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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Lisa Ferdinando (CN=Lisa Ferdinando/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-2000 09:07:56.00
SUBJECT: FOX Special Report, July 6, 2000
TO: Victoria L. Valentine ( CN=Victoria L. Valentine/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
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TEXT:
FOX SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRIT HUME
July 6, 2000
BRIT HUME, HOST: Next on SPECIAL REPORT, a close
Clinton associate expected to be indicted in the campaign finance scandal.
Why are foreign governments hoping the U.S. missile
defense test fails?
And Jeff Birnbaum tries to answer the question, who
is Al Gore anyway?
First, other headlines.
(NEWS BREAK)
HUME: Welcome to Washington. I'm Brit Hume.
It appears the Justice Department investigation into
the Clinton-Gore fund-raising scandal is about to move forward against a
long-time friend and financial supporter of the president. Fox News has
learned that prosecutors are seeking to indict James Riady, the
billionaire leader of an Indonesian banking operation known as the Lippo
Group.
For months, prosecutors have been attempting to
interview Mr. Riady about several conversations he had with President
Clinton, but as Fox News correspondent David Shuster tells us, time may be
running out.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DAVID SHUSTER, FOX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over):
Barring a last-minute cooperation agreement, investigation sources say
that James Riady, a long-time Clinton friend will be indicted as early as
next week on charges of money laundering and conspiracy. Furthermore,
sources say that prosecutors will view President Clinton as an unindicted
co-conspirator.
The case, which still has to get through the office
of the attorney general, dates back to 1992. Riady took a limousine ride
with then-presidential candidate Clinton and promised to raise a million
dollars for the Democratic Party. Riady made good on his pledge with the
help of John Huang, Riady's employee at the Indonesian banking
conglomerate known as the Lippo Group. Wire transfers began pouring in
from overseas.
Last year, Huang pleaded guilty to money laundering,
admitted the donations were illegal and told investigators about the
Riady-Clinton conversation. For months, prosecutors have been attempting
to interview Riady about the president, but defense attorneys acknowledge
the talks have gone nowhere.
James Riady has surfaced before in other scandal
investigations. His payroll at the Lippo Group included convicted
Whitewater figures Webster Hubbell and former Arkansas governor Jim Guy
Tucker. His name also came up at White House coffees. Vice President Al
Gore, who has known Riady for 12 years, can be heard off camera mentioning
Riady's name while referring to a media blitz paid for by donations to the
Democratic Party.
AL GORE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We
ought to show Mr. Riady the tapes of some of the ads we have accumulated.
SHUSTER: But a Riady indictment might cause the
greatest embarrassment for President Clinton. Riady visited Mr. Clinton at
the White House more than 20 times, and a conspiracy allegation would fuel
more criticism over the Justice Department's refusal to appoint a special
counsel.
JOE DIGENOVA, FORMER INDEPENDENT COUNSEL: A decision
about James Riady and his relationship with the president, and even the
vice president, is precisely the type of conflict of interest that the
regulations and the old independent counsel statute contemplated.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
SHUSTER: Still, there is no indication that the
Justice Department is now considering an outside investigator or a special
counsel. Justice Department sources are suggesting that the campaign
finance task force will continue to handle the investigation and be
responsible for the Riady indictment. That will likely be as far as the
case will go, because James Riady is living in Indonesia and nobody
expects him to return here to defend himself--Brit.
HUME: David, we're now getting word that Charles
Bakaly, whom we all remember is Kenneth Starr's former spokesman, has been
ordered to stand trial this coming week on charges of criminal contempt
growing out of alleged leaks during the Monica Lewinsky investigation.
What is that all about?
SHUSTER: Well, Brit, many of the documents in this
case were filed under seal, so these are the first documents to suggest
that this case is actually moving forward to a trial.
Originally, Charles Bakaly was charged with
violating rule 6-C, which is the rule governing grand jury secrecy. He was
charged with leaking a story to "The New York Times" alleging that
prosecutors might consider indicting President Clinton when he leaves
office. That started the investigation. There have been reports and
suggestions that Charles Bakaly hasn't cooperated in this probe and that
may be part of the trial that plays out next week.
HUME: All right, David Shuster, thank you very much.
The Pentagon says all systems are go for Friday's
anti-missile test. The launch over the Pacific Ocean is only expected to
last 30 minutes, but its implications are far-reaching--in fact, the
future of the U.S. national missile defense system could hinge on the
outcome.
But as Fox News's Wendell Goler tells us, foreign
nations are also monitoring the test and hoping it fails.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WENDELL GOLER, FOX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On
the eve of the national missile defense system's defining test, a group
representing more than half the country's Nobel Prize-winning scientists
warn building it would be a mistake.
HENRY KELLY, FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: It
could certainly stimulate a Chinese missile build-up and encourage the
Russians to maintain a dangerous launch on warning system.
GOLER: Most attention has been focused on Russia's
opposition. President Vladimir Putin said earlier this week, building the
system would undermine the global balance. U.S. officials say the system
is not aimed at Moscow or Beijing.
RICHARD BOUCHER, STATE DEPT. SPOKESMAN: We have been
quite up front about the fact that this consideration is not directed at
any existing arsenal like the Chinese or the Russians.
GOLER: But China is even more opposed than Russia.
Prime Minister Zhu Rongji introduced a new factor into the equation:
Taiwan.
ZHU RONGJI, CHINESE PRIME MINISTER (through
translator): The system would aim to put Taiwan in a sphere of protection.
This would be blatant interference in Chinese affairs.
GOLER: U.S. officials say the missile defense would
not be able to protect Taiwan, but China has other reasons to oppose it.
With Russia's huge arsenal and multiple warhead technology, it could
easily overwhelm the missile defense. China's entire arsenal of 20 single
warhead missiles would be neutralized by a system that U.S. officials say
is only intended to protect against threats from rogue states like North
Korea, Iran and Iraq.
Meanwhile, critics say Friday night's test will be
too easy--the Pentagon will fire a missile with a single decoy from
Quajelein (ph) atoll and shoot an interceptor at it. The Pentagon says
there is no point in making the test too hard.
REAR ADM. CRAIG QUIGLEY, PENTAGON SPOKESMAN: This is
a walk before you run process. This is the way to evolve a system of this
complexity, and we think it's the right path to take.
GOLER: Even if the test succeeds, the president says
other factors may weigh against building the missile defense, which he
opposed until it became an issue in the 1996 campaign.
(on camera): Analysts think Mr. Clinton will keep
the missile defense from becoming an issue in this year's campaign by
ordering the Pentagon to begin taking bids for construction the next
president would feel free to cancel.
In Washington, Wendell Goler, Fox News.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HUME: And coming up, find out what Al Gore is fired
up about now. Stay tuned.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HUME: Vice President Gore is on a campaign crusade
to convince voters he has the right Medicare plan. He's been stumping all
week, touting his health care proposal, and the vice president has been
quick to tell voters how much money he's willing to invest in Medicare and
other programs in an effort to show he's a man of the people.
Fox News's Jim Angle explains.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JIM ANGLE, FOX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Al Gore
offered a group of seniors a show-and-tell on Medicare as he continued a
week-long effort to portray himself as the protector of the common man
standing against greedy corporations.
GORE: I want to fight for you. Not the oil
companies. Not the pharmaceutical companies. I want to fight for you. And
by golly, that's what I'll do.
ANGLE: Gore said the fundamental choice in this
election is whose side the candidates are on. Without offering specific
examples, Gore charged that George W. Bush is only protecting the
powerful.
GORE: That's why the big oil companies are
supporting Governor Bush. That's why the big polluters are supporting
Governor Bush. That's why the HMOs and the insurance companies are
supporting Governor Bush.
ANGLE: And Gore told this group of seniors that the
pharmaceutical companies are intentionally charging them more than any
other group. Gore rejected the industry argument that it pours many of its
profits back into developing new drugs which save lives and avoid
expensive surgeries and hospital stays. Gore says they're just
price-gouging.
GORE: Somebody needs to call their hand and say,
"Wait a minute. You are spending twice as much on advertising and these
other marketing expenses, including lobbying, than you are spending on
research and development." So let's just have a little reality check
here.
ANGLE: Actually, a reality check raises some
questions about Gore's figures. The drug companies spend some $24 billion
a year on research and development--twice that much for advertising and
lobbying as Gore argues would be $50 billion a year. Industry sources
claim it's actually about 1/4 that much.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
ANGLE: One of the purposes of Gore's new populist
anti-corporate warrior mode is to project himself as a fighter. The other
is to try to draw support away from consumer crusader Ralph Nader. But
Gore isn't likely to get a break from Nader himself. He recently told
reporters that Gore is--quote--"a plastic person, a great environmental
impostor," and, concluded Nader, ``he doesn't know who he is
anymore"--Brit.
HUME: And what do the Bush folks have to say about
all of this?
ANGLE: Well, late today, the Bush people were
pointing out that there is a whole slew, a handful of Gore advisors inside
and outside the campaign who have, or do, work for the pharmaceutical
industry. They noted that Carter Askew, for instance, one of Gore's
closest advisers, often his speech writer, the message man, once made ads,
those controversial ads for the pharmaceutical industry, and long-time
friend Tom Downey, a former congressman, once lobbied for them--Brit.
HUME: Was that the Harry & Louise ads?
ANGLE: It was not the Harry & Louise ad.
HUME: All right, Jim, thanks very much.
The New York Senate race is the first time a
president's wife has sought public office, but the first lady's presence
isn't giving the campaign, so far it seems, any particular dignity.
Hillary Clinton and her Republican opponent, Congressman Rick Lazio both
seem to be taking their campaigns to deeper levels of negativity.
As Fox News's Eric Shawn tells us, the campaigns are
trading barbs in scathing fund-raising letters.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ERIC SHAWN, FOX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's
getting nasty. Not five weeks into the New York Senate race, the battle
between Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio is turning ugly, and it happened
faster than a New York minute.
CHRIS SMITH, "NEW YORK" MAGAZINE: It's going to be
this way through November. I mean, everybody says, "Oh, yes, we want to
run a positive, issue-oriented campaign," but you can't name a contested
close race for a major office in the last 15 years where it hasn't become
a series of back-and-forth attacks.
SHAWN: In a fund-raising letter, Lazio brands his
opponent this way: "Hillary Clinton and her husband have embarrassed our
country and disgraced their powerful posts. She covets power and control
and thinks she should be dictating how other people run their lives."
Lazio says he didn't write the words, but he does not disavow them.
SMITH: He's going to go after them on Monica
Lewinsky and on Filegate--and that's legitimate.
SHAWN: For her part, Mrs. Clinton is hammering away
at Lazio's congressional record, trying to link him with Newt Gingrich and
right-wing Republicans, and in her fund-raising letters saying he was
selected by--quote--"Republican Party king-makers."
MERRYL TISCH, LAZIO SUPPORTER: In the fund-raising
letter, when you are talking basically to who you believe your
constituents are going to be, you can couch things in ways to draw
distinctions between yourself and your opponent.
SHAWN: Merryl Tisch is a Lazio supporter and fund
raiser who wants both candidates to focus on the issues.
TISCH: I just can't understand why, with so much at
stake, people would choose to act like children in a schoolyard. This is
not what this race is about.
SHAWN: But liberal radio talk show host Lynn Samuels
thinks Lazio won't stick to the issues.
LYNN SAMUELS, WABC RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: He has
nothing to talk about except to insult Hillary and Bill Clinton. That's
all he has going for him. And that cute little face, you know--that makes
him look so innocent when really he's just slick Rick.
SHAWN (on camera): Will either candidate turn the
other cheek? Not in this town, pal. A Clinton campaign spokesman claims
that--quote--"New Yorkers are getting tired of Rick Lazio's excuses,
evasions and insults." It seems in this race, even the responses to
attacks are attacks.
In New York, Eric Shawn, Fox News.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HUME: Coming up next, Jeff Birnbaum tells us what
Vice President Gore is for and since when he's been for it. We'll be right
back.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HUME: Vice President Gore bristles at the idea that
he has switched his positions on major issues over the years. He has
steadfastly insisted, for example, that his position on abortion has
always been in support of a woman's right to an abortion. But has it? And
what about the vice president's positions on other issues such as gun
control and gay rights?
Fox News contributor Jeff Birnbaum, the Washington
bureau chief of `Fortune" magazine, has been looking into the matter and
joins me now.
Now there have been criticisms that Gore is a guy
who says one thing and does another, and so on--that being George W.
Bush's frequently repeated phrase. What's the record on this?
JEFF BIRNBAUM, "FORTUNE" MAGAZINE: Well, I think
that there is clearly an old Al Gore and a new Al Gore, sort of the 1980s
Al Gore and the 1990s Al Gore. And he has been on both sides of most major
issues. I think if the new Al Gore were to meet the old Al Gore, they
wouldn't even like each other, some of their positions are so different.
HUME: Let's look at some of these positions.
BIRNBAUM: Well, on--let's go through them. On
tobacco, for example, in the 1980s he was--he took tobacco industry money
into his campaigns and spoke really affectionately of tobacco farmers and
said he was among them. In the 1990s, of course, there is no more active
opponent of the industry and smoking than Al Gore.
On abortion rights, during the 1980s, Al Gore voted
against public funding for abortions and wrote constituents saying that he
didn't much like abortions, was very much against it. In the 1990s, he is
as pro-choice on the abortion issue as any liberal lawmaker in Washington.
On gay rights, for example--this isn't very often
talked about--but on gay rights, during the 1980s, he said that
homosexuality was abnormal. He said that it was wrong. He refused to take
money from gay rights organizations. He voted against something that was
called the Gay Bill of Rights. That was the 1980s. 1990s, Al Gore has
gotten a lot of money from homosexual organizations and is one of the
strongest advocates of gay rights there is in Washington.
HUME: Now, the change came when, really?
BIRNBAUM: After he was
HUME: You're saying '80s and '90s.
