Word: vins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...issues? Tax cuts versus deficit cuts. Libertarianism versus religious rightism. Protectionist isolationism versus free trading internationalism. Jack Kemp versus Phil Gramm. William J. Bennett versus Bill Weld. Party ideologue and retiring Rep. Vin Weber of Minnesota versus James A. Baker III. Patrick J. Buchanan versus everyone. It's gonna be a bloodbath...
...Vin Weber, co-chairman of your campaign, was quoted the other day as saying, "The President doesn't like the idea of doing battle with Congress and doesn't like the idea of mobilizing the country to get Congress to change...
...granting China most-favored-nation status were voted down, the Buchanan camp did win a provision favoring tougher measures against illegal immigration from Mexico. The new plank supported placing "structures" along the border, a variation of Buchanan's idea of building frontier fences. "That's wacko," remarked Congressman Vin Weber of Minnesota, a conservative whose main concern is fiscal policy...
...briefing and a slick brochure trumpeting the President's accomplishments. But many G.O.P. lawmakers felt patronized and berated Malek and his campaign colleagues for the message "vacuum" that has allowed Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore to pull some 30 points ahead of Bush in the polls. Minnesota's Vin Weber said several of his colleagues sarcastically urged the Bush-Quayle campaign to stop "sitting on our lead." Meanwhile, some of Bush's conservative critics -- including columnists George Will and A.M. Rosenthal, direct-mail impresario Richard Viguerie and policy analyst Burton Pines -- suggested that he step aside in favor...
Representative Vin Weber, a Minnesota Republican whose political advice Bush values, bluntly recalls that Quayle "wasn't a popular choice in 1988, and suffered by contrast with ((Democratic vice-presidential nominee)) Lloyd Bentsen, and it didn't make any difference to the outcome." Says William Bennett, a former Cabinet member who remains close to Bush and Quayle: "When George Bush was at 85% in the polls, was Dan Quayle doing anything differently? No. Quayle has not set the world on fire, but he has done his job. He has been loyal, and he has appeal to the conservative base." Bennett...