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Difficult as taking the high road may be, however candidates would do well to watch what they say today, because tomorrow their words could come back to haunt them. For example, Bill Frist, a physician who is seeking to displace Sen. Jim Sasser (D-Tenn.), may not be using this slogan in a few years, if he wins his seat: "Bill Frist supports term limits to stop career politicians, and the death penalty to stop career criminals...
...sounds especially hostile toward the party running the Washington circus. Polls in recent weeks show a distinct shift in preference toward Republican candidates over Democrats, especially among those likeliest (read: angriest) to turn out and vote on Nov. 8. Democratic stalwarts like Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, Senator Jim Sasser of Tennessee and House Speaker Tom Foley are running behind or just even in their races. Their challengers appeal to voters like Kevin Davis, an electrical technician from Okmulgee, Oklahoma. "I hate career politicians," he says. "I think they ought to serve a term...
...days away, Darman's latest scheme proved too optimistic. When the negotiators finally sat down for 11 days at Andrews Air Force Base on Sept. 7, little was accomplished. Byrd, for example, demanded a $50 billion kitty for unspecified domestic spending. Several members -- Senators Robert Dole and Jim Sasser and Representative Silvio Conte -- often refused to work late. Air Force stewards larded buffet tables with so many roasts and desserts that, when asked what Andrews produced, one White House official replied, "expanded waistlines." When Bush gave his nationwide speech, the budget took a backseat to the gulf. Repeating his call...
...usual, the Democrats are divided. Senate majority leader George Mitchell, flanked by budget committee chairman Jim Sasser, favors a risky wait-'em-out approach, calculating that the nearer the dreaded sequester comes, the more malleable Bush will be. So far, Mitchell has prevailed over House Speaker Tom Foley, majority leader Richard Gephardt and budget chairman Leon Panetta, who, one White House official surmises, "would have preferred to wrap this up weeks...
John Bartholomew Tucker wins the prize for the year's best mystery title: He's Dead -- She's Dead: Details at Eleven (St. Martin's Press; 312 pages; $17.95). The puzzler that follows is just as piquant. Jim Sasser, onetime TV commentator and now a writer of thrillers, stops by the network to see an old Vietnam war buddy. He is not a happy camper. Cost cutting is under way, firings are the order of the day, and a terrorist is threatening to do some eliminating of his own. For a lark, Sasser decides to probe, just...