BIRNBAUM: Right. He was a congressman from a
conservative district in Tennessee at the end of the '70s and into the
mid-'80s, in 1984 he was elected to the Senate. But once he reached that
perch in the Senate, he became a national politician, and in 1987 he began
to run for the Democratic nomination for president, and that is when, I
think, we can trace most of the change from the old to the new Al Gore.
HUME: You mean the beginning of the change, or all
these positions?
BIRNBAUM: Just about all of them. It was around this
period. The change on gun control, for example. He was A-rated by the
National Rifle Association--the gun lobby--for most of the 1980s. But--in
fact, '84 was A-rated.
In 1987, when he began running for the Democratic
nomination for president, he told Sarah Brady, who is a major gun-control
advocate, and Handgun Control that he would do anything to get hand guns
out of the hands of criminals and switched positions, when he was, in
particular, running for the Democratic nomination in relatively liberal
places on gun-control, like New York state where he needed a lot of votes.
This was a "New York Times" story just on Thursday.
HUME: Now, there is nothing wrong with a politician
changing positions. This happens. People change their minds on issues.
Opinions evolve. We've seen this in other political figures. Frequently,
politicians will explain their change.
George W.--George Bush the elder did a complete
change on abortion and attributed it to a devotion he had come to find to
the idea of adoption as an option, it had happened in his family, and he
spoke about that and did his best to make it appear at least that this was
a conviction that he--a new conviction that he felt.
Has Vice President Gore done that? I mean, has he
spoken openly of his changed views? And--I mean, I know he's been
resistant to saying that he changed his views on abortion. But what about
these other issues?
BIRNBAUM: Well, the record is pretty clear. I think
he would say that he has evolved. It's--rather than a big change
HUME: Does he say that?
BIRNBAUM: Yes. I think clearly he is
HUME: Well, on abortion, he won't acknowledge it at
all, though.
BIRNBAUM: No, on abortion. But on the issue of
tobacco, he says that he is--has not--was not for smoking, so much, but
did favor farmers. There are some nuances involved in some of these
things. I think that his voting record
HUME: For tobacco farmers, but not for tobacco use?
BIRNBAUM: Yes, exactly. And in gay rights, it was
clear that there was a major change, at least in his rhetoric.
I--and I agree that all of us change and grow. And
politicians change, let's say, more than the rest of us. But I think with
the Gore flip flopping, this vacillation, it's more than usual, even for a
politician, and I think we're reading in some of the polls a view of this.
I think a lot of voters look at Al Gore and say, "Does he know what he
believes? Does he know who he is? Does he have confidence in himself?"
And I think enough people are saying "no" that the polls are reflecting
it.
HUME: So in other words, you think this strong
leadership number which he does poorly on reflects people's sense that
he's flip flopped?
BIRNBAUM: Right. In a number of polls, there has
been as much as a 10 or 12-point gap between George W. Bush and Al Gore on
the question, who is the stronger leader, and I think it's because of this
confidence in oneself that Gore is falling behind. Because when they see
changes so often--changes, for example, even in staffing at the Gore
campaign--they wonder, does he have enough sense of himself to be our
leader, to command?
HUME: And to be the same guy on one day that he is
on another, perhaps.
BIRNBAUM: Right.
HUME: Well, now what about these recent changes? Do
you see Gore making, as campaigns do, sort of frequent adjustments and
course corrections and so on. Most recently he's been the fighting
populist pounding away, as you've noted, at the drug companies, and once
again, at the tobacco companies and so on, oil companies and drug
companies in particular. That has widely been attributed by observers to a
response to Ralph Nader's populist appeal in some states, which is seen as
a threat to Gore.
Is it your sense that this simply feeds this
perception of him?
BIRNBAUM: Yes. Is he an old Democrat or a new
Democrat? Lately, I think you can argue that he's been an old liberal
Democrat
HUME: You've got a little difficulty there. Here,
let's give you some water.
BIRNBAUM: Pardon me. Well, thank you.
HUME: You know, Gore, of course, has consistently
able to respond and adjust his campaign. He did it with Bradley, adjusted
his campaign, and overwhelmed, swamped Bradley. So why should we not
believe that his adjustments that he's making as he goes along here will
not, you know, after some early criticism, perhaps be similarly convicted?
BIRNBAUM: Well, they could well, but the question
is, does he know who he is? Is he the populist Democrat appealing to the
liberal base as he is now, attacking drug companies, for example, or is he
the Gore--the new Democrat who is for welfare reform, for example, and
deficit reduction, as he was in the beginning of the Clinton campaign? The
question is, do we know where he will be in November? And if the American
public thinks otherwise, they won't vote for him.
HUME: Very interesting, Jeff Birnbaum. Great to have
you. Thanks very much.
Coming up, find out what you can't smoke if you are
attending the Democratic National Convention. We'll be right back.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HUME: The latest now from the "Political
Grapevine."
The Republicans have announced that House Speaker
Dennis Hastert will be the chairman of the party's convention in
Philadelphia. His deputies will all be House members, Jennifer Dunn of
Washington, Henry Bonilla of Texas, and J.C. Watts of Oklahoma; a woman, a
Hispanic, and a black. Meanwhile, political tea leaf readers may note that
Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, a vice presidential possibility in some
people's minds, has been named a ``national caucus team co-chairman for
the convention," but another V.P. hopeful, Pennsylvania Governor Tom
Ridge got no official convention role.
Fidel Castro says he was practically overcome with
emotion at the sight of Elian Gonzalez, when the 6-year-old returned to
Cuba last week. He said in a speech that not even after the Cuban
Revolution or the Bay of Pigs invasion did he--quote--"experience such
intense emotion as when he saw the private plane door open and Elian and
his father emerge." Castro said Elian and his father had
become--quote--"gigantic moral symbols of our homeland." Cuban dissident
leader Oswaldo Pala (ph), who supported Elian's return to Cuba, calls the
Castro government's propaganda campaign over the issue--quote--"a
poisonous cloud," which he said obliterates all other political
discussion.
The organizing committee for the Democratic National
Convention in Los Angeles is still $3-$4 million short of its fund-raising
goals, but is steadfastly refusing to accept any money from tobacco
companies. "The New York Times" quotes party officials as
saying--quote--"We look forward to showcasing Los Angeles as the largest
smoke-free city in the nation." Los Angeles forbids smoking in
restaurants and many other public places, though the smog-filled city is
usually not thought of as smoke free.
Nearly a year after John F. Kennedy Jr.'s death, a
federal agency has issued its final report into the crash that took his
life. Kennedy, his wife, Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren all died
when the plane he was flying plunged into the Atlantic Ocean.
As Fox News's Brian Wilson tells us, the report
indicates Kennedy himself was at fault.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BRIAN WILSON, FOX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It
took a year for the National Transportation Safety Board to recover the
aircraft wreckage from 120 feet of water off the coast of Martha's
Vineyard and complete a detailed investigation. The final report from the
NTSB lists the probable cause of the crash as ``the pilot's failure to
maintain control of the airplane during a descent over water at night
which was the result of spatial disorientation."
In other words, John F. Kennedy Jr., a relatively
inexperienced pilot, became confused when he lost sight of the horizon in
the hazy conditions that night. Spatial disorientation is one of the most
common causes of fatal aircraft accidents. Experienced pilots learn over
time to trust their instruments, but JFK Jr. had completed only half of
the training required for an instrument rating.
MICHAEL GOLDFARB, AVIATION CONSULTANT: He knew just
enough to be dangerous. Less skill, less experience, he wouldn't have made
the flight. More skill, more ability to rely on the cockpit instruments,
he could have probably navigated safely.
WILSON: We now know the Piper Saratoga slammed hard
into the waters off Martha's Vineyard nose first, impact speeds in excess
of 200 miles per hour. But a subsequent investigation of the wreckage
revealed no mechanical problems with the plane.
Because John Kennedy was a member of one of the
nation's most powerful and influential political families, there were
early hints the NTSB would stop short of blaming the accident on the
pilot. But former NTSB investigator Vernon Grose says there is no sign the
NTSB pulled any punches.
VERNON GROSE, FMR. NTSB INVESTIGATOR: They did
acknowledge here that he failed to make the correct descent from altitude.
WILSON (on camera): One other interesting tidbit
from the final report: 53 minutes before the plane crashed, JFK Jr.'s
plane came close enough to an American Airline commuter plane to set off
that plane's collision avoidance warning system. However, the NTSB says it
did not qualify as a near miss.
In Washington, Brian Wilson, Fox News.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HUME: Coming up, teachers' unions generally oppose
performance-based bonuses, but could these programs help the nation's
schools? We'll ask education expert and author Chester Finn, coming up
next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HUME: The National Education Association, the
nation's largest teachers' union has once again rejected the idea that
teacher pay should be tied to the performance of students, but the NEA did
decide to let local teachers' unions negotiate some form of job
performance bonuses. With education being a major preoccupation of both
major party presidential candidates, and with Vice President Gore having
been endorsed by the NEA, the issue of teacher pay could wind up in the
midst of the fall campaign.
To help sort it out we turn to Chester Finn, an
authority on education who was an assistant secretary of education in the
Reagan administration. Welcome.
CHESTER FINN, MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: Thank you very
much.
HUME: Nice to have you back.
FINN: Appreciate it.
HUME: So what happened here with this NEA vote?
There was a--the NEA leadership was for something that--well, you tell me.
FINN: The followership wasn't for. Well, you know,
every fourth of July, the NEA has its convention somewhere and the
leadership usually tries to position this enormous union on the good side
of some education reform issue and make them not look like total
stick-in-the-muds. This year the issue was merit pay, the notion that good
teachers might get paid more than bad teachers.
And the leadership went through this elaborate
process of putting forward a resolution that would under very limited
circumstances encourage local districts to experiment with certain kinds
of merit pay, particularly the kind where teachers observe other teachers
and say, we think that's a good teacher, and maybe they could get some
more money.
HUME: So it wouldn't--but it wouldn't be based on
student performance, even under the NEA leadership proposal?
FINN: It would never have been based on student
performance. They were dead set against that. Meanwhile, it's important to
note that six or eight communities around the country, including a couple
of NEA cities are actually doing something like this. There are some
experiments under way.
HUME: Not student performance, but what? Peer
judgment or something like that?
FINN: Peer judgment, administrator judgments. And a
couple of places, Dallas, Texas, for example, heading near student
performance as a way of measuring teacher effectiveness. There is some
very interesting research in this area on measuring teacher effectiveness
by student test scores.
HUME: What does the research say?
FINN: The most important thing it says is that there
are big differences from teacher to teacher in effectiveness if you look
at the gains the kids in their classes make during the course of the year.
HUME: Now, does this establish that the teachers'
abilities--or the teachers' effectiveness is the thing, or does it not
establish it?
FINN: It doesn't make it the sole cause, but it sure
shows patterns that are very suggestive that kids who get the very
effective teachers several years in a row have their scores go like this.
Kids that get the less effective teachers several years in a row go like
this. The differences get very big. And so, there is some very interesting
work being done on this. But no, the NEA was never going to endorse
student achievement-based merit pay.
HUME: This may seem like a dumb question, but why?
FINN: It's deep in their credo that teachers should
not be judged by the amount their students have learned. Why is this? It
goes partly back to the industrial unions, the auto workers, the steel
workers, the garment workers who didn't want to be judged by how many
napkins they sewed, or how many tons of coal. This is old industrial union
attitude, and the NEA, and to a lesser extent the AFT have swallowed it
and have not given it up, even though they want to be called a profession.
I mean, whether an industrial union that thinks that
way can actually claim to ever be a profession to me is nuts, but the NEA
leaders, Bob Chase and his colleagues put forth this very limited proposal
for--they would call it performance-based pay, and after endless debate,
the delegates voted it down. They turned their back on their leaders. They
said ``nothing doing" and in fact they strengthened the wording of their
previous resolution against every form of merit pay and performance-based
pay.
HUME: So when I'm reading news stories that are
telling me that they slightly softened their position, what does that
mean?
FINN: Well, the newspapers really messed this one
up. About two thirds of newspapers said the NEA came out against merit pay
and about a a third of the newspapers, I think following a misguided wire
service story, reported more or less the opposite. The only thing they
ended up doing, and they had to do this
HUME: Allow local autonomy?
FINN: Yes, but they always allow local autonomy.
Local unions can do what they like regardless.
HUME: OK, so that's not the news? That's the olds.
FINN: That's--yes, exactly. The news is that the
national leadership wanted to reposition the national union on this very
sexy and very hot topic of.
HUME: Now, does-one assumes that teacher pay based
on performance is popular with parents and with the public.
FINN: That's exactly why the politically correct
thing for the NEA to do was to reposition itself.
HUME: Well, now, is this bad news politically for Al
Gore, who is tied by virtue of an endorsement to the NEA possibly?
FINN: It could become that, especially if Bush
exploits it cleverly.
HUME: Now, is there anything that he has
said--you've followed his positions on education more carefully than I
have--is there anything he has said that indicates that he would be
willing to be aggressive on this, or not?
FINN: That Bush would?
HUME: Yes.
FINN: He's pretty clearly in favor of judging
teachers by performance, but he hasn't, to my knowledge, embraced anything
that you would call real merit-pay proposal. I don't think he wants to
really irk teachers, and most of them do get irked by that notion.
HUME: But most of them also vote Democratic anyway,
don't they?
FINN: Yes, though it was reported out of the NEA
convention by NPR that a third of the delegates called themselves
Republicans.
HUME: Remarkable. Chester Finn, great to have you,
hope you'll come back and keep us up to date on this issue.
FINN: Will do.
HUME: All right, don't touch that remote, folks. Our
all-stars are coming up next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HUME: Frederick, with a C., Barnes is the executive
editor of "The Weekly Standard." Morton, not Mortimer, Kondracke is the
executive editor of "Roll Call." And from the White House, Mara Liasson
is the White House correspondent of National Public Radio.
All are Fox News contributors, and all may be able
to enlighten us further on what it means that Charles Bakaly, Kenneth
Starr's former spokesman is going to trial on charges of criminal
contempt.
