Word: speaker
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...only 9 points higher than Nixon's was before he resigned the presidency. It is an anti-Newt backlash that, Georgia Democrats believe, has occurred back home as well. While a February poll by the Gingrich campaign indicated that 75% of likely voters in his district think the Speaker deserves re-election, the Coles operation claims that in its own surveys 47% of Gingrich constituents say he is not performing well...
...once did the governor attack Kerry's personal life, including his record of meager charitable giving. Meanwhile, the senator likened Weld to Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) only once...
...second speaker in the Institute of Politics' Summer in Boston speaker series, Malone echoed the sentiments of former Massachusetts governor Michael S. Dukakis who last week criticized California Gov. Pete Wilson...
...season when the only reality that counts is in the polling. So far, the numbers are remarkably steady. Surveys continue to show Clinton ahead of Dole by as much as 20 points. Campaign operatives say that the First Lady also remains a popular speaker among the Democratic faithful and that she will therefore keep venturing out often among them. "Most polls lately show that her approval ratings are better than Bob Dole's," says White House political director Doug Sosnik. Among the many ironies of campaign '96 is the fact that Republicans are subtly trying to identify Bill Clinton with...
...President Ronald W. Reagan cited the project as an example of pork-barrel spending and vetoed federal funding for it--but the veto was overridden thanks to the enormous clout of the Commonwealth's Democratic heavy-weights on Capitol Hill, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and the late Speaker of the House Thomas M. "Tip" O'Neill...