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Although he is hustling to line up support for the trade bill, DeLay's stance on China is a good illustration of why it is a tough sell in Washington. The Texas pol has always been stridently anti-Beijing. He is suspicious of China's intentions on a variety of fronts, from human rights to security. Partly as a result, he is a key proponent of U.S. military ties with Taiwan. Yet DeLay is also a staunch advocate of free trade and believes that more commercial engagement with China will eventually destroy the current Beijing regime...
...welcoming McCain into the campaign, Bush wins by attracting some of the McCain voters. McCain wins as well. Let's not kid ourselves here; this guy wants to be president in the worst way. Right now he's making the same calculations as any smart pol would do. He realizes that the biggest reason why he lost is because he did not have internal party support. Selling himself out to show party loyalty will bring him the crucial institutional backing he needs if Bush loses and a 2004 bid is on his mind...
...defeated in '82 2. German President Johannes, who has asked forgiveness for the Holocaust 3. Follower of Lenin or Stalin? 4. New Reform Party chairman Pat 5. Russia is restoring its ties with this group 6. Ab __ (from the beginning) 7. He bolted his party 8. Gridder turned pol 9. "The __" (what Bush calls the Texas legislature) 10. Friedrich, the likely new head of Germany's C.D.U. 13. Wispy clouds 19. According to 21. Punch-in-the-gut reaction 22. Detached, in mus. 23. Drug smuggler's unit 24. Not "fer" 25. Cast out 28. Partner of Howard and Howard...
...sure thing. To improve his odds, he cultivated relationships with the two Democrats who could make him a success--Laney, a West Texas cotton farmer who controls the house; and Bob Bullock, the profane, driven, endlessly colorful Lieutenant Governor who ran the senate and was the most powerful pol in Texas until shortly before he died last year. The three men would meet for breakfast every Wednesday--first at the Governor's mansion and then, because the food there wasn't greasy enough for Bullock, on his or Laney's turf. Laney remembers giving Bush one simple piece of advice...
...gloomy mood 2 "-- opinion" 3 Scandal-ridden German pol. org. 4 JFK arrival 5 Wears out the rug 6 Greenspan of the Fed 7 Cacophony 8 Central figure in a 25-year-old murder case 9 Loesser's The Most Happy -- 11 Serious fluid buildup 12 Police, slangily 14 Bartlett's abbr. 16 "Be prepared" org. 19 Litter's littlest 20 Bauxite or galena 21 Dumb -- (old comic strip) 23 Sot's spree 24 Strip in the Middle East 26 Lesage's -- Blas 27 Benjamin's successor 28 Rush to sell, on Wall Street 29 New competitor for the Pentium...