First of all, what is the case all about? David
Shuster mentioned earlier it was about leaks that led to a story in the
"New York Times" that said what, Mort?
MORT KONDRACKE, "ROLL CALL": Well, that said that
the special prosecutor had concluded that legally it was possible to
indict a sitting president for perjury, or something--that in other words,
Ken Starr could have taken the facts of the Monica Lewinsky case and
turned it into an indictment against Bill Clinton, which, of course,
didn't happen. It was a "New York Times"--it was not a big deal story.
HUME: In fact, I remember reading it and thinking
that I knew that.
KONDRACKE: Yes, I mean, because lots of law
professors and people--other people had said that it was possible, but
coming out of the Starr office--everybody was very conscious of leaks. The
Clinton administration was accusing Starr of leaking all over the place.
So apparently, as best you can understand from the--what's public now,
there was an investigation of this. Bakaly was asked about it internally
by investigators and apparently fibbed.
HUME: Well, he also was--he was let go by Starr, who
referred the case--Starr referred the case to the Justice Department,
which is now prepared to try him on charges of criminal contempt, but so
far the exact details of the charges remain under seal.
What are we to make of this?
FRED BARNES, "THE WEEKLY STANDARD": Well, on the
basis of what I know, it would seem to--it would strike me as a
non-prosecutable case. In other words, if he leaked--if it's based on this
information that the special counsel had found that the independent
counsel had determined that the president was indictable, that's not grand
jury information.
It's perfectly leakable--legally leakable
information, if that's what he did and said publicly that, gee, we don't
know where that information came from, that that's something he shouldn't
have done, but I don't know why you would charge him with anything for
that.
Now, if, in the investigation, he lied to
investigators, that's a different thing entirely, and that may be what
he's being prosecuted for.
MARA LIASSON, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: Right. And
we're not--I agree with Fred. We're not quite--we're not completely sure
that the leak is about Starr's opinion about whether or not the president
can be indicted. If it is, I agree, that's not grand jury information,
that's just Starr's legal analysis.
But it is interesting that he was kind of turned in
by his boss. Starr is the one who referred him to the Justice Department.
But if it's nothing more than Starr's opinion on the possibility of
indicting President Clinton, I can't imagine that he's going to be
convicted.
HUME: Unless, of course, he didn't--unless it is
alleged that he failed to tell the truth in some forum where you are
legally required to do so.
LIASSON: That's right. And he has always denied
publicly leaking any grand jury information.
HUME: Right, but I wonder if he also leaked--I mean,
has he also denied that he was the source of the story. That may be what
the problem is.
LIASSON: Right, that's--that we don't know.
BARNES: He did.
(CROSSTALK)
KONDRACKE: from Starr's office.
HUME: Starr's office.
All right, now, what we don't know--the reason we
don't know very much about this is a lot of this remains under seal, and
while Judge Johnson, the chief judge down there, has OK'd the case and
sent it to trial, she still has issues to resolve about what material may
be introduced because a lot of that is grand jury information under seal,
so a lot of this remains a little murky here. It's a little like trying to
figure out something with your eyes closed. So that's the best we can do,
folks. We're sorry.
Let's turn now to an interesting column that
appeared this week by our colleague Michael Kinsley, who makes a career of
sorts of spotting what he considers to be hypocrisy, and he has lampooned
the national media and particularly the conservative movement for what he
thinks is a case of selective blindness to a lot of policy prescriptions
by George W. Bush which he considers to be big spending and the kind of
thing they would climb all over Al Gore for.
And in his column he says--quote--"Bush promised to
triple the current funding for disability research to create a technology
transfer fund. It would subsidize small business efforts to spend $20
million buying computers so that disabled workers can telecommute, to
swiftly implement the recently passed Ticket to Work Act," and he writes,
``and on and on and on."
Well, gentlemen and lady, does he have a point?
LIASSON: I think he absolutely has a point. I think
there is no doubt about it that George W. Bush is stealing a lot of plays
from Bill Clinton, and the right is being absolutely silent about it. But
what's interesting is, I have talked to conservatives who say, ``Look, we
don't like this. We think, you know, a lot of these spending proposals are
not very good. But number one, we want to win."
And number two, as long as he doesn't break with
Republican orthodoxy on the two issues that are the most important to
Republicans--and that's abortion and tax cuts--if he wants to, in an era
of big surpluses throw, you know, a couple of million dollars or a couple
of billion dollars here and there at education and health care and
low-income housing, which are not--never have been the top priorities for
Republicans--but if he stays true-blue on tax cuts, and he sure has, it's
a big tax cut he's proposing, he has stayed true-blue on abortion, they
think that that's OK.
KONDRACKE: Well, you know, poor Michael, you know,
has to find something bad to say about George Bush. He can't say
``hooray," you know, George Bush has decided to become a compassionate
conservative. He's got to sort of back into it by--and beat up on the
right wing somehow. And the fact is that there will be more examples. Next
week, Bush is going to speak to the NAACP, and then he's going on another
compassionate conservatism tour and talk about, you know, what the
government can do to help poor people, which is--which I think is great.
(CROSSTALK)
BARNES: Wait a minute.
HUME: Hold it, Mara, hold it, hold it. I'm going to
let Mort finish here, and then Fred is about to explode.
(CROSSTALK)
KONDRACKE: You know, I mean, I think--and the thing
is--I mean, Michael actually does have a very good last paragraph, which
is typical Michael Kinsley, a great observation about how, you know, one
party is always stealing the other party's ideas and adopting them for
their own, and eventually, everything becomes mush in the middle, and
terrific, wonderful.
BARNES: For those who hadn't noticed
HUME: Mort Kondracke, professional moderate.
BARNES: no, but Mort is a charter member of the
hooray school for Bush being a compassionate conservative. Mort often
forgets that he is a conservative as well. One thing I'll--I'll say two
things, since I'm the only representative of conservative media here--that
may be worth something.
HUME: There are people who would suggest otherwise.
BARNES: OK, not many, though.
The amount of spending that Bush is proposing is
dwarfed by the amount that Al Gore is proposing. But I'll have to say I
have winced at a couple of his proposals that sounded like the one for
1,500 health care centers, it sounded more like LBJ Great Society stuff
even than it did Bill Clinton. But it--look, here is why--it's not just
abortion and tax cuts. It's because Bush has laid out an agenda that
conservatives think is important, that it's so much more important than
any of the spending on these small programs.
Missile defense, which Bush has laid out a strong
platform on--a program on that, that has completely discombobulated the
Clinton administration and forced them to have to consider missile
defense. Secondly, tax cuts, that Mara mentioned. Thirdly, Social Security
reform, which Bush is the driving force on that--not an idea stolen from
Democrats. It's a Republican idea that some Democrats have adopted. And
lastly, Bush has talked about getting the corruption out of the Justice
Department, which is a huge, huge issue.
HUME: A huge issue to conservatives?
(CROSSTALK)
BARNES: To conservatives in particular, but to a lot
of other people as well.
LIASSON: But you know, don't discount just the sheer
hunger to get the White House back.
BARNES: Well, that's a factor as well, of course.
LIASSON: Because Bill Clinton did this in '92, you
didn't hear a whole lot of squawks from the labor movement and other
elements of the left who had every reason to be suspicious if not
downright angry about some of the things he was proposing. They want to
win and there is no doubt about that.
Look at the Christian right. He never talks about
abortion, though I think he's sent plenty of signals to them that they
have nothing to worry about, but they're not--they don't want to upset the
apple cart. He looks like he's doing pretty well and I think that's a big
element of it, too.
KONDRACKE: And there are--there is another example,
Medicare. I mean, his approach to Medicare, he's going to provide a
prescription drug benefit, but it's not going to be run through the same
old Medicare bureaucracy. I mean, look, he is to the right of center, and
you know, it's just that he's not as far right to center as, you know,
some of his predecessors in that job, and surpluses make a lot of things
possible that wouldn't be otherwise.
BARNES: I mean, that is the whole point of calling
yourself a compassionate conservative. You're saying ``Look, I'm not like
those other conservatives. I'm not Newt Gingrich." And he's adjusting for
the fact that the country has moved a little toward the center.
HUME: All right, that seems to wrap that up and that
probably does it for the panel here. Fred Barnes gets the last word.
Stay tuned, though, folks, for a look at the good
hands president. We'll see who that is in just a moment.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
HUME: Finally, President Clinton spoke at a dinner
Wednesday aboard the USS Intrepid, which is now a museum in New York
Harbor commemorating the long service of that fabled aircraft carrier,
which was in service from 1943 until 1974. He was given a memento of the
event, which led to this moment. Watch.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have for the president this
evening, a replica of this great ship--notice its durability.
(LAUGHTER)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HUME: And that's SPECIAL REPORT for this time.
Please join us again next time. And in the meantime, stay tuned for news
fair and balanced as always.
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omb/ceq
supp/anti-enviro rider -- any update this morning?
health care
medicare (nyt) -- Bush charges: POTUS/Gore are obstacles to keeping
Medicare solvent, oppose bi-partisan medicare reform, cut budget
"family care" bill (wsj) -- coming soon from Kennedy and Dingell
also: dems to resume legis. on genetic discrim.; Kennedy/Grassley
bill expanding Medicare for disabled children
where are we on these?
counsel
Bakaly (nyt, wp, wsj) -- charged with criminal contempt -- response?
death penalty (nyt A1, wp) -- can we confirm?
dpc
CO Board of Ed (nyt, wp) -- "In God We Trust" resolution -- admin comment?
nec
hi-b visas (wsj) -- complaints from minority groups on h1-b workers
prospects for a bill this year? Sperling quoted
provisions conditional for admin support?
oil (wsj) -- will Saudis go through w/increase? support from other OPEC
members?
cab affairs
NTSB/JFK Jr. (nyt, wp, wsj) -- staff report on cause of crash
nsc
(nyt) congressional report -- corruption/Bosnia
(nyt, wp, wsj) Los Alamos -- US identifies 8 countries Lee may have tried
to help
(nyt) okinawa/marine apology in sex case
(nyt, wp, wsj) AIDS -- UN resoltion on counseling peacekeepers
fair access to future vaccine
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Jenni all info on the JFK crash is on the NTSB website...no talking
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omb/ceq
supp/anti-enviro rider -- any update this morning?
health care
medicare (nyt) -- Bush charges: POTUS/Gore are obstacles to keeping
Medicare solvent, oppose bi-partisan medicare reform, cut budget
"family care" bill (wsj) -- coming soon from Kennedy and Dingell
also: dems to resume legis. on genetic discrim.; Kennedy/Grassley
bill expanding Medicare for disabled children
where are we on these?
counsel
Bakaly (nyt, wp, wsj) -- charged with criminal contempt -- response?
death penalty (nyt A1, wp) -- can we confirm?
dpc
CO Board of Ed (nyt, wp) -- "In God We Trust" resolution -- admin comment?
nec
hi-b visas (wsj) -- complaints from minority groups on h1-b workers
prospects for a bill this year? Sperling quoted
provisions conditional for admin support?
oil (wsj) -- will Saudis go through w/increase? support from other OPEC
members?
cab affairs
NTSB/JFK Jr. (nyt, wp, wsj) -- staff report on cause of crash
nsc
(nyt) congressional report -- corruption/Bosnia
(nyt, wp, wsj) Los Alamos -- US identifies 8 countries Lee may have tried
to help
(nyt) okinawa/marine apology in sex case
(nyt, wp, wsj) AIDS -- UN resoltion on counseling peacekeepers
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SLATE NEWS: Fri., July 7, 2000
--today's papers: Hurl Britannia
--international papers: M?xico Libre!
today's papers
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By Scott Shuger
The WP leads with details of Al Gore's to-be-unveiled-today
campaign platform, which the paper describes as brushing aside
liberal concerns to affirm centrist stands on trade, education
reform, debt reduction and foreign intervention. USAT leads with
details on George W. Bush's convention plans, which apparently
include: An appearance but no speech from his father; Prime-time
speeches not just from the previously announced Colin Powell and
John McCain, but also from Elizabeth Dole, advisor Condoleeza Rice,
and GWB's wife, Laura. While speakers will contrast Bush's
positions with Al Gore's, Bush has determined there will be no
"attack night." The NYT leads with the Clinton administration's
plans to postpone the first federal execution in nearly 40 years so
that clemency procedures for the federally condemned can be
completed and so that the DOJ can complete a report on whether
minorities or defendants in certain parts of the country are
inordinately sentenced to death in the federal system, something
President Clinton admitted last week was a concern of his. The LAT
leads with a dispatch from the paper's Balkan correspondent Paul
Watson detailing how on Thursday, within a matter of hours,
Slobodan Milosevic managed to get the Yugoslav federal parliament
to rewrite the constitution to allow him to run for reelection. His
current term of office expires next summer. Also, the paper
explains, the new law provides for a presidential election based on
the popular vote rather than the current parliamentary one. The WP
runs Watson's story inside. The WSJ tops its world-wide news box
with word that Mexico's president-elect is planning to push the
U.S. to greatly increase the number of entrance visas for Mexicans.
The NYT lead has a few holes. It doesn't explain why although the
federal death penalty was re-established in 1988, there haven't
been any federal clemency procedures written to go along with it
until now. The story makes a good prima facie case that the
implementation of the federal death penalty reflects geographical
bias, stating that almost half of all the death penalty cases
submitted to the DOJ for review in the past five years have been in
five judicial districts (tops: Puerto Rico). But not so with the
issue of racial bias. The story states that since the 1988
reinstatement, of the 199 defendants the attorney general has
authorized the death penalty for, 103 have been black. But this
doesn't establish bias. If for instance the proportion of blacks in
the total pool of federal convicts being considered for death is
around ? or higher, the above condemnation rate suggests instead
colorblindness. And the Times doesn't say what that total pool
racial proportion is.
