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Even Republican Congressmen, who face voter wrath more frequently than Senators, are getting antsy. "People are asking us, 'What are you guys going to do about these high energy prices?'" says Oklahoma Representative J.C. Watts Jr. "High gas prices didn't happen overnight, but explaining that to voters is tough." G.O.P. Congressmen don't want to return to angry town meetings in their districts with an energy plan that lacks concrete steps to deal with high gas prices and energy brownouts. "We've got members of Congress who are freaked out over this," says a senior House G.O.P. aide...
...subject of plenty of rancorous debate every step of the way. But for congressional Republicans trying to avoid getting scapegoated in 2002 for a president who's safe until 2004 - and for Democrats eagerly trying to do the scapegoating - politics is only as long-term as the average voter's attention span...
...Even Republican Congressmen, who face voter wrath more frequently than Senators, are getting antsy. "People are asking us, 'What are you guys going to do about these high energy prices?'" says Oklahoma Representative J.C. Watts Jr. "High gas prices didn't happen overnight, but explaining that to voters is tough." G.O.P. Congressmen don't want to return to angry town meetings in their districts with an energy plan that lacks concrete steps to deal with high gas prices and energy brownouts. "We've got members of Congress who are freaked out over this," says a senior House G.O.P. aide...
...lesser extent on taxes and crime. The only issue on which the Conservatives are clearly ahead is Europe - the scope of European Union powers, and on preserving the pound rather than going over the Euro. But Europe ranks fifth or sixth in importance on the list of voter concerns, and on crime, the economy, taxes, public services, health and education, Labor is either ahead or more or less even with the Tories. And Blair has promised a referendum on Europe and the pound, so that neutralizes the power of the Tories? strongest issue. That leaves little space for Hague...
...American democracy, now that the Republican-dominated state legislature (remember that phrase?) passed - nearly unanimously - a comprehensive, better-luck-next-time, $32 million fix for their rickety electoral machinery. Provisions run the gamut from a statewide installation of optical-scanner and touch-screen voting machines to a $6 million voter education program, the state's first-ever expenditure in that area...