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...rich richer but hasn't been trickling down much to the rank and file. Hence the two trends Clinton has long fretted over: stagnant middle-income wages and rising income inequality. You would think this bad news would be good news for Republicans. Tony Blankley, the spokesman for Newt Gingrich, wonders why Clinton is so determined to dwell on it. "If he is suggesting that he is politically impotent on this huge issue," Blankley has observed, "then he is opening himself up to the argument that he should hand over the presidency to someone who isn't impotent...
...Newt Gingrich, perhaps the most visionary of all prominent politicians (a truism no matter how one might feel about his particular politics), makes headlines by bashing TV talk shows for destroying the moral fabric of America while Bob Dole cashes in with a calculated and highly successful attack on Hollywood. Bill Bennet, the conservative author of The Book of Virtues recently observed that Colin Powell would be a good president for America, not because his views coincide with Bennett's (they don't), but because he more than any other candidate would be able to make use of the bully...
Does he really mean it? After promising a New Hampshire voter five months ago that he would help form a panel on campaign finance reform, House Speaker Newt Gingrich has finally asked President Clinton to collaborate on a 16-member, bipartisan commission to address the issue. "Gingrich has no choice but to be serious," says TIME's Jeffrey Birnbaum. "Not only is it a top priority of the powerful Republican freshman class, it's become a hot campaign issue." Among the early Gingrich proposals: that PACs be limited to $1,000 contributions while raising the individual giving ceiling...
Another student carried a sign reading "Hey Newt Get your slimy hands off my diploma." still another waved a banner saying, "Weld, not all of us were born with a silver spoon in out mouths," in reference to Massachusetts Gov. William F. weld '66, also a Republican...
Senator Bob Dole and Representative Newt Gingrich emerged from a two-hour White House meeting today without an agreement about whether to temporarily extend the federal government's debt in the absence of a budget. The issue of "linkage," once a term of art in the State Department, is now the hot button on the budget. Even as the House and Senate prepare to reconcile their respective GOP-proposed budget bills, President Clinton is threatening to veto the result. Gingrich nevertheless sounded an optimistic note after the meeting with the President. "We discussed budget issues in general terms," said...