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...have to spend a lot of time working on technique and bringing people together to get things done. That's the same thing I'm doing here." Hastert's let's-all-pull-together style proved popular with Republicans in the House. He rose to chief deputy majority whip, and he was renowned for finding members on the fence, throwing his big coach's arm around them and saying, "Let's get this done." Younger G.O.P. members called the ritual "getting Denny-ized...
...following the impeachment debacle. Indeed, DeLay appeared to sweep in and hijack the budget negotiations two weeks ago. But Hastert gruffly dismisses such talk, and last week he was acting very much like a man in charge. While partisans burned with each Florida ballot count, Hastert quietly phoned Democratic whip David Bonior and laid the groundwork for what he hopes will be a functional coalition Congress. He also spoke on the phone to minority leader Dick Gephardt for the first time in months and promised to work on their fractious relationship...
SLAMDANCE Watch them wiggle to Devo's Whip It on tvdance.com/bush-gore...
...Still, Divine and RZA are cracking the whip like senior execs, with Divine trying to get the group to begin acting as a formal board of directors. The plan is to hire managers to run the business and keep the chubby W on only the handful of products that the entire band endorses. RZA says the non-at-large members now "see each other at least three times a week, with everybody aware of everything we're doing...
...Crimson won Saturday in spite of playing before a hostile home crowd that included a quirky Hartford professor known as the "Hartford Superfan," who toted pompons and a megaphone in an attempt to whip the Hawks' crowd into a frenzy...