Word: newt
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...politicians have figured out anything about medicine, it's that a bedside manner makes a difference. Hillary Clinton learned this painfully, when the postmortems on her health-care plan suggested that her high-handed style hastened its demise. Newt Gingrich is not about to make the same mistake. He has known for months that his whole grand scheme to balance the budget depends on reinventing Medicare, one of the biggest, fattest, most popular and most expensive pieces of the Federal Government. So back in the spring Gingrich began plotting his moves, all the while bearing in mind that when...
...Clinton] in this fight," says a congressional aide. "We would be a hell of a lot more effective if he was more active in it, but I think there's no such thing as a permanent, firm commitment from him. He's with us this week. If next week Newt offers him a deal, my guess is he'll be with Newt...
Funny howold promisescome back to haunt politicians. Back on Jan. 27, House Speaker Newt Gingrich sent theNational Rifle Associationa written pledge that "no gun control legislation" would pass the House as long as he holds the job. Now, to the delight of President Clinton, who has made gun control a major campaign issue, the NRA has sent the missive out to its members as a fundraiser. Gingrich is on the record as a strict gun-control opponent, butTIME's Laurence Barrettsays such private agreements make for bad public relations. "It certainly helps the Democrats make their case that...
...NEWT GINGRICH He executes a clumsy flip-flop on Taiwan: welcome to the world, Mr. Speaker...
...weekly radio address, President Clinton chided House Speaker Newt Gingrich for dragging his heels on their agreed-upon commitment to create a nonpartisan panel on political reform. Clinton named John Gardner, the Republican founder of Common Cause, and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin as consultants for such a commission. A Gingrich spokesman called Clinton's remarks a "cheap shot...