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...Clinton isn't going to make it easy for Bush. But this is not about Clinton, it's about Bush--and there's less downside than meets the eye. Bush has already fed the right wing with the antigay, antiabortion, anti-affirmative action John Ashcroft and with Gale Norton, who would open the South Lawn to drilling if she could. The chattering class on the right might howl for a while, but it's not going to abandon Bush unless he abandons tax cuts. And Ford isn't an apt comparison. Some thought, without evidence, that Ford...
...George II has anointed Christine Todd Whitman, governor of New Jersey, as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As one of my friends recently said, "Isn't the fact that she's Governor of New Jersey irony enough?" Moreover, his nominee for Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton, is a staunch advocate of opening up the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration. With a slowing economy and energy crisis, such choices and comments point to a worrisome subjugation of the environment to the economy...
...Thompson: So far, the biggest problem to come out of the hearing is the traditional tug-of-war between local rights and national interests. Norton repeatedly says she wants to consult with locals to work out problems, but it is less clear what compelling national interests would be balanced against those local demands...
...What's the current outlook for Norton's confirmation...
...long are Norton's hearings expected...