The WP goes right below the fold with a story that gets a lot of
attention today: tonight's $100 million test to see if an
interceptor can hit a pretend incoming warhead 140 miles above the
South Pacific. This will be the third test of this kind and, the
story explains, the track record is one hit, one miss. Tonight's
tie breaker will probably dictate whether or not President Clinton
presses ahead with national missile defense. The story explains
that critics think the test is rigged in favor of success and hence
in favor of funding, because it involves only one decoy besides the
nominal warhead, whereas it is claimed that a real attack of the
sort the system would have to defend against could and would
include many more.
This is the point elaborated on in the NYT op-ed by Theodore Postol
and George Lewis, who advocate creating a non-Pentagon entity to
design tests of the missile defense system before Congress writes
any checks for it. If Postol and Lewis are calling for a civilian
review board, over on the WSJ op-ed page, Frederick Seitz, a
missile defense advisor to the Heritage Foundation (Who knew
Heritage was under missile attack?) is Dirty Harry. His answer to
Postol and company: "The science behind missile defense is solid,
and we certainly do possess the capabilities to defend ourselves.
The only things holding us back are outdated treaties and a lack of
political will." Seitz, in describing extant military systems that
he alleges already possess the kind of capability required for a
national missile defense, makes some interesting choices. There's
the Patriot PAC-3, which he claims is the descendant of the weapon
that "helped protect U.S. troops against Iraqi Scud missiles in the
Gulf War," even though post-Gulf analyses have been unable to
conclusively document any Scud intercepts. And there's his citation
of the Navy's Aegis air defense system. That's the one that
protected the U.S. fleet from an Iranian airliner.
The LAT and USAT front the National Transportation Safety Board's
final report on the crash that killed JFK Jr. The others carry the
story inside. The bottom line is that the board found that JFK Jr.
was not experienced enough to avoid and/or overcome becoming
disoriented in the dark during his night flight over water. There's
some interesting variety in the headlines. The LAT flags the story
with "INSTRUCTOR OFFERED TO FLY WITH JFK JR., REPORT SAYS," and the
WP goes with "NTSB SAYS DISORIENTATION LIKELY CAUSED JFK JR.
CRASH." The NYT puts the point much more plainly: "SAFETY BOARD
BLAMES PILOT ERROR IN CRASH OF KENNEDY PLANE," as does USAT: "PROBE
PINS BLAME FOR AIR CRASH ON JFK JR."
The WP and NYT report that state manslaughter charges have been
filed against a Lord & Taylor security guard apparently involved in
the death of a man allegedly interfering with the shoplifting
arrest of his stepdaughter. The Times article stresses that
congressman John Conyers of Michigan has asked Janet Reno to
investigate whether or not the matter, involving as it did a black
man struggling with authorities, involved racial profiling. Since
the guard charged yesterday is black, the case raises an
interesting issue: Can profiling of blacks be racist if blacks do
it? It's curious, however, that the NYT, while mentioning the race
of the dead man in the first sentence, waits until the tenth
paragraph to reveal the race of the guard charged.
How flaccid is journalism's once-rigid ardor for matters Lewinsky?
Well, nobody fronts the news that the former spokesman for Ken
Starr, Charles Bakaly, has been ordered to stand trial for criminal
contempt. The case apparently has to do with Bakaly's quoted claim
in a NYT article that no one in the Starr office discussed
prosecution plans with the press. The story was followed by the
special prosecutor's internal investigation of the sourcing of the
story, which was then followed by Bakaly's resignation. Of course,
there's another reason the papers may not be keen on the story:
they probably all know whether or not Bakaly leaked to them, but to
cover the trial they will have to pretend otherwise.
The WSJ's "Washington Wire" says that Bill Bradley will appear
alongside Al Gore next week. USAT has this too and passes along
this news from the Gore camp: Gore aides "believe Bradley has been
one of several factors in Gore's failure to command stronger
support among Democratic voters."
It has come to Today's Paper's attention that yesterday's NYT story
about how the Clinton administration is pressuring Colombia to
field-test an anti-coca herbicide as part of the proposed $1.3
billion U.S.-funded war on drugs in that country is not quite the
scoop it seemed. Turns out substantially the same story (with a few
additional wonky details) ran on the Mother Jones online site, Mojo
Wire two months ago. Congrats to the authors Sharon Stevenson and
Jeremy Bigwood. The question remains: Did the Times know about this
piece or not? If so, it should have informed the reader, who is
entitled to a further independent look at any worthwhile topic. If
not, why not? Insufficient web research? Snobbery about the
alternative press?
Both the WP and NYT report that Tony Blair's 16-year-old son was
arrested Wednesday night in downtown London (where the drinking age
is 18) for public drunkenness. He was found by police after
vomiting and collapsing during a celebration of the end of his
exams. At first, say the papers, he gave a false name to police.
They also note the incident comes just days after Tony Blair called
for sterner measures to be taken against drunken hooligans.
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international papers
M?xico Libre!
June Thomas
The Financial Times compared Vicente Fox's victory in Mexico's
presidential election and the defeat of the Institutional
Revolutionary Party (PRI) after 71 years in power to the fall of
the Berlin Wall. It said:
PRI, born in the era of silent movies, was ousted in the era of the
internet. As the privileged received more education, so they turned
away from the party that had long twisted history books to play up
its triumphs.
In another historical analogy, Spain's El Mundo described PRI as a
dinosaur surviving from a political era that had disappeared in
other parts of the world, and it called on other parties--such as
Fox's PAN or the leftist PRD--which are better adapted to modern
parliamentary democracy, to take its place.
The Montreal Gazette was quick to take credit for "the end of a
political era and the beginning of a new chapter in [Mexico's]
remarkable transformation into a fully functioning, modern
democracy." It claimed:
For Canada and the United States, Mexico's partners in NAFTA, the
results were an encouraging vindication of the view that
liberalized trade and investment in Mexico eventually would lead to
political reform.
Most other papers paid tribute to President Ernesto Zedillo, whose
bold $1.5 billion program of electoral reform may well have helped
bring down his party. A story in Canada's National Post outlined
the extensive anti-fraud precautions: 350,000 "scrutineers," chosen
at random from Mexicans with April birthdays, matched election
cards that included a fingerprint, signature, hologram, photograph,
and encrypted voting information with a voters' list, which showed
a photo of each voter. The author continued:
Undoubtedly, there has been vote buying and intimidation. But the
real problem with democracy here is no longer procedures but
poverty. Excessive birth rates have resulted in a growing
underclass. Who wouldn't sell their vote to feed their children?
An editorial in the South China Morning Post of Hong Kong was
particularly optimistic about the voters' behavior:
[T]heir choice offers a useful lesson for other developing
countries with social problems. Mexicans did not choose a
rabble-rousing populist who promised the moon; instead, they
elected a wealthy rancher and former Coca-Cola executive who
promised a more honest government, starting with reforms of a
corrupt judicial system and police force. This suggests that
people will make careful judgments when given real options, and
should be trusted more than feared.
The arrival of political diversity was universally lauded. An
editorial comment in the FT said, "It does not mean the end of the
road for one-party states so long as communist rule survives in
mainland China. But it marks a big step along the way." Britain's
Independent managed to include a dig at Mexico's neighbor to the
north in its ovation for the election results:
"So far from God, so close to the United States," it has been said
of Mexico. Nothing can change geography. But if true godliness
really does lie in multi-party democracy, the country has just
taken a giant step towards the Almighty.
Among all the applause, several papers wondered at the task facing
Vicente Fox. The Independent reminded:
Fox has a job on his hands. The PRI has not been wiped from the
map, and may have done enough to deny Mr Fox a working majority in
parliament. The Mexico he inherits is a volatile, vastly
complicated country with huge disparities of wealth.
The Khaleej Times of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, echoed this note
of caution. Its editorial concluded by noting that President-elect
Fox "has already declared that the six-year one-term presidency is
too short to solve all the problems--of poverty, crime and access
to education."
The paper's other Tuesday editorial, on the "thumping victory" of
the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in that country's
parliamentary elections, also held Sunday, seemed a particularly
apt juxtaposition. According to the Khaleej Times, the "impatient
electorate" threw the MPRP out of office in 1996, after 70 years in
power, but the program to replace the MPRP's Soviet-style
cradle-to-grave welfare system with a free-market economy "involved
too much pain for too little gain." In Sunday's election, the MPRP
took 72 out of 76 seats. In a snarky "Passnotes" on Mongolia, the
Guardian of London made much of MPRP Chairman Nambaryn Enkhbayar's
fondness for British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Enkhbayar, who went
to university in England, told the Guardian:
We were very much inspired by this "New Labour" image of Tony
Blair. We have tried to keep our leftist tradition, but we have
moved towards the centre. We now call ourselves a centre-left
party.
Blair may not be the best role model for the new Mongolian leader.
Days after the prime minister proposed on-the-spot fines for
drunken and loutish behavior, the papers had a field day when his
eldest son, Euan, was arrested in central London Wednesday night
for being "drunk and incapable." A report in the London Evening
Standard said the incident "presented his parents with a family
nightmare--and massive personal and political embarrassment." An
op-ed in the Guardian was more forgiving, concluding:
[Blair's spokesman] said the boy's parents wanted him to have "as
normal an upbringing as possible." On Wednesday night's evidence
they seem to be doing pretty normally.
International Papers travel tips: Avoid cat-meat pies when riding
Russian trains. The St. Petersburg Times ran a horrifying story
Tuesday, under the headline "Diarrhea Victims Get Ticket To Ride,"
the lead of which deserves to be run without comment:
Between checking tickets, handing out sheets and taking orders for
tea, train conductors must find time for a particularly thankless
task: keeping a vigilant eye on the toilet and its frequent
visitors. "Diarrhea sufferers will be forced to get off trains,"
the Moscow Railways said in a press release distributed last week.
Further down, the announcement explained that by diarrhea
sufferers, or ponosniki, it was referring only to carriers of
infectious gastrointestinal diseases such as dysentery, cholera and
typhoid, and that passengers suspected of carrying these diseases
would be inspected by doctors and sent to medical institutions.
A spokeswoman for Moscow Railways explained:
When passengers travel in the summer they take fruit, vegetables
and chicken in plastic bags with them or buy pies with cat meat at
train stops, and then there is a chance they will either get food
poisoning or an infectious disease.
Although one enthusiastic conductor discussed the special medical
equipment the trains carry--"buckets for vomit and isolation sheets
soaked in chlorine that are hung around the seats," another
dismissed the notion of a rest-room watch. Zakira Kurtdinova told
the paper, "Some passengers go to the lavatories very often. They
drink beer and then go to the toilet all the time."
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CREATOR: Sean P. O'Shea (CN=Sean P. O'Shea/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-2000 08:58:24.00
SUBJECT: Re: guidance requests asap, pls -- briefing at 10 am
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NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
July 6, 2000
NTSB RELEASES FINAL REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF CRASH OF AIRCRAFT PILOTED
BY JOHN
F. KENNEDY, Jr.
WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board today released its
final report on the crash of a Piper Saratoga
II aircraft last summer that killed the pilot, John F. Kennedy, Jr.; his
wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; and her sister, Lauren
Bessette. The airplane crashed about 9:41 p.m., on July 16, 1999, near
Martha ,S Vineyard, Massachusetts.
The probable cause of the accident, as stated in the accident report, is:
&The pilot ,S failure to maintain control of the airplane during a descent
over water at night, which was a result of spatial
disorientation. Factors in the accident were haze and the dark night. 8
The accident report may be accessed on the NTSB ,S web page at:
www.ntsb.gov/Aviation/NYC/99A178.htm
NTSB Media Contact: Paul Schlamm (202) 314-6100
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CREATOR: Joan M. Brierton (CN=Joan M. Brierton/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:10-JUL-2000 18:11:58.00
SUBJECT: Re: Schlossberg/Kennedy
TO: Ellen M. Lovell (CN=Ellen M. Lovell/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
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Just checked internet sites...confirmed that JFK, Jr.'s plane went down
the night of July 17th. Event will be on first anniversary.
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CREATOR: Joan M. Brierton ( CN=Joan M. Brierton/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:10-JUL-2000 19:23:42.00
SUBJECT: Re: Ellis Island
TO: laura e. schiller ( CN=laura e. schiller/OU=who/O=eop@eop [ who ])
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TEXT:
As you know, the SAT Ellis Island event is planned for Monday, July 17th.
Unfortunately, this is the first anniversary of the death of JFK,
Jr thought you'd want to know talk to you soon.
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CREATOR: Rebecca J. Salay ( CN=Rebecca J. Salay/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
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from the wires:
^BC-NY--Kennedy Book, HFR, 770
^HOLD FOR RELEASE until 12:01 a.m. Tuesday
^New book is detail-packed tear-jerker about John Kennedy Jr's life
and death
^AP Photo
^By KATHERINE ROTH= ^Associated Press Writer=
NEW YORK (AP) Long before the Piper Saratoga that John F.
Kennedy Jr. was piloting crashed off Martha's Vineyard on the hazy night
of July 16, 1999, Jackie Kennedy Onassis feared her son would die in a
plane crash.
``In the latter years of her life, Jackie had a recurring
premonition that John would be killed piloting his own plane. She pleaded
with Maurice (Tempelsman, her longtime companion) to do whatever it took
to keep John from becoming a pilot," says a new book, "The Day John
Died," which chronicles the details surrounding the fatal accident.
Although she encouraged her son to take chances and he had
numerous brushes with disaster his mother could not stand the thought of
his piloting a plane, says the book by Christopher Andersen.
It also says that an American Airlines passenger jet changed
its course to avoid a collision with Kennedy's plane that evening, that
Kennedy and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy had worked out the
difficulties in their marriage and were ready to have a family, and that
as early as January 1997 Kennedy had expressed an interest in running for
the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by New York's Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Kennedy did not follow through because he feared his wife might
not be able to stand the pressure of a heated political campaign, it says.
Andersen, whose book is being released Tuesday by publisher
William Morrow, said it is based on interviews with hundreds of family
members, friends, classmates, teachers, co-workers, neighbors, lovers,
fellow aviators and employees, as well as photographers and journalists
who covered the Kennedy family over the years.
