open-collar shirts and Gap khakis, were in a relaxed, upbeat mood as they announced the merger to an audience of party workers and reporters...
Asked who first thought of the merger, Bush laughed and said, "Great minds think alike. At about the same time, Al and I were both saying to ourselves, 'Look, this election may be close. Now, I'm a compassionate conservative, and he's a tough-love bleeding heart. Is there a dime's worth of difference? Well, maybe a dime's, but not a quarter...
Gore and Bush pointed out that the first fruit of the merger will be a savings of $15.7 billion in presidential campaign costs this year. Part of the money will go to "getting-to-know-you" ads to be shown this summer during Sunday talk shows. The ads will show the Gore and Bush families at petting zoos...