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...First, the affinities and atmospherics. Bill Clinton was blessed with a unique ideological constellation. In his second term, he faced a Europe run almost completely by Third Way Social Democrats who had rediscovered what Clinton was preaching: markets, tax cuts, welfare reform. Indeed, Tony Blair in Britain and Gerhard Schroder in Germany had coasted to victory by copying Clinton's ?96 strategy: go for, and envelop, the center without losing the left. Soul mates all, they would gather regularly to talk "progressive governance." It was as if the Renaissance Weekend had gone European, but with a nice political payoff. Intimacy...
...Rich pardon--and especially the fact that Clinton granted it without consulting the Justice Department--that has generated the most heat on Capitol Hill. Though the pardon can't be revoked, Representative Dan Burton, the Indiana Republican and longtime Clinton critic who chairs the House Government Reform Committee, has already started gathering documents for a hearing; Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle says it may be time to re-examine the President's pardon power. Even by Clinton's own reasoning, which he voiced in a speech two days before the pardon, Rich did not seem to qualify. "Most of these...
Bush proved as Governor that he knew when to compromise and proclaim victory. In 1997, when he couldn't get his ambitious tax-reform program through the Republican state senate, he settled for a $1 billion tax cut--and bragged on it all the way to a landslide re-election. A politician, he learned back then, can sometimes get as much by avoiding a fight as by winning one. And that's a rule of the road in Washington and Austin alike...
...Bayh rolled out their own bill, co-sponsored by 10 centrist "New Democrats." The plans' similarities show how far Republicans have come from their opposition to any federal role in education, and Democrats from believing that money without accountability works. A compromise bill could be the most substantive education reform in 35 years...
Federal education dollars are currently spread across hundreds of programs administered by 39 different agencies, with states having little incentive to ensure that students learn. Both reform proposals would streamline federal programs, giving states more flexibility. In return, states would lose funds if schools failed to improve...