It is the final chapter of his Camelot trilogy, which also
includes ``Jack and Jackie" (1996) and ``Jackie After Jack" (1998). It
also follows his similarly framed 1998 book on Princess Diana, "The Day
Diana Died."
Calls Sunday to Kennedy's cousin, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy, and
to Sen. Ted Kennedy, the traditional spokesman for the Kennedy family,
were not immediately returned. Andersen said John's sister, Caroline
Kennedy, and the family of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy did not agree to be
interviewed for the book.
For anyone who watched the days of media coverage surrounding
Kennedy's death last year, most of the material is familiar.
There's the flawed weather report Kennedy saw on the Internet,
indicating that the weather was good when it was not. There's pilot Kyle
Bailey, who says he was the last to see Kennedy, his wife and her sister
Lauren as they took off from Essex County Airport in New Jersey.
Then there's the huge shrine of flowers, cards and other gifts
left outside Kennedy's TriBeCa loft at 20 North Moore Street. And the
private star-studded funeral on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and Caroline
Kennedy's wan smile and wave to the waiting masses on Madison Avenue.
Many of the book's 60 photographs, tracing John's years as a
toddler in the White House through his days as a Manhattan golden boy and
magazine founder, are also etched in the public psyche: Little John
Kennedy peeping out from under President Kennedy's desk in the Oval
Office, his famous salute at his father's funeral, the tabloid headline
"The Hunk Flunks" about his failed bar exam, the 1995 unveiling of his
magazine, ``George," and the photo of Kennedy and his ethereal bride
leaving the humble Georgia church where they were wed.
"The main thing I want to do is to set the record straight,"
Andersen said Sunday. ``First, there have been a lot of rumors and stories
that divorce was imminent. I found absolutely no evidence of that. They
had gone through a period of crisis and were through the other end. They
were on the verge of starting a family of their own," he said. ``I also
found no evidence behind rumors that Bessette had a drug problem."
"There has been a lot of posthumous character assassination.
But I'm a warts-and-all biographer and if John had any character flaws, I
couldn't find them," he said. ``If anything, the surprise was that people
seemed more upset about John's death than I had realized. More people
burst into tears during interviews than you can imagine. It is all just so
painfully tragic."
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CREATOR: Joan M. Brierton ( CN=Joan M. Brierton/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:10-JUL-2000 17:19:48.00
SUBJECT: Schlossberg/Kennedy
TO: Anne F. Donovan (CN=Anne F. Donovan/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
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TEXT:
Realized over the weekend that I believe July 17th is the one year
anniversary of the death of JFK, Jr. I know we talked about Schlossberg
and their involvement in exhibits, but this certainly could be a factor.
I know for certain it was that weekend last year.
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CREATOR: Joan M. Brierton ( CN=Joan M. Brierton/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:11-JUL-2000 13:55:30.00
SUBJECT: Ellis Invites/Schlossberg
TO: Gabriel W. Swiney ( CN=Gabriel W. Swiney/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
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CC: Robert Hanff ( CN=Robert Hanff/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
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TEXT:
Please DO NOT CALL Edwin Schlossberg just yet. As you know, he is the
husband of Caroline Kennedy. Unfortunately, the first anniversary of JFK,
Jr.'s death is July 17th the day of our event.
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CREATION DATE/TIME:13-JUL-2000 16:03:59.00
SUBJECT: Re:jfk jr
TO: ana lee sanchez <[email protected]> ( ana lee sanchez <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN ])
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I look forward to receiving it from you - thank you.
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поре.... the anniversary of JFK, jr and Carolyn and her sisters' death.
very sad.
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I AM 52 YEARS OLD AND HOPE I DON'T HAVE NIGHTMARES READING
ABOUT JFK JR DETAILS OF HIS BODY CONDITION IN THE CURRENT
ISSUE IF NATIONAL ENQUIRER BEING HOW HIS BODY WAS BENT HAVING
A BROKEN SPINE ETC..THE T.V NEWS MEDIA WAS NOT THIS CRUEL
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CAN ANYONE WHO READS THIS FOWARD THIS TO PRESIDENT
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A tornado touched down on Friday evening at a campground near Red Deer,
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southwest corner of Pine Lake at the Green Acres campground and lasted about 20
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A California judge Friday allowed prosecutors to proceed with new criminal
charges against three Los Angeles Police Department officers implicated in the
city's worst corruption scandal. <BR> <BR>Friday's action was largely a
technical matter as the officers -- Michael Buchanan, Brian Liddy and Sgt.
Edward Ortiz -- had already entered pleas of not guilty to the charges the day
before. All of the charges relate to allegations that the men falsified reports
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-- killing him, his wife and her sister -- have been answered. <BR> <BR>Family
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House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt is refusing to submit to a background
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House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt is refusing to submit to a background
check by the team conducting Al Gore's search for a running mate.
<BR> <BR>Several Democratic sources said Gephardt had told the vice president
he thought it would be best if Gore chose someone else to wage a vice
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Critics questioned how compassionate George W. Bush's conservatism really is
Friday as the Republican presidential hopeful tried to fend off attacks on his
record as governor of Texas. While the Texas governor needled the first lady,
Vice President Al Gore and President Clinton in New York, he found himself
interrupted by opponents of the death penalty and fending off criticism of his
management of state finances and conditions along the Mexican border. <BR>
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Al Gore's presidential campaign and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt are
engaged "serious" discussions about the possibility of Gephardt becoming Gore's
vice presidential running mate, Democratic sources on Capitol Hill reported
Friday. Sources told CNN the notion of a Gephardt candidacy has been actively
promoted by three Gore aides with close ties to the House minority leader
campaign manager Donna Brazile, campaign chairman Bill Daley, and media adviser
Robert Shrum. The discussions have included "at least one" recent conversation
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Despite pressure from business interests and the White House, Senate Majority
Leader Trent Lott won't schedule a vote on normalizing trade with China while
negotiations over a related weapons non-proliferation measure remain stalled.
Supporters of granting China permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) have
pushed Lott to schedule a Senate vote on the issue before the Senate's summer
recess begins in late July.
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The Nasdaq composite index surged more than 70 points Friday, extending three
straight sessions of gains and closing the week up 5 percent. <BR> <BR>The
gains came on the back of strong corporate quarterly reports from technology
firms, putting the index 25 percent above its May 23 low of 3,164. <BR> <BR>
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The beaten-down Web retailing giant Amazon.com soared Friday in response to
positive comments from a Wall Street analyst, who predicted that its sales in
the third and fourth quarters would be good and that it has enough cash on hand
to survive. <BR> <BR>Amazon stock rose 7-1/2 to close at 42-1/2 Friday, a 21
percent gain, on volume that was three times its daily average. However, even
after Friday's gain, Amazon (AMZN: Research, Estimates) is still down 62
percent from the high of 113 it reached late last year. <BR> <BR>
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The verdict is in. The world's biggest tobacco companies are ordered to give
ailing smokers a whopping $145 billion in penalties in the Florida lawsuit that
has dragged on for the last two years. <BR> <BR> That amount, one of the largest
awards to plaintiffs in a class action suit, is more than enough to bankrupt
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You could forgive the people at Sysco Inc. for envying the folks at Cisco
Systems. <BR> <BR>Sysco delivers food, not the sexiest of industries. Cisco
makes the routers and switches that speed information delivery. Cisco's CEO
gets flashy magazine profiles. Sysco's chief doesn't. Cisco shares catapulted
more 100 percent last year. Sysco shares didn't. <BR> <BR> <BR>
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Power On Software has unveiled Rewind, a new system utility that allows Mac
users to recover from file overwrites, software conflicts, unknown viruses and
other disasters by hitting a "Rewind" button. The company, which has applied
for several patents on the software, will offer hands-on demonstrations at next
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Scientists detected a strong Coronal Mass Ejection, also called a CME or a
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Sea otters, the cuddly animals beloved by tourists but hunted nearly to
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An American Bar Association (ABA) committee this week said laws around the
globe need to be changed and unified in order to keep up with the constant
changes brought about by the Internet and to ensure fairness and a solid legal
structure for businesses and customers engaging in e-commerce transactions.
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Baseball's latest economic study committee recommended a vast increase in
revenue sharing and possible franchise moves, but it did not say the sport
needs a salary cap. <BR> <BR>To increase competitive balance, the committee on
Friday urged Major League Baseball to impose a 50 percent luxury tax on
payrolls above $84 million; proposed sharing 40-50 percent of local revenues
after ballpark expenses; and recommended that national broadcasting and
licensing revenue be distributed unequally to assist low-revenue clubs,
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Lance Armstrong maintained his four-minute, 55-second lead of the Tour de
France after Friday's 13th stage, which was won by Spain's Jose Vicente
Garcia-Acosta. <BR> <BR>The Banesto rider broke away from the leading riders
in the closing stages and brilliantly held off a challenge from two Frenchmen,
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Rep. Delahunt's office contacted me today regarding the President's trip
to the Cape on the 4th & 5th of August. I have a letter that I will fax
to you but, they indicated that they never ask the President to do events
during his stays for vacation but, would like to ask that the President
make a brief stop at the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, which is a ten
minute flight away from the Vineyard. Mr Delahunt would like to give the
President the opportunity to thank the Cape and Islands Coast Guard
personnel for the support and security they have given the First Family
during their many visits to the region. The Coast Guard are very
dedicated and widely respected: a number of heroic sea rescues, the JFK
Jr plane crash and tragedy, two White House Environmental awards.
FYI: Delahunt has been Co-Chairman of the Coast Guard Caucus in the House,
is a former Coast Guardsman and has actively promoted the Coast Guard's
agenda. The event we are interested in could take place at the Air
Station hanger, which is on the Massachusetts Military Reservation (AFI
has landed there, Bush made a visit there, and Kennedy made frequent
visits there.
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Cheney Smokes All Others In Rumor Mill
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Is The Rest Of The Field A Head Fake?
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The Mitchell Report
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About To Savor The Sierra Club's Endorsement
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Pat Responds To The <cite>Post</cite>
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Abortion Tension Remains "Deeply Embedded"
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It's The Common Man Campaign
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Women Keep Gore Ahead
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VeryNarrow Lead For Gore
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A State Where Buchanan Leads Nader!
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Bush Lead Near Double Digits
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Not A Good Sign For Gore If Bush's Winning Here
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Biggest Gender Gap Of Any Race?
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Who Knew We'd Have SOOO Much Lieberman Polling?
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"The Best Senate Race?"
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Fountain Of
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Zell Tomorrow?
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Pre-Campaign Vacation
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Gibson Strums His Way Into The Race
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Bradley Stumps For Carnahan
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Richards Stumps For Schweitzer
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No Wet T-Shirts, But Plenty of Dry Franks
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HRC Goes To Temple
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DeWine Still Up Big
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Allen Hopes To Robb NoVA Vote
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Humphrey's Senate Past
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Does Vinroot Have A Money Problem?
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What Would Happen If.
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A Change In The Weather?
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"><b><a target="_self" href="#33">IOWA SENATE '02:</a> </b></font>
Great Mentions And Trial Balloons Are Back!
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Fields To Primary Landrieu?
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Will He Torch McGreevey En Route To Trenton?
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Looking Towards Next Election?
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<cite>Hotline</cite> Extras!
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Lucky Thirteen?
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Poll Update
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In The Swing State Four-Way, Bush Leads By Three
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Cong. Dems Make 7 Up Theirs
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People
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Ex-Gore Chair Left J
ust In Time
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Recuperates From Gall Bladder Surgery
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JFK Jr. Friends Say Book Is Full Of Flaws
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Denies He's Deep Throat
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Providence Mayor Accepted Improper Donations
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EWS BAZAAR:</a> </b></font>
Mayoral Candidate Was Once Homeless
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Lenins & Things
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If Cheney (R-WY) is the GOP VP nominee, <cite>Time</cite>'s Matt Cooper asks, W
hen was the last time we had a prez
or VP candidate from a major party claim as his residency a state with as few
as 3 electoral votes. The best we could come up with was McGovern (D-SD) in '72
who hailed from, at the time, a 4 electoral vote state. SD has since lost the
ir 2nd CD and is currently a 3 electoral vote state. Email your answers to <a
href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
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GOP VEEPSTAKES: Cheney Smokes All Others In Rumor Mill
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<i>Boston Globe's</i> Zuckman writes that "as drenching rain pounded the Texas
hill country yesterday," Bush "remained secluded at his ranch, weighing his cho
ice of a running mate." Aides to Bush maintained that "no announcement is like
ly before" tomorro
W, "and all signs continued to point" to ex-DoD Sec. <b>Dick Cheney</b> as the
leading contender. As of last night, Bush "had made no telephone calls informi
ng any of the potential candidates for vice president that they had been cut fr
om his short list." (7/24). In "seclusion at his Texas ranch, Bush tentatively
planned" to introduce his running mate tomorrow, but "even his closest advisor
S said they did not know if he had made up his mind" yesterday. The "silence fr
om Bush on a day he had promised to de
cide prompted aides to caution that he could make a surprise pick" (Fournier, A
P, 7/24). Heading from DC to Dallas yesterday, Cheney deflected questions on W
hether he was about to be named as the nominee. Cheney: "You'll have to ask so
mebody above my pay grade" (Keen, <i>USA Today</i>, 7/24). Bush is scheduled t
o return to Austin today "where he has at least two network television intervie
WS scheduled." Bush comm. dir. <b>Karen Hughes</b> "acknowledged that she told
reporters to be in Austin" today, but
added, "I really don't expect a decision" before tomorrow (Leubsdorf and Jacks
on, <i>Dallas Morning News</i>, 7/24).
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Tomorrow You're Always A Day Away
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NBC's <b>Gregory</b> on Bush's VP search: "Tonight Bush prepares to end the spe
culation, advisers say consulting his wife, Laura, and his father, who was in t
his very same position 12 years ago. A final decision is expected to be announ
ced Tuesday" ("Nightly News," 7/23).
