Word: reed
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...before the first primary votes are cast. The early maneuvering constitutes an invisible primary all its own. Money is raised, operatives are employed, momentum is gained--or isn't. For Dole, Gingrich's endorsement mattered most. "Newt had called Dole the tax collector of the welfare state," said Scott Reed, who was Dole's campaign manager. "Not only was [Gingrich] noodling about running for President himself, but he had the power back in '94 to diss Dole and end his chances. To win the nomination, we had to get well with him first...
...primary electorate of one, Gingrich was courted assiduously. Dole listened to his advice and deferred to him in meetings. "The only term to describe how we acted toward Newt" in those crucial preprimary months in 1995, says Reed, "is butt kissing." That alone may have been enough, but there was a good deal of self-interest involved too. Gingrich knew that supporting Dole could preclude a younger pretender from emerging, thus preserving the Speaker's post-'96 options if Dole lost. And if Dole won, Gingrich could function as the new Administration's chief policymaker, or so he reasoned...
...dollars. More immediately, Perot has helped put two issues squarely at the center of the nation's agenda: campaign-finance reform and the need to overhaul Medicare and Social Security. "If Ross Perot had only known what to do with the remnants of a losing presidential campaign," says Ralph Reed, executive director of the Christian Coalition, "he would be one of the most powerful men of this time." Because he did not, the future of a third party remains as murky as the man himself...
ROBERT WEYGAND Democrat--Rhode Island 2nd The current Lieutenant Governor scored a 34-point victory over Richard Wild to fill Senator-elect Jack Reed's House seat...
...JACK REED Democrat--Rhode Island The self-styled heir to retiring Senator Claiborne Pell, Reed used generous help from labor unions and lawyers to overwhelm Rhode Island Treasurer Nancy Mayer by 28 points...