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...hoping Gore will help him even further. If Gore's demeanor makes it hard for him to make an emotional connection, the exaggeration interferes with the intellectual one as well. Every time Gore embellishes his story about his dog's pharmacy bill, it becomes just a little harder to slam Bush for leaving people out of his prescription-drug program or favoring the rich at everyone else's expense. Voters may wonder whether Gore is playing fair, and they may not have the time to scour websites and analyze policy for themselves...
Cheney, whose daughter is a lesbian, said the issue is not "a slam dunk," but "we ought to do everything we can to tolerate" such partnerships...
...discovered I was waiting for something called a D-SLAM that allows voice and data on the same line. Two weeks ago, a rep sheepishly admitted Pac Bell did not have enough D-SLAMS to meet demand. Then why, I fumed, were they still running TV spots telling people to sign up? "Because our competitors haven't stopped advertising yet," she said...
There are large areas of agreement between the two sides--much wider than anyone would guess from hearing the candidates slam each other. Agreement begins with the most basic calculation: How much money will be available to fund tax cuts and new spending and to pay off federal debt? Both sides accept a Congressional Budget Office estimate that with no changes in policy, the government will rake in a staggering $4.6 trillion more than it pays out over the next 10 years...
...Justice lawyers aren't sure. The call would be easy if there were evidence of a black-bag job or illegal bugging. Those are slam-dunk felonies. Though Bush loyalists are peddling rumors of a possible break-in at the campaign or an advertising agency, they haven't presented the FBI with evidence that any such thing happened. Agents have come up with no evidence to suggest the tape that reached Downey was made by illegal clandestine surveillance equipment...