Word: republican
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Elizabeth H. Dole, the first serious woman candidate for a major party's presidential nomination, is out of the Republican race. In the face of front-runner George W. Bush's overflowing campaign coffers, the former Red Cross president decided to end her campaign before the primaries even started. Dole had raised a paltry $4.7 million, in comparison to Bush's $60 million...
...conference culminated Saturday night with dinner, dancing and a speech by a representative of the Republican National Committee...
...reason to smile. What doesn't play in Washington does in New Hampshire. Polls show that McCain's support in that state has jumped 10 points in the past month, leaving him with 21% of likely Republican primary voters, compared with 40% for George W. Bush. New Hampshire has a history of scarring front runners who lope into the state with a lead. Now that Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Dole have receded in state surveys, McCain is the only challenger who appears to have traction. He has also won endorsements from several state representatives and the beloved former Senator Warren...
...trillion debt on the other, and while the White House plan takes care of one part of the equation, it sidesteps making the unpopular choices - like means-testing - that would truly make Social Security a viable program. "We will not let [the President] raid the Social Security trust fund," Republican J. C. Watts said Saturday, but both sides seem content to do just the opposite: raid the rest of the Treasury to prop up Social Security. Unfortunately, both are just accounting tricks. To paraphrase LBJ, "Son, it's all our money." Which is probably why it's difficult to spend...
Dole had been scheduled to be at Harvard later this year at an IOP forum featuring the Republican presidential candidates. She may still make an appearance on her own at Harvard, Simpson said...