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...leaders" of the state's Republican Party is simple southern courtesy in Kentucky. The only leader the state party has had for more than a decade is McConnell, who telegraphed the 1994 national Republican rout in his home state. In a special election that spring, McConnell convinced Newt Gingrich to throw the national party's weight behind Ron Lewis, an unknown Christian bookstore owner, who stunned bluegrass politicos by taking the U.S. House seat held for 41 years by Democrat Bill Natcher. (Natcher had died while in office, creating an open seat, which Lewis won by beating a long-time...
...committee hearings even though her junior status means she is usually the last one to speak. Even more striking is the way she has reached across party lines--sponsoring foster-care legislation with Tom DeLay, then the House majority leader, and pushing health-care proposals with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the Clintons' nemesis in their 1994 effort to reform health care. One of her closest friends in the chamber is South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, who came to national attention as one of the House managers of the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton...
...message, resulting in a John Cage-like cacophony. In other words, the U.S. lacks both political moderation and coherent party platforms.Nevertheless, it’s possible for the opposition party to overcome the American system’s weakness—that was, after all, the great achievement of Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” itself the high point of Republican party’s ideological fidelity. For a brief moment, the Tin Man had a heart, until it was lost in an avalanche of earmarks, paleo-conservatism, and sleaze. Perhaps...
...fair, which begins next week, is attracting a crowd of competitors from farther afield: possible White House contenders hunting for votes ahead--way ahead--of the Iowa presidential caucuses in January 2008. Democratic Senators Evan Bayh of Indiana and Joe Biden of Delaware and the Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are all expected to swoop in to smile, shake hands and maybe taste the fair's famed fried Twinkies. Also planning to visit Iowa in August: 2004 Democratic running mates John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North Carolina, Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona and Sam Brownback...
Matt Towery, a former aide to Newt Gingrich who is now an independent pollster and commentator, sees reasons for the G.O.P. to be worried that have nothing to do with Abramoff. "The party has misjudged the public's mood. Between the flag and gay marriage, we're running a faith and family-values campaign in a year when the public wants to deal with immigration, tax reform and energy costs," Towery says. But Cagle was nearly identical to Reed on the issues. Both presented themselves as religious conservatives, and both were endorsed by Georgia Right to Life. The problem...