Word: pol
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...change in tone is one reason why Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed, rather than denouncing Powell, plans to press Gingrich, G.O.P. chairman Haley Barbour and other Republican leaders into coaxing Powell farther to the right. That may not be easy. With a touch of defiance, Powell-the-pol argued last week that extremism loses elections. "Find your revolutionary who gets more than 8% or 9% of the vote," he told reporters, "and let me know when...
...John Major. The Downing Street Years, the first volume of her memoirs, covered her time in power. This one is more interesting and better fun, a formidable leader looking back on her early winning battles. She is known now as the Iron Lady, but as a pretty, naive young pol who cut through cant, prevarication and some very real problems, she must have been exhilarating. Her rise, as she once described the star-is-born press coverage that greeted her maiden speech in Commons, was "roses, roses...
...Republicans, who traditionally favor state government over federal. It was that, as Leavitt says, ``The Governors are the embodiment of that level of government the people said they wanted.'' Weld, Engler and Thompson were perfect Gingrichian heroes--practical, agile, local. By the time the returns were in, any Washington pol who didn't want to hand them part of his power could be accused of being out of touch. All that remained to be seen was whether it was for real. The movement's name--devolution--has a nice millennial-Tofflerian ring. But veteran legislators remembered that Republicans--most recently...
...Wilde and Moses. He likens America's treatment of gays to the Holocaust and, in an embarrassing coda, leads his rambunctious flock to the gates of sexual and political freedom without quite being able to enter himself. The truth is somewhat different: Milk was an engaging if slightly goofy pol whose defining moment to most San Franciscans was his televised illustration of how to obey the pooper-scooper law. While the Milk legend may not be justified, Korie does use it to create a narrative that pulls the listener along...
...points -- about the amount of Golisano's total support. Two weeks back, Cuomo was 15 points behind Pataki. One of the factors in the turnaround is Golisano, who is siphoning away Pataki's conservative base. "A vote for Golisano is a vote for Cuomo," says former Buffalo pol Jack Kemp. The Dems aren't taking chances; President Clinton stumped in Albany today urging New Yorkers to "Make Mario Cuomo the real comeback kid."Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...