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...multiplication of splinter parties would make it hard for major-party candidates to win popular-vote majorities. Cumulating votes from state to state, they could force a runoff if no candidate got more than 40% of the vote--and then could extract concessions from the major parties. The prospect of double national elections could be alarming to a bored and weary electorate, especially when the final prize might go to the candidate who came in second in the first round...
...thousand votes in a handful of districts. Under George W. Bush, he could be all but irrelevant, as the G.O.P. President ignores the Democratic leadership and personally lobbies conservative Democrats on tight votes. Under Al Gore, Gephardt would be a bigger legislative player but with little prospect for major accomplishments. What's more, if Gore winds up in the White House, Gephardt's chances of seeking the presidency would slip away again, perhaps until 2008, when he turns...
...staff, George decided he just wanted to go home. He summoned the motorcade to take him and Laura and Mom and Dad back to the Governor's mansion to watch and wait and wonder. Jeb would later turn up there too. If George really came unglued at the prospect of losing, he would allow only his family...
...patient's bill of rights and campaign-finance reform, which have long been stalled. In an interview with TIME on Friday, Daschle said there are just two options for the new Senate: paralysis by gridlock or a miraculous display of bipartisanship. "I think the odds are against the prospect of real bipartisanship," he admitted, "but it's worth trying to beat the odds...
...early in the week, Wright says, "We started getting spontaneous calls from residents who want to be part of history and show that Tallahassee is a very hospitable community." As word spread, that charitableness spread like a rash across town, leaving college kids and senior citizens giddy at the prospect of cashing in on the media machine...