<br>
CBS' >Whitaker</b>: "It's gotten crazy in Austin. Depending on who you talk t
o, the governor either has, or hasn't, made up his mind, and will make his anno
uncement
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday -- take your pick. What we do know, is that he is
up at his ranch with his wife and his conscience, as one staffer puts it. And
when he comes down from the ranch, he should have made up his mind" ("Evening
News," CBS, 7/23).
<br>
Hughes: "Sometime early this week I expect him to call and let us know that he
has made a decision and is prepared to make an announcement" ("Meet the Press,"
NBC, 7/23).
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Would Cheney Head Fake Equal Huge Head Ache?
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<i>Wall Street Journal's</i> Calmes and Farney write that either Bush "has alre
ady chosen Republican wiseman" Cheney to be his
running mate or, "by leaving speculation unchecked during the past few days, h
as set a high bar for his ultimate pick to be measured against." The 59-year o
Id Cheney "would bring substance without risk, doing much to close the 'gravita
S gap' separating Bush" from <b>Al Gore</b>. "At worst, Cheney's resume could
be seen as outshining not only those of other vice-presidential wannabes, but o
f Bush himself" (7/24).
<br>
<i>Wall Street Journal</i>'s <b>Al Hunt</b> on Bush's
VP: "For Bush's sake, it better be on the level or he's made a huge mistake, be
cause anyone else selected, other than <b>Colin Powell</b> would be compared to
a Cheney or a John McCain</b> and would come up short" ("Capital Gang," CNN
, 7/22).
<br>
CNN'S <b>Novak</b> on whether the Bush campaign is intentionally misleading peo
ple in veepstakes: "If they pushed [Cheney] up flew him all the way up to W
yoming to go into the courthouse and re-register in order to stamp do
wn the McCain voting, that would be a disaster" ("Capital Gang," 7/22).
<br>
Columnist <b>Elizabeth Drew</b>, on Cheney's registration switch: "The fact tha
t Cheney went today to Wyoming is very significant, but not conclusive. It
turns out that today is the last day that you can register in Wyoming. I
do
n't think this was just a feint today to try to stop the McCain talk, but becau
se of the deadline in Wyoming. If Cheney is picked, I think the question wi
II ari
se, was this process on the level all along?" ("The News," MSNBC, 7/21).
<br>
The "only thing that was clear" yesterday was that Cheney has replaced McCain,
"last week's media chatter favorite, as the man reporters, commentators and tal
k-show spinners loved to talk about." What "was not clear was whether Bush was
spinning the names or whether it was merely media bloviation" (Price, Washi
ngton Times</i>, 7/24). However, Knight Ridder's Hutcheson and Goldstein quote
one B
ush advisor as saying yesterday: "I think it's going to be Cheney" (7/24).
<br>
NBC's <b>Russert</b> on Cheney: "If it's not Cheney, then who? The speculation
, the bar now has been raised so high. There is no one else on the list who
has been mentioned who can match that, other than John McCain" ("Today," 7/24)
<br>
<i>Time</i>'s b>Margaret Carlson</b> on possibility Bush campaign is trying to
mislead people in veepstakes: "It looks
like a frat boy prank if they went that far to keep it a secret and to move McC
ain off the front page" ("Capital Gang," 7/22).
<br>
NBC's Russert, to Sen. <b>Chuck Hagel</b> (R-NE): "If [Cheney's] not selected,
will he not be held up for a sophomoric gesture of putting him through hoops?"
Hagel: "Well, I don't know. That depends, obviously, on, first, Governor Bush's
decision, and then second, how the press would frame that" ("Meet the Press,"
7/23).
<br>
;
IL Sen. <b>Dick Durbin</b>: "I've been listening carefully as this Dick Cheney
speculation has surfaced, And I think there are two possibilities. Either the B
ush campaign is trying to kill the speculation about John McCain as a running m
ate or Dick Cheney's very serious" ("Meet the Press," NBC, 7/23).
<br>
For more messages from pundits to the Bush camp on a possible Cheney head fake,
read today's <i><a href="http://nationaljournal.com/members/buzz/talkinghe
ads.htm">Talking Heads</a></i>!
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NBC's <b>Mitchell</b>, on Cheney and Danforth: "The Cheney info
rmation did not come out from a Bush leak. It was not a head fake. I think
Danforth is the head fake. Danforth is the attempt by the Bush team to try to q
uiet down this Cheney business for a couple of days" ("Meet the Press," 7/23).
<br>
ABC's <b>Stephanopoulos</b> on Danforth and Cheney: "Both Danforth and Cheney S
hare a lot of similarities. They both meet Bush's top criteria: loyalty and st
ature. They're both clearly conservative but have a reputation for working wi
th Democrats" ("World News," 7/22).
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ABC's <b>Douglass</b> on how Cheney's name ma
y have arisen: "The Bush campaign did let his name surface. That is unusual.
And they did it just hours after these reports that John McCain might be willin
g to take the job. And so there is some speculation that Cheney's name surface
d simply to squelch that talk about McCain" ("This Week," 7/23).
<br>
More Durbin, on Cheney being a ploy to draw attention from McCain: "I don't kno
W whether this rumor and speculation about Cheney is designed to really float a
name or whet
her it's designed to kill the speculation that John McCain might be the running
mate for Governor Bush. I can't tell from the outside and I'm not sure anyone
can" ("Late Edition," CNN, 7/23).
<br>
CNN's <b>Novak</b> on the chance Bush campaign is floating vp names to deflect
McCain attention: "The Bush people were very anxious to say that McCain was not
going to be the person. I think McCain would have been a very good choice, as
you know, but I can't believe they went so
far in that campaign as to pull off this stint" ("Capital Gang," 7/22).
<br>
i>Washington Post</i>'s <b>Ceci Connolly</b> on Cheney's prospects: "I wouldn'
t put it past Bush to make a little mischief the weekend before the announcemen
t and drive everybody a little bit batty" ("Special Report," FNC, 7/21).
<br>
WH CoS <b>John Podesta</b> on Cheney: "I think the Dick Cheney thing is an elab
orate head fake to get the press off of looking
at John McCain" ("This Week," 7/23).
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The Cheney Reaction
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Cheney "has been the focus of attention" since NBC's <b>Lisa Myers</
b> reported on 7/21 that Cheney had switched his voter registration from TX to
WY to avoid possible constitutional problems associated with electoral college
voting rules. In addition, as Bush "privately pondered his choice" for a runni
ng mate, there were "new signals" yesterday that Cheney "may be the top contend
er." According to a member of the Halliburton Co., where Cheney is the chair a
nd CEO, Cheney told board members last week that there was a "strong likelihood
he would be asked to be Bush's runnin
g mate." The board member, who asked not to be named: "He in effect told us it
was virtually certain if there wasn't a glitch. But he also made it clear t
hat it wasn't 100%." According to one board member, in his meeting with Hallib
urton board members, Cheney "made it so clear that the selection was close to a
done deal that board members engaged in a long discussion about his successor
and the transition." (Balz, Washington Post</i>, 7/24).
<br>
Also, New York T
imes'</i> Bruni reports that Houston cardiac surgeon <b>Denton Cooley</b>, "who
described himself as a longtime friend of the Bush family," said yesterday tha
t both <b>George W. Bush</b> and his father, former Pres. <b>George Bush</b>,"
has asked him on Friday to consult by telephone" with a doctor for ex-DoD Sec.
<b>Dick Cheney</b> to help determine if Cheney was "up to a strenuous campaign.
" In an interview yesterday, Cooley "said that after the Bushes made the reque
st, he spoke almost immediately with"
Cheney's doctor. After "several hours," the Bushes got back in touch with Cool
ey "to check his findings about Cheney, which were favorable."
<br>
One reason "many Republican officials were surprised" that Cheney has emerged a
S a leading contender to join Bush on the ticket is that "more than a decade ag
o, he had three mild heart attacks." However, Cheney "has apparently not had a
ny heart trouble in recent years, and Cooley said that that he told both Bushe
S, who placed
separate calls to him," that Cheney's doctor in DC "thought he was certainly c
apable and fit enough to go through a national campaign." Cooley added that bo
th Bushes "seemed pleased by that news." The three heart attacks, in '78, '84
and '88 "were all mild, and he had bypass surgery in '88, before his high-profi
le assignment in the Bush administration." Cooley "said that he did not review
specific test results or data with Cheney's physician, but simply listened car
efully to his assessment of Cheney's h
ealth." Cooley added that "what the Bushes wanted to know about Cheney was 'ho
W fit he was, and was he up to a strenuous campaign." Cooley "concluded that
he was."
<br>
The "way in which Cooley's help was solicited raised questions about the extent
" that Bush's father was involved in choosing a running mate. Asked last night
about the elder Bush's role, Bush comm. dir. <b>Karen Hughes</b> maintained:"
Only the governor can answer that question, and I'm sure he'll be hap
py to once the process is complete" (7/24).
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Bush strategist <b>Karl Rove</b>, on concerns about Cheney's h
ealth: "Those heart attacks occurred in the 70s and 80s. He then served as Pres
ident Bush's Secretary of Defense and presided over Desert Storm. I don't know
a more stressful situation than being Secretary of Defense during armed combat.
He seemed to do just fine" ("Face the Nation," CBS 7/23).
<br>
More Rove, on Cheney's health: "He served as secretary of defense during the Gu
If War. I can't imagine a more stressful situation than being a secretary of de
fense in a shootin
g war. And yet this is not an issue. He's a person of great energy and ability.
He's a high altitude skier. He's an active outdoorsman, a hunter, and a fi
sherman. And I don't see if he were to be chosen, that this would be any kind o
f a problem" ("Late Edition," CNN, 7/23).
<br>
CNN's Karl, reporting on another indication of Cheney's health as a factor: "C
heney, in another step to erase doubts about that factor, has had a complet
e physical at the George Washington
University Medical Center. That physical took place on Thursday and he receive
d a clean bill of heath" (7/23).
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NBC's <b>Myers</b>, on Cheney's registration switch: "Dick Cheney is the man mo
st privy to Bush's thinking. It's hard to imagine him flying to Wyoming to chan
ge his registration if he didn't think there was a pretty good chance he'd be t
he one chosen. Dick Cheney is not an impulsive man" ("Mitchell Report," 7/2
1).
<br>
NBC's <b>Russert</b>, to Karen Hughes, on Cheney's registration switch: "Why wo
uld he do that if he was not under
serious consideration?" Hughes: "Well, Tim, I think that that is a serious step
. And I think it indicates that Secretary Cheney is willing to be seriously con
sidered" ("Meet the Press," 7/23).
<br>
NBC's Mitchell, to ex-Sen. Maj. Leader Baker, on Cheney's registration switch:
"He would not be doing this unless he was laying the groundwork to become the r
unning mate." Baker: "It's a powerful indicator, it really is. It's still not a
conclusive bit of proof, but it's certain!
y the strongest thing I've heard" ("Mitchell Report," MSNBC, 7/21).
<br>
FNC's <b>Barnes</b>: "There's so much behind the Cheney selection now. George B
ush could change his mind at the last minute. That's happened before, but I don
't think he's going to. For one thing, President Bush, George W.'s father, is t
otally in favor of Cheney" ("Fox News Sunday," FOX, 7/23).
<br>
More Rove, on Cheney swapping registration: "This removes a potent
ial obstacle to his being seriously considered. He grew up in Wyoming, represen
ted Wyoming in Congress for 12 years, he has a place in Jackson Hole, and I gue
SS Friday was the deadline to move his voting residence there in order to parti
cipate in the local primaries there in a couple of weeks" ("Late Edition," CNN,
7/23).
<br>
NBC's <b>David Gregory</b>: "In the course of the week, even though Governor Bu
sh himself would rule out others that maybe he had pursued but that d
idn't want the job, they never, never knocked down speculation about Dick Chene
y. And at this point, they are now conceding what has become more and more obvi
ous, that he is a top contender" ("Meet the Press," 7/23).
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NPR's <b>Juan Williams</b>: "This is a dud of a pick. He's a dud of a pick
. No good as a speaker, no charisma. He has a team in place that looks as i
f it's his father's administration coming back to haunt us" ("Fox News Sunday,"
FOX, 7/23).
<br>
<cite>USA Today</cite>'s <b>Susan Page</b>, on Cheney's weakness: "Cheney crea
tes a vu
Inerability for George Bush, and that is this whole idea that he's surrounding
himself with the people who served in his father's administration. He's gone to
great lengths this year to be his own person, not to be his father's son" ("La
te Edition," CNN, 7/23).
<br>
<i>Time</i>'s <b>Margaret Carlson</b> on role of Cheney's health: "The problem
with Dick Cheney is that the only thing that the vice president needs is to be
healthy and stay alive, mostly just be alive. If you
're going to be a bucket of warm spit, you have to be warm. And if you're goin
g to be a heartbeat away, you don't want to have a faulty heartbeat" ("Capital
Gang," CNN, 7/22).
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<b>Marlin Fitzwater</b>, press sec. to both Pres. <b>Ronald Reagan</b> and Pres
Bush, maintained that Cheney is "fiercely loyal." Fitzwater: "He argued his p
ositions forcefully, but if he lost, he supported the president" (Kiely, USA To
day, 7/24).
<br>
Ex-Sen. <b>John Danforth</b>, on Cheney: "I kind of assumed a couple of days ag
o when I learned of the voter registration by Dick Cheney that he was going to
b
e the nominee, and I can't imagine anyone better than Cheney for this. He is ju
st terrific" ("Fox News Sunday," FOX, 7/23).
<br>
<i>Wall Street Journal</i>'s <b>John Fund</b> on why Cheney's a good VP candida
te: "I think Dick Cheney brings three things to the ticket if he's going to be
the candidate and that's loyalty, likeability and levelheadedness" ("Early Edit
ion," CNN, 7/24).
<br>
NBC's <b>Gregory</b>: "So strong is the belief that
Cheney is the choice, even others thought to be on Bush's short list have added
their approval" ("Today," 7/24).
