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...surprise is Tommy Thompson for secretary of Health and Human Services. A staunch pro-lifer and welfare-reform pioneer, Thompson is a conservative star and one of the generation of Republican "pragmatist" governors that made it possible for Bush to run for president in the first place...
MCCAIN The first bill to land on President Bush's desk next year could end up being his first big problem. Senator John McCain, Bush's primary-season rival, is pressing moderates and liberals in both the House and Senate to make sure that campaign-finance reform is the first bill the new Congress passes. How could this embarrass Bush? Because the "Reformer with Results" doesn't want to sign it. Conservatives hate it. McCain is working the issue on TV and behind the scenes; he says he already has the 60 votes he needs...
...than five years in a POW camp after being shot down. In this year's G.O.P. primary, the Arizona Senator--likening himself to Luke Skywalker attacking the Death Star--flew hell-for-leather against his party's anointed leader, George W. Bush, championing the anathematized cause of campaign-finance reform. McCain based his campaign on "straight talk." His forthright style earned him goodwill from the press and an intense following among independents and disaffected voters, who turned out in record numbers. Ultimately, conservatives secured his defeat, and McCain, pictured at his ranch in November (the scar on his face...
...These companies expect very brisk sales in the coming year. Meanwhile, scientists at Harvard and Berkeley are getting together to propose a foolproof national system. Conferences and symposiums on voting reform are springing up everywhere. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer promises to set up a commission to entertain all suggestions and pick us out a winner. Hillary Clinton wants to ditch the Electoral College. Bill Clinton thinks something ought to be done...
...Thompson is the original conservative-pragmatist hero, a long-running Wisconsin governor who dazzles on welfare reform and won't budge on his pro-life position. This is the guy who started the fashion that allowed a bipartisan-minded GOP governor to dodge the stench of Tom DeLay, and Bush owes him. Even liberals can't help but like him a little bit, and the religious right knows the abortion issue won't get any worse for them with him in charge. At Thompson's request, the announcement will be made after the holidays, but it looks like a lock...