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California Governor Pete Wilsonhas come up with a novel way to advance his war on affirmative action: suing the state that he runs. Moving to build on momentum from a recent Supreme Court decision that frowned onracial preferences in awarding federal contracts, the GOP presidential candidate today asked an appellate court to invalidate "various state laws granting racial and gender preferences" to minority- and women-owned companies. Wilson, recognizing that he once swore to uphold the California Constitution when he took office, reasoned as follows: "A public official has legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of laws which...
...This is a historic moment,'' exulted Governor Pete Wilson. ''This is the beginning of the end of racial preferences.'' He would also be pleased if it marked the beginning of an upsurge for his slow-moving presidential campaign. Though Wilson serves as president of the 26-member board, until last week he had not attended a regular meeting since 1992. But after he had been kept offstage for much of the summer by throat surgery, he won national attention with his high profile in the regents' vote. With polls showing that two-thirds of Californians and a growing majority...
...MEND IT" One of those Republicans did more than just talk. California Governor and presidential aspirant Pete Wilson used his position as head of the University of California board of regents to help steer a measure ending affirmative-action policies at the huge and prestigious nine-campus institution. Demonstrators, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, protested the decision...
...closely with her in the Senate. John McCain, an Arizona Senator of impeccable conservative credentials who has endorsed Gramm for President, credits Dole's chief of staff with rescuing the Arizona Senator's hard-line proposal for a line-item veto from such formidable adversaries as Budget Committee chairman Pete Domenici. "One way of getting your point across to Bob Dole is getting your point across to Sheila, but that doesn't mean that she directs him. It means that he can rely on her," McCain says...
...National Organization for Women, called the UC decision "a threat to all Americans." A Time-CNN poll released Friday found 65 percent believe federal affirmative action programs should be changed rather than eliminated, while 47 percent said that the system has been good for the country. California Governor Pete Wilson, who pressed his fellow UC regents to make the decision, shrugged off as "utterly bogus"claims by critics that he is using the issue to bolster his presidential bid. Reaction from his GOP presidential rivals was mixed: while Sen. Phil Gramm applauded the move, and Sen. Bob Dole said nothing...