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...Judiciary chair Henry Hyde rang the changes Monday. There would be, he said, one Democrat and one Republican dispatched to the independent counsel's office to root through the piles of evidence Ken Starr didn't send to Congress -- even though the Dems lost a vital vote on this issue Friday. What's more, Hyde wants ranking Democrat John Conyers to have equal say in calling witnesses to an impeachment inquiry. The criticism that he was no Peter Rodino seems to have struck the silver-haired chairman Hyde harder than we knew...
...magnificent sneer and slurring menace up North to Rust Belt, hard-hat territory and, as if in a century-delayed retaliation for Sherman's march, he scorched the earth with a message of racial contempt and populist economic grievance. In the 1968 election, he took 13% of the popular vote and won five states...
DEAD WOMAN RUNNING Jacquelyn Ledgerwood [photo 1], a Democratic candidate for Senate in Oklahoma, died before the primary. Even dead, she was a popular lady, taking 25% of the vote and forcing a runoff against air conditioner repairman Don E. Carroll. But Carroll may not prove the most fiery challenger. "I do have to work some," complains Carroll. "I have to eat; you know how that is. The mortgage is still due. I have to pay insurance." Republican incumbent Don Nickles can keep cool...
...Geraldine Ferraro [2], who entered the New York Democratic Senate primary with a 25-point lead, suffer a 25-point loss to Representative Chuck Schumer? Maybe it's the Crossfire curse. Evidence: two-time presidential contender Pat Buchanan also lost his races dismally, taking 22% of the vote. Stay where you are, John Sununu...
...President's political team was waving polls all over Capitol Hill last week that showed his approval rating unshaken by the Starr report. But the opinion that matters at this juncture belongs to a sliver of Americans: those who tend to vote in midterm elections and live in the 30 to 40 congressional districts where, for now, Democrats and Republicans still have a real contest...