Word: republican
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...were somewhat neutered by the absence of the object of their anger. "Perhaps in the future, in a forum like this, if we call it a fund-raiser he may show up," candidate Steve Forbes said cattily of the absence of Governor George W. Bush from Thursday night's Republican candidates' town meeting in New Hampshire. But then, as Senator Orrin Hatch quickly jabbed, Forbes is sufficiently endowed by his family fortune to avoid the trawling for millions among the special interests. Governor Bush's mammoth war chest provided the only hint of combativeness in a field of candidates, most...
That tack may play well in New Hampshire, one of the few states without an income tax and the home of former Republican senator Warren B. Rudman, a vehement budget hawk...
...Dole's departure from the race is still troubling, if for no other reason than because she made her decision before a single vote was cast. She is the fourth Republican candidate, after John Kasich, Dan Quayle and Lamar Alexander, to leave the race so early. Realizing they would have trouble getting their message out to voters, all cited Bush's mound of cash as one reason they quit the race...
Simpson, who had retired as a Republican Senator from Wyoming when he came to the KSG, says that unless IOP Fellows and those like them inspire today's Harvard students, the students will be "eating grit with the chickens in 65 years" instead of leading the country...
...business-friendly congressional candidates. Portraying itself as the striving entrepreneur being bullied by both big labor and big government, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce unleashed its first-ever plan to donate directly to federal-level political campaigns; about $100,000 will be donated to each of 47 mostly Republican congressional candidates. The chamber says it is worried by many of the issues being bandied about by presidential hopefuls, from Bill Bradley's calls for better family benefits to Al Gore's environmentalism to John McCain's push for campaign finance reform - all seen as pro-labor issues. The move also...