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...find a job and can spend a total of just five years on the rolls. But Republicans also smoothed some of the hard edges by agreeing to a Democratic proposal to provide a total of $8 billion for child care for welfare mothers who get jobs. It was Pete Domenici, the Republican chairman of the Budget Committee, who led the coalition of moderate Republicans and Democrats that successfully rejected the controversial "family cap," a proposed limit on payments to unwed mothers who have more children while on welfare. Senate Republicans have also joined with Democrats to restore a long list...
Sometimes bravado can mask a crisis. A certain haughtiness surrounded the announcement last week by California Governor Pete Wilson that he would not take part in the Iowa caucuses, scheduled for Feb. 12. One of his cheerleaders, Massachusetts Governor William Weld, described it as a strategic "political decision." An important and deep-pocketed group of Wall Street yuppies--drawn to Wilson's pro-choice stance and fiscal conservatism--applauded his abandonment of a state they feel belongs to the religious right. But bravado can do only so much in the face of turmoil...
...would "compete everywhere." In revisionist mode, Wilson strategists turn that claim into an alleged disadvantage for front runner Dole. "Dole has to fight on all fronts--and can't afford to lose anywhere," argues Wilson aide Dan Schnur. "The moment Dole loses just one contest, he's through. And Pete Wilson will be the best positioned candidate to take advantage of that opportunity when it comes." All well and good, if Wilson can come up with the cash to stay in the race...
...bigger than the Black Sox scandal of 1919. It was bigger than the Pete Rose gambling allegations. And in time it will prove to be bigger than the strike that ended last season prematurely...
...much suggest a new and insouciant political magazine as it does a Bicentennial-era issue of Cosmopolitan. Fortunately, George is mostly uphill from there. One piece analyzes the leaking styles of various Clinton Administration officials; another offers a wonderful series of photos from New Hampshire in which a Pete Wilson operative snatches a BOB DOLE button off the shirt of a child who is posing with the Californian...