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...With the plan almost surely still being written, Bush still has an opportunity to leaven his outlook a little. Include something convincing about cleaner air, just to have a response that doesn't turn Big Business into its own watchdog. But the fighters' stances are pretty much set. Gore will go environmental at least occasionally, but his main defense will be the one Democrats have grown so skilled at deploying against the GOP: Hey, we're just trying to help you heat your homes and drive your cars. Is that so wrong? Bush and Cheney will try to find...
...trend, which has seen turnout fall from an all-time high of 63 percent in 1960 to less than 50 percent in the Clinton-Dole race of '96, the election Puritans offer a laundry-list of reforms--a campaign-finance overhaul, mandatory voting and an improvement in what one watchdog group calls the "quality of the campaign discourse." Otherwise, these storm crows warn, American democracy will wither away and vanish, like the dodo and France's ancien regime...
...illegal gambling and provides two services for bookies everywhere. It gives them a reliable source for quoting the odds on a game and, more important, provides a convenient place to spread the risk on their bets. Says Wayne A. Johnson, chief investigator of the Chicago Crime Commission, the citizens watchdog committee that has been fighting organized crime since the days of Al Capone: "Legalized gambling only perpetuates illegal gambling. It does not displace it, as many people believe. That's a false assumption." Even Nevada's regulatory officials have acknowledged this connection. The chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control...
...vice president's proposal was a highly calculated swipe not only at Richardson's troubled tenure as the nation's oil watchdog, but also at President Clinton himself, whose perceived inaction on the growing energy crisis has marred an otherwise rosy economic outlook and created the potential, come the late fall, for more than a few disgruntled voters. By taking an aggressive stance against the status quo, Gore manages to create the desired distance from Clinton's energy policies, assuring voters that he's able to get tough on important issues - even when the target is his longtime ally...
...media and interest groups can play a watchdog role by questioning police about material within their reports. And voters can decide whether they like the mayor's choice of a police commissioner. There are police review boards in almost every major city...