<br>
Ex-Sen. Maj. Leader Howard Baker (R-TN), on Cheney: "Dick Cheney is a marvelous
American. He's fully qualified, and if George W. Bush chooses him, I think the
party will cheer, I think the country will applaud, and I think they'll be ele
cted" ("Mitchell Report," MSNBC, 7/21).
<br>
MSNBC's b>Begala</b>, on Cheney: "He's a
good man, he could serve honorably, but he has a bad heart. And I think it's i
rresponsible for Bush to choose a man as a running mate who has a bad ticker."
MSNBC's North</b>, to Begala: "[Cheney] registering to vote in Wyoming, his
original state, is not necessarily an indicator that he's the choice. I think y
ou've still got a whole raft of folks that could be on the ticket. I know y
ou guys are all worried, because you know that you don't have anybody of the ch
aracter Dick Cheney <cite>or</cite> Jo
hn McCain" ("Equal Time," 7/21).
<br>
The <cite>Standard</cite>'s <b>Kristol</b>: "It's an impressive pick, because i
t's a governing pick, not an electoral pick. It shows that he is pretty confide
nt he is going to be the next President of the United States and is serious abo
ut finding people to help him govern. Maybe he is a little too confident. The i
ndependents are in play, McCain was the way to reach them. He has decided not t
o reach them and go with Cheney. It's impress
ive and confident" ("Face the Nation," CBS, 7/23).
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With Gore "consistently charging that the young
er Bush's policies would reproduce the economic slowdown that helped drive his
father from office, some say that association could pose a potential risk" to B
ush. Brookings Institution's >Thomas Mann</b>: "Even though it's not in the e
conomic arena, it'll give Gore an opportunity to say: 'Is everyone ready to ret
urn to those times or do you think we are doing well now?" However, "some
Bush insiders believe a Cheney selection would help the younger Bush tie himsel
f to a different tradition he has emph
asized on the campaign trail: a less partisan style of politics than Washington
has seen in recent years." It is "striking" that the two recent rumored list t
oppers, including Cheney and ex-MO Sen. <b>John Danforth</b>, "spring from an e
arlier generation of Republican politicians generally less combative and ideolo
gical than the 'revolutionary' conservatives who have dominated the congression
al GOP since 1994." A "senior" Bush aide, on Cheney and Danforth: "They are a
lot less partisan. They are back f
rom the time when Washington hadn't gotten so bitter" (Brownstein, <i>Los Angel
es Times</i>, 7/24).
<br>
CNN's <b>Black</b> on Gore campaign's reaction to Cheney: "They said they didn'
t think that Dick Cheney would necessarily help George Bush a lot and could pot
entially hurt him, particularly if Mr. Cheney is viewed as a throwback to the G
eorge Bush administration, the administration of George W. Bush's father" ("Ear
ly Edition," CNN, 7/24).
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bsp;
CBS' <b>Borger</b>, to Rove: "Do you worry that the choice of Dick Cheney could
be portrayed as George W. Bush's father's Oldsmobile? He worked for his dad an
d he's reaching back instead of looking ahead?" Rove: "The choices Gov. Bush ha
S are people who have records of service and accomplishment which makes them mo
re attractive to the American people, not less attractive" ("Face the Nation,"
CBS, 7/23).
<br>
FNC's Barnes: "Bush is clearly overcompensating for the Qu
ayle phenomenon that bedeviled his father. Among other things, his father u
rged him to avoid a Quayle-like problem. Cheney avoids that easily" ("Fox News
Sunday," FOX, 7/23).
<br>
ABC's <b>Stephanopoulos</b>, on Bush picking Cheney: "This has the risk of appe
aring to be daddy's choice. It looks a little bit like the old guard is com
ing to buck up the new kid." ABC's <b>Sawyer</b>, to Stephanopoulos: "There are
some reports that this was clearly his father's prefere
nce, do we think that this was instrumental?" More Stephanopoulos: "It definite
ly could be. President Bush called the heart surgeon to get reassured on Di
ck Cheney's health background. It looks like he is deeply involved in this pro
cess even though Governor Bush just says that he is just a good listener" ("GM
A," ABC, 7/24).
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Columnist <b>Elizabeth Drew</b>, on Cheney's association with Halliburton: "Thi
S would make it the first, I guess, all-oil ticket in American history, and It
hink Al Gore could have some fun with that" ("The News," MSNBC, 7/21).
<br>
NBC's <b>Russert</b>,
to <b>Karen Hughes</b>, on Cheney's oil and gas ties: "Any concern that he is a
n oil executive? Governor Bush was an oil executive. You'll have two former oil
executives from Texas, in effect, leading the Republican ticket." Hughes: "Gov
ernor Bush was a small independent oil and gas operator, and I think we need so
meone in charge of our nation who understands energy. One of the reasons for th
e high gas prices that Americans are paying at the pump is that the Clinton-Gor
e administration has had no national e
nergy policy for eight years. They have failed to encourage domestic production
And I think it would be wise for this country to increase our energy independ
ence and to have someone who understands that vital industry leading our countr
y."
<br>
NBC's <b>Shipman</b>, on the Gore camp reaction to the Cheney speculation: "He'
S not, frankly, the person they say they were most worried about -- a Ridge, fo
r example, or a McCain. They think the heart will be an issue, to some ex
tent. The fact that he is an oil executive and that they're trying to paint Bus
h as, you know, tied to oil interests. But most importantly, I think that they
believe that the tie to Bush's father is an unappealing one" ("Meet the Press,"
7/23).
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NBC's Mitchell, on the Bush camp reasoning on Cheney: "They are thinking dynast
y. They're thinking <b>Jeb</b> [<b>Bush</b>]. They don't want someone as the nu
mber two who could end up challenging Bush in the future. [Cheney], I believe,
will be announced on Tuesday. He will, I think, be the running mate" ("Meet
the Press," 7/23)
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p;
<i>New York Post</i> columnist <b>Steve Dunleavy</b> writes that "there's no qu
estion that Cheney has more experience in the sophistication and delicacy of po
litics than just about anyone in Washington. So why the cynicism? George W. B
ush fully expects to win the presidency, and he fully expects to win a second t
erm. Does anyone think that Cheney would ever run for president. No way, Jose
" (7/24).
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Ex-MO Sen. <b>John Danforth</b> said yesterday that he would accept the vice pr
esidential nomination if "it were a matter of duty" and if Bush "asked him to d
o it for the good of the party and the country." Danforth: "That would be pret
ty tough to turn down." However, Danforth said "repeatedly" that the vice presi
dency "is something I have not sought and would not want. Six years ago I.
came back to St. Louis, and this is the p
lace I love more than any place in the world. I really want to be in private 1
ife." Danforth, during an interview with reporters about his recently released
report on Waco, also "predicted" it would not be him that received the nod, bu
t ex-DoD Sec. <b>Dick Cheney</b>: "It's not going to happen. I think it's goin
g to be Dick Cheney." Danforth "conceded" yesterday that "he had not taken his
name out of the running" like <b>Colin Powell</b> and FL Sen. <b>Connie Mack</b
>: "I have sent them (Bush) a lot of i
nformation, so I guess that was at least a partial answer that I would consider
it." More Danforth, on reports that he said he would rather die than accept t
he vice presidency: "I didn't say I'd rather die than be vice president" (Freiv
ogel, <i>St. Louis Post Dispatch</i>, 7/24).
<br>
Renewed talk about Danforth joining the ticket started after he had a "private
meeting" with Bush on 7/18 in Chicago. However, Danforth told the AP "he would
be fine if his name never again
appears on the ballot": "I got out of politics in 1994, and I came back home, a
nd this is where I want to be" (AP/<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</i>, 7/24). In an
interview with the FNC, Danforth talked about accepting the nod: "I would cert
ainly discourage it, and I can tell you that it's something that I have not sou
ght and would not want. My wife and I are very happy here in St. Louis. I h
ave no plans to be in Austin, Texas anytime in the next few days." More Danfort
h, on his reported meeting with Bush:
"The one thing I will tell you is that I have not been asked to be a vice presi
dential nominee. I just have not been asked to do that. I didn't say that I
would rather die than be Vice President, but I certainly have made it clear th
at my heart is in St. Louis" ("Fox News Sunday," FOX, 7/23)
<br>
<cite>USA Today</cite>'s Susan Page, on Danforth: "He made it pretty clear that
you would have to hold a gun to his head to make him take this take this jo
b, and I don't th
ink that's the kind of tone you want to have. I think Danforth made it pretty c
lear this morning it's not going to be him. I do think that by process of elimi
nation you're kind of left with Cheney. It's clear it's not Ridge, I don't thin
k it's Danforth" ("Late Edition," CNN, 7/23).
<br>
ABC's <b>Douglass</b> on Danforth: "ABC News has learned there is one other nam
e on Bush's short list former Missouri Senator John Danforth. Sources say t
hat last Tuesday Bush and C
heney held a secret meeting with Danforth and his wife. But Danforth
told
A
BC News tonight, 'I don't want the job" ("World News," 7/22).
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<i>Washington Times</i>' Hallow reports that Bush aides "reacted strongly" to "
machinations" by AZ Sen. <b>John McCain</b> supporters, "dismissing media repor
ts" that McCain would be the choice. McCain supporters "made selective and repe
ated telephone calls to political reporters, at times leaking" NRCC polling dat
ing "purportedly showing a Bush-McCain ticket would stand the best chance of wi
nning and have the longest coattails in helping" elect GOPers to Congress. A "s
enior Bush off
icial" said that the "whole thing is bull" and the McCain selection "will never
happen" (7/22). An Albany <i>Times Union</i> editorial notes that GOPers made
Bush "their clear and resounding choice. He doesn't need to be stuck lookin
g over his shoulder at a running mate with a penchant for promoting his own int
erests over his party's. What Mr. Bush might do, tough, is consult with Mr. McC
ain about his choice of running mate. Together they might settle on a candidate
who shares Mr. McCain's commitment to
political reform and his appeal to Democratic and independent voters. That wou
Id accomplish everything that GOP ticket version of the 'Odd Couple' would unde
rmine" (7/24).
<br>
CBS's <b>Whitaker</b> on McCain: "The hat John McCain seemed to throw back in t
he VP ring landed in Texas with a thud. Even in the topsy-turvy world of pr
esidential politics, McCain's apparent about-face left heads spinning" ("Evenin
g News," 7/21). Bush Communications Dir. Karen Hughes, on McC
ain: "I have heard Governor Bush on numerous occasions say that he takes Senato
r McCain at his word. He told him face-to-face in Pittsburgh when they met that
he did not wish to be considered for the vice presidency" ("Meet the Press," 7
/24).
<br>
NPR's <b>Williams</b> to Karen Hughes: "Is it the case now that we can assume t
hat John McCain is totally out of this? There was a real boomlet in Washington
this week for McCain, but the response that seemed to come back from the
Bush campaign was, 'No way, Jose.' Is that right?" Hughes: "I don't think I'd
put it quite that way. I have stood by the governor's side and heard him a
number of times say that he takes Sen. McCain at his word. When they met in Pi
ttsburgh, Sen. McCain told him face to face that he did not wish to be consider
ed" ("Fox News Sunday," FOX, 7/23).
<br>
<i>Arizona Republic</i>'s Montini notes that if Bush picks McCain "it'd be like
Gepetto letting Pinocchio pull the string
S, like the Lone Ranger calling Tonto 'kemosabe.' All across the land, sidekick
S would rule" (7/23).
<br>
ABC's <b>Roberts</b> on how Bush views McCain: "I think that he thinks he can W
in without McCain He doesn't want to have somebody there that's making him
unhappy and miserable all the time and who could be stabbing him in the back an
d seizing the limelight. But, boy, I think it's a political mistake." More Rob
erts: "Going for McCain says A)I'm going to fight in Ca
lifornia, which would really terrify Gore. And B) I really am going to go out
and get these independent voters. And C) I am willing to, you know, not be so
comfortable and so easy with things" ("This Week," 7/23).
<br>
Bush Campaign Strategist <b>Karl Rove</b>, on whether McCain is out of the runn
ing: "Gov. Bush has a list, so only he knows. But he has said that he takes Sen
McCain at his word, and Sen. McCain's word rather bluntly was that he didn't
want to be considere
d" ("Face the Nation," CBS, 7/23).
<br>
Empower America's <b>Bill Bennett</b>, on McCain: "This is not been a case stud
y in loyalty, or making the case that you would be loyal. I think John McCain i
S a patriot. If he were the Vice President, I think he would publicly defend Bu
sh's policy. But there's a difference between a willingness to defend and an ea
gerness to embrace. They have different agendas" ("Face the Nation," CBS, 7/23
).
<br>
Former McCain advisor <b>Mike Murphy</b>, on McCain: "People should take John M
cCain at his word. I don't think he's interested in the job, but he's a guy tha
t his whole life's history has been service. If asked to serve as a country he
loves, I think he would" ("Late Edition," CNN, 7/23).
<br>
Columnist <b>Mark Shields</b> on McCain: "If there's one thing we've learned ou
t of Austin is that they don't like anybody talking about anything that goes on
in their minds, in thei
r tribal councils or anything of the sort. And loyalty means secrecy and tacit
urn approach. And John McCain, whatever else he is, he may be very loyal, but
taciturn he is not" ("NewsHour," PBS, 7/21).
<br>
CNN's <b>Karl</b> on McCain's wish to not be offered the position: "Bush campai
gn manager, Joe Allbaugh, received a call from a senior McCain aide saying McCa
in does not want to be offered the job" ("IP," 7/21).
<br>
Rep. <b>Peter King<
/b> (R-NY), on the pro-McCain petition: "I do believe John McCain would be the
strongest candidate, and I think probably most Republicans in the Congress beli
eve he'd be the strongest candidate. The reality is, though, that John McCain's
position has not changed since his meeting with Governor Bush in Pittsburgh.
