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...political system during the Clinton investigation. Included is a previously unreleased affidavit in which PAULA JONES gives the President's measurements while describing his "distinguishing characteristic" in excruciating detail. Later she is asked to draw it for Clinton's lawyers. Recorded conversations reveal that investigators for Jones attempted to sway JUANITA BROADDRICK to their cause by appealing to her duty as a Christian. Clinton reportedly told a friend that he did have sex with Broaddrick but that it was consensual. When BOB BENNETT first mentions MONICA LEWINSKY, Clinton adamantly denies a relationship with her. "Bob, do you think...
...wife is insulted by it. "You're beautiful! Why do they say that?" In the press, if people need a hook they need a hook, and I could try to sway them away from that and then I'd spend 15 minutes trying to describe how good-looking I am, and that's not exactly...
Because each state chooses the date for its primaries, a few states and groups of states have disproportionate sway over the selection of nominees. New Hampshire, which clings fiercely to the first primary date and will go to the polls Feb. 1 this year, has a wildly disproportionate influence on national politics. Many candidates spent the better part of 1999 funneling their campaign funding and energy into New Hampshire; a poor showing in the Granite State can doom a campaign...
Furthermore, because the actual presidential election is so far away, voter turnout is extraordinarily low for primaries. As a result, a particularly active or vocal minority can sway party primaries very easily. Voters in the primary elections tend to be entrenched party members, and candidates routinely campaign toward the extremes and special interests of specific states during the primaries to capture party votes, then move back to the middle for the national election. As a result, there is no motivation for candidates to campaign either consistently or with the interest of the whole nation in mind as they go state...
...billing himself as a fresh alternative." Perhaps more important for McCain, it may help insulate him from his recent FCC mini-scandal. The Arizona senator, who has staked his campaign on campaign finance reform, has been red in the face since allegations surfaced that he'd tried to sway federal regulators in favor of a cable company that contributed to his campaign. The irony in all this is that the Democratic race - which had been billed as a party-defining ideological war - has been bereft of much drama. While Keyes, Bauer, Hatch and Forbes have kept Bush and McCain accountable...