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...would be like this for the next two years, really: Bush traveling the country, working the money guys, giving his spiel and sucking up most of the oxygen in the G.O.P.'s big tent. It would not be long before the Postal Service began delivering trays and trays of envelopes to the Virginia offices of the group hired to sort the dollars. The money would come in at a rate of about $300,000 a day, three times as much as any candidate had ever raised. The money machine would capture so much cash that Bush could not only...
...past, each class had their own events, which led to mass confusion and competition over tent space, according to F. Hoopes Wampler, assistant director for classes and reunions for the Harvard Alumni Association. Several years ago, the alumni association decided to create one large alumni event...
Around 12:30 a.m. Central Standard Time, a torrential downpour hit the capitol, as streams of water flowed down the street, driving away a large section of Bush supporters. Members of the media flocked from the outdoor press area to the covered filing tent behind the celebration...
...those who remained outside witnessed the pivotal moment of the night. At 1:18 a.m. Central Time, the networks announced that Bush had carried Florida, giving him the majority needed for the Presidency. As a roar lifted from the Bush faithful remaining, reporters rushed out of the media tent, charging through Secret Service metal detectors to regain their spots outside...
Republicans were speechless at the gift: if Bush was working mightily to pitch his tent squarely in the center of the playing field, it sure helped him that Gore seemed to be laying down his weapons. Here's what he wasn't saying very loudly: Care about child poverty? It's the lowest in 20 years. Unemployment? Lowest since 1969. Don't like Big Government? It's smaller as a percentage of the GNP than at any time since 1965. Middle-class tax cuts? Clinton put through the largest of those in 11 years...