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When Long Island contractor Danny Pelosi, 40, brought the ashes of his dead, estranged wife Generosa Ammon with him to the bar at Manhattan's swank Stanhope Hotel last week, it was only the latest bizarre installment in the titillating tale of the fall of the house of Ammon. So far, the story involves the unsolved murder of a dashing multimillionaire at his East Hampton, N.Y., estate, a felonious electrician, a missing laptop, a handsomely compensated British nanny and now a dispute over a dead woman's remains. "If this was on Dallas, nobody would believe it," says Steven Gaines...
...than 50% of Californians would support his recall. Weeks ago, California's Democratic House members had privately decided among themselves that, as one put it, "Davis was gone, and this was getting dangerous for us." While Davis had been on the phone constantly consulting with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, hoping to keep her in his camp, she had quietly been talking to fellow members of the California House delegation and state officials about finding a backup candidate. Their first choice: Senator Dianne Feinstein, the most popular politician in the state. "If Dianne got in," a Democratic...
...sidelines. "If a solid Democrat files, it would be a vote of no confidence," says Allen Hoffenblum, a G.O.P. consultant, "and then it ceases being a recall election and becomes a gubernatorial election." Davis has constantly been on the phone with top Democrats like House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein. His hope is that in the two weeks before the Aug. 9 deadline for filing, he will cut a budget deal, nudge his poll numbers higher and thus bolster confidence in the party that he can survive...
Many Democrats are nervous about putting the gun issue on the front burner. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called upon Bush to pressure G.O.P. House leaders to bring the extension of the ban to the floor, but she conceded that Democratic leaders would be leery of strong-arming their own members on such a sensitive issue. "We would probably lose some votes," she said. When guns came up during the first debate among the 2004 Democratic presidential contenders earlier this month, the candidates--with the exception of Al Sharpton--were virtually silent...
...fellow Texan Tom DeLay, a fiery congressional conservative known as "the Hammer." But the House majority leader now seems to have Bush's ear. In early March DeLay became the fifth invitee to the regular breakfasts that the President holds with House Speaker Dennis Hastert, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate majority leader Bill Frist and Senate minority leader Tom Daschle. It was an invitation DeLay's predecessor Dick Armey had sought--only to be turned down...