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...Republican nominee is Foley's strongest adversary in recent memory: not for his political credentials, but for his lack of them. George Nethercutt, an affable, politically moderate 49-year-old adoption and estate lawyer from Spokane, comes across like Ward Cleaver and punctuates his campaign speeches with such cardigan-elbowed jibes as, "I don't want to be the Speaker. I want to be the listener." And while he respectfully and boyishly refers to the Speaker as "Mr. Foley," his hard-edged campaign ads paint the incumbent as the symbol of everything that is wrong with Washington. As Nethercutt spokesman...
Foley had something to prove to both Washingtons. In mid-October, like a great bear ending his hibernation, Foley awoke. With a fivefold fund-raising advantage over Nethercutt, the Speaker has blitzed his district with ads that are running everywhere, from prime-time TV to the most humble country weeklies. One spot declares that Nethercutt, whose previous political experience consisted of a few years as a Senate staffer and a stint as Spokane's G.O.P. chairman, is "a politician pretending he's an outsider." Other ads tackle what little record Nethercutt has on the issues, suggesting -- unfairly, he insists -- that...
...wheatfield and talking about his homesteader roots, or walking the Capitol corridors with his beloved Belgian shepherd Alice, who used to go to work with him. He is, after all, a man who began his congressional career three decades ago by holding a reception for the man he defeated. Nethercutt, who had been blasting Foley for months, seemed genuinely surprised by the Democrat's new tone. "This is a different Mr. Foley," he lamented...
...Washington state's Fifth House District, GOP neophyte George Nethercutt's nip-and-tuck bid to oust the House Speaker held steady. WillTom Foleybecome -- say it again -- the first sitting House Speaker to be dumped in 134 years?FOLEY: 45 (KXLY-TV)NETHERCUTT: 46BARRETT: A toss-up. But: "Foley's spent a great deal more money than Nethercutt, and he has at least gotten people to think a little bit about the value of being represented by the No. 1 member of Congress, instead of the No. 435 member...
...content with monkeying around with the White House, Ross Perot is making waves in the mid-term Congressional and gubernatorial elections as well -- and his endorsements don't follow a party line. Tomorrow he'll campaign in Washington state for George Nethercutt, the neophyte opponent ofDemocratic House Speaker Tom Foley. His support could actually topple Foley -- who is now in a dead heat, having made up a 10 point deficit in the polls over the last month. But don't accuse Perot of party bias. He's expected Saturday to endorse Independent New York gubernatorial candidate B. Thomas Golisano -- further...