But he also has said that if he is pushed, that he would accept it" ("Mitche
11 Report," MSNBC, 7/21).
<br>
<i>Weekly Standard</i>'s <b>Bill Kristol</b> on
what McCain would bring to the ticket: "He is simply strong -- he adds somethin
g in the polls in the way that no other vice presidential possibility does. So
there is a conspiracy, but it's a conspiracy that is motivated not just becaus
e people like McCain, but because they want Bush to win, and they want the Repu
blican party to do well" ("IP," 7/21).
<br>
NBC's <b>Myers</b>, on McCain and loyalty: He has given the Bush people at le
ast two reasons a week not to trust him
as a vice presidential selection. And, you know, as a close friend of Senator
McCain likes to say: There is a reason that the Navy put McCain in a fighter je
t with only one seat. He is not constitutionally capable of being the co-pilot.
The Bush people think that any short-term gain would be more than outweigh
ed by the long-term pain" ("Meet the Press," 7/23).
<br>
NBC's <b>Mitchell</b>, on McCain's veep prospects: "McCain today tried to make
it clear, we think, that h
e's hoping Bush won't pop the question. Bush was asked specifically if her
was considering John McCain as a running mate; he kept his distance on that" ("
Mitchell Report," 7/21).
<br>
NBC's <b>Gregory</b>: "McCain, who according to several sources has told friend
S he'd accept the number two slot if Bush asked, insists again today he doesn't
want it" ("The News," MSNBC, 7/21).
<br>
Pollster <b>Frank Luntz</b>, on the likely Gore reaction
to McCain as VP: "Clearly, what the Gore campaign would do is to run ads of 10
seconds of George Bush attacking John McCain, 10 seconds of McCain attacking B
ush, and then 10 seconds of Al Gore saying, 'At least I get along with my vice
presidential nominee.' So on the surface McCain makes the wisest choice, bu
t deep down the Bush campaign has got to be looking for someone who's more of a
team player, someone who won't draw the contrast that Bush doesn't want to hav
e at this point in the campaign" ("The
News," MSNBC, 7/21).
<br>
NBC's <b>Mitchell</b>, to GOP Convo Chair <b>Andy Card</b>, on Bush and McCain:
"How do you take a couple who are clearly in divorce court and put them back i
nto some sort of a honeymoon." Card: "They're not in divorce court, Andrea. The
y've been working very closely together. We've been working to put this convent
ion together. Governor Bush and Senator John McCain are talking about the S
ame message, and that message will be reflected in the p
rinciples and discussions at the Republican convention." More Mitchell, to Card
: "You've got John McCain penciled in, at least, for a big speech in primetime
Tuesday night. You've also got the vice presidential nominee going to speak on
Wednesday night. What if it's the same person? Does he get two speeches?" Card:
"Well, we're ready to accommodate whatever decision Governor Bush makes. It's
his decision to make; the convention is ready to endorse his nominee for vice p
resident" ("Mitchell Report," 7/21).
<br>
And ex-Sen. <b>Gorton Humphrey</b> (R-NH) is encouraging Bush to choose either
<b>Judd Gregg</b> or McCain as VP (release, 7/22).
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<i>Tulsa World's</i> Hoberock and Ford report that a plane carrying OK Gov. <b>
Frank Keating</b> "made an emergency landing" on 7/21 at Wiley Post Airport aft
er "experiencing landing gear trouble." Keating, after the landing: "The Almig
hty took care of us. We had two professionals up front." The twin-engine B
eechcraft King Air 350 "touched down safely" after a five hour flight from DC.
OK Dept. of Public Safety spokesperson Lt. b>Stewart Meyer</b
>: "There was some indication when they left Washington that there could be a p
roblem. The information we received was that there was a shuddering as they
took off from Washington. There was a decision by the pilot to continue on to
Oklahoma City rather than land with a full tank of fuel" (7/22).
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<i>Washington Times'</i> Lambro writes that Keating is the "leading choice" amo
ng GOP conservatives, but that he "remains mostly unknown to the public at larg
e." In an i
nterview on 7/21, Keating maintained, "I don't anticipate the phone call to com
e" (7/22).
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GOP Pollster <b>Frank Luntz</b>, on Keating's focus-group showing: "Frank Keati
ng was the number-one person picked of all the candidates we tested in a focus
group about 10 days ago. They loved Keating's background, but in particular
, he was hardcore on the death penalty, which Republicans liked, but he was als
o very compassionate about the victims of the Oklahoma bombing, whi
ch Democrats liked. Keating was the only Republican we tested that truly did we
11 all across the political spectrum" ("The News," MSNBC, 7/21).
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CNN's <b>Neal</b>: "(TN) Senator <b>Bill Frist</b> could bring Governor George
W. Bush valued expertise with one of the nation's most challenging issues: heal
th care. But experts point out Frist is from a state with only 11 electoral vo
tes, and it's the same home state as Vice President Al Gore" ("IP," 7/21).
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Bush's VP decision "will end an unusual chapter" in NE Sen. <b>Chuck Hagel</b>'
S life "a non-campaign for higher office." Hagel has said "he hasn't sought
to draw attention to himself or to curry favor with Bush." Hagel: "I'm not seek
ing a new job. I'm not campaigning for a new job. I've ma
de no effort o premiere myself with Dick Cheney or Governor Bush. I will not do
that." But he has "hardly been a recluse," appearing "on a handful of talk sho
ws" to discuss US relations with Vietnam and other Congressional issues. And to
dispense his "non-answer" about veepstakes (Thompson, Omaha <i>World-Herald</i
>, 7/23).
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CNN's <b>Savidge</b>: "If choosing a running mate were a reality-based TV show,
55 year old Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel would be hard to vote off
the island" ("IP," 7/21).
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OH Rep. <b>John Kasich</b> is the "overwhelming favorite" of OH and KY conventi
on delegates
to be Bush's VP, according to a <i>Cincinnati Enquirer</i> survey. "Nearly half
" of the 99 OH and KY GOP delegates responded to the survey and about 40% said
Kasich was the "preferred choice" for VP (Wilkinson, <i>Cincinnati Enquirer</i>
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7/23).
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<i>Weekly Standard</i>'s <b>Bill Kristol</b> on Nunn: "If you think about the B
ush campaign in the last few weeks, what's he been emphasizing? Bi-partisanshi
p. He's going to be above these partisan squabbles in Washington. The pick of
Sam Nunn would be a bold and eye-popping pick" ("Special Report," FNC, 7/21).
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More Rove, on if <b>Colin Powell</b> is the "surprise": "I don't know. Governor
Bush knows who's on the list, and Governor Bush is going to make that decision
I do know he has, Governor B
ush has the utmost respect for General Powell, and if not vice president, would
hope that he would offer himself up to serve us again in the Bush administrati
on. He's a wonderful person, a true hero, a patriot and a great American" ("Lat
e Edition," CNN, 7/23).
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Amid "mounting indications" that PA Gov. <b>Tom Ridge</b> is "no longer on the
list of possible" running mates, political analysts predict that "leaving Ridge
off the GOP ticket would bolster the Democrats' prospects of winning" PA this
fall (Jackson, AP, 7/22). Ridge has taken a "wait and see" approach to the spec
ulation. But Penn State prof. <b>Michael Young</b>sa
id not to count Ridge out no matter who ends up being VP. Young: "Tom Ridge alw
ays has a Plan B. He really is persistent. Almost indefatigable" (Micek, Bucks
County <i>Courier Times</i>, 7/23).
<br>
NBC's <b>Gregory</b>: "Once thought to be a front-runner himself, pro-choice Pe
nnsylvania Governor Tom Ridge has, according to Republican sources, told friend
S he believes he's out of contention" ("Nightly News," 7/21).
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Columnist <b>Mark S
hields</b> on Ridge: "Tom Ridge, governor of Pennsylvania, who every Democrat I
've talked to says would carry Pennsylvania and bring with him three House seat
S that are up for grabs" ("Newshour," PBS, 7/21).
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More Howard Baker, on Ridge's apparent admission that he's no longer in the run
ning: "Frankly, I was stunned that Ridge said he was no longer considered. I ha
d not thought that the Bush campaign had gotten to the place where they were in
cluding people in or out, an
d telling them that. I still have trouble with that whole scenario" ("Mitchell
Report," MSNBC, 7/21).
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TN Sen. <
b>Fred Thompson</b> (R-TN) is "keeping his distance from Veepstakes." Thompson:
"One of the few things I'm absolutely sure I've done right in months is that I
've decided not to talk about this process" (Lookadoo, <i>Benton County Daily R
ecord</i>, 7/23). Thompson, who was in AR for a Sen. <b>Tim Hutchinson</b> (R-A
R) fundraiser: "The Tennessee reporters would never forgive me if I speculated
about it in Arkansas" (Putthoff, Northwestern >Arkansas Morning News</i>, 7/2
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Gore Adviser Bob Shrum, on the Bush veepstakes: "What's happened here, I think,
is that Governor Bush decided to conduct a very
public kind of audition for these candidates. It's almost become a spectacle.
I think at this point, he looks a little indecisive. And the fact of the matter
is that I don't think he should do it this way, but that was his choice. But p
icking a vice president is not a fraternity rush. The vice presidential spe
ctacle, the fraternity rush to find a vice president, has become a substitute f
or talking about issues" ("Meet the Press," NBC, 7/23).
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Gore Dep. Dir. <b>Mark
Fabiani</b>, on Bush veep process: "Governor Bush has been running around the
country holding public auditions for the vice presidential spot. It's hard to k
now whether they're feinting one way or another. What we do know is Governor Bu
sh's campaign is languishing. He doesn't want to talk about his budget mess in
Texas. He doesn't want to talk about his tax cut, which would drive the country
back into deficits" ("Late Edition," CNN, 7/23).
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Bush Spokesperson Karen Hug
hes, responding to Shrum: "I guess Bob must forget when President Clinton W
as choosing a vice president and very publicly paraded in potential candidates
with a lot of hype and a lot of media. I think Governor Bush has not done that.
He has maintained the dignity of this process. He has conducted his thinking a
nd his interviews in private, and he has maintained the dignity of this process
He will make a very thoughtful decision in a thoughtful way" ("Meet the Press
NBC, 7/23).
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New York <cite>Daily News</cite>' Saltonstall reports many thought that <b>Dick
Cheney</b>'s "accession" in the GOP veepstakes "boosted the appeal" of <b>Geor
ge Mitchell</b>, "who would fit the same elder statesman model" for <b>Al Gore<
/b>. Mitchell, who is "thought to be the favored choice" of Clinton, "makes fu
rther sense" according to one source, who pointed out, "He's strong with
Irish Catholics in every swing state," and is viewed "as a hero in foreign pol
icy" for brokering peace talks between the <a href="http://sinnfein.ie/">IRA</a
> and pro-British unionist in Northern Ireland (7/23). Other names in the news
: <b>Dick Gephardt</b>.
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Ex-Clinton press secretary <b>Mike McCurry</b> on Mitchell and Defense Sec. <b>
Bill Cohen</b>: "I've been ruminating today on the prospect that as goes Maine,
so goes the nation. That either former Senator Geor
ge Mitchell or maybe even Defense Secretary Bill Cohen, a Republican, might off
er an intriguing possibility" ("IP," 7/21).
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IN Sen. <b>Evan Bayh</b>'s "name keeps surfacing" as a potential running mate f
or Gore, even though pro-choice advocates "question" his commitment to abortion
-rights. Nevertheless, IN Dem Party Chair <b>Robin Winston</b> said Bayh "has
talked once" with <b>Warren Christopher</b>, who is leading Gore's vp search.
But when asked about the meeting, Bayh "wryly" said, "During my lifetime, I hav
e talked with Warren Christopher." The "early talk portrayed" Bayh as a "possi
ble secret weapon" in the Midwest,
but some "question whether Bayh could help Gore." IN GOP Chair <b>Mike McD
aniel</b> said Gore "trails" <b>George W. Bush</b> by 21 points in IN. Winston
"challenged McDaniel's numbers but admitted that putting Bayh on the ticket wo
uld not guarantee a win" in IN. But <b>Richard Durbin</b> said Bayh "could be
an asset to Gore if the Midwest is considered the turning pointing" for WH 2000
Durbin: "If Bush picks [<b>Frank</b>] <b>Keating</b>, then Gore can say the
battleground states are in the Midwest
and pick Bayh." Pol analyst <b>Stuart Rothenberg</b> said a Gore/Bayh ticket
"would be a nice-looking team" because it "reinforces the notion of the Democra
ts as a centrist party" (Ferguson, Gannett/<cite><a href="http://www.suntimes.c
om/output/news/bayh23.html">Chicago Sun-Times</a></cite>, 7/23).
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NBC's <b>Russert</b>, to Durbin: "If, in fact, George W. Bush selects Dick Chen
ey, how would Al Gore counter that? Would he opt for his own elder statesman li
ke George Mitchell, or for a youth ticket, someone young and vigorous like a se
nator from Illinois?" Durbin: "Or Evan Bayh of Indiana, for example. Well, I th
ink, frankl
y, that there's vast difference here. When it comes to Al Gore, he has the expe
rience. He doesn't need to have Dick Cheney along or anyone like him to really
show that he has the wherewithal to handle the office of presidency. And I thin
k he can turn to a senator or perhaps Dick Gephardt or George Mitchell. There a
re many people out there who could be considered" ("Meet the Press," 7/23).
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Sen. <b>Chuck Hagel</b> (R-NE), to Sen. Durbin: "I think my friend Senator Durb
in
would make an excellent vice presidential candidate. I just wanted to make sur
e you have my full confidence, Dick." NBC's Russert: "There goes his chances."
Durbin, to Hagel: "That's reciprocal, Chuck." Russert: "Well, you just killed e
ach other." Hagel: "Yeah, we'll have to get a real job now, Dick" ("Meet the Pr
ess," NBC, 7/23).
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<cite>Orlando Sentinel</cite>'s Griffin writes "don't count" on <b>Bob Graham</
b> being picked for the veep slot. Graham "has taken it on the chin recently f
rom the national press. The spin is that Graham wants the job too badly. Why,
he even answers reporters' questions about the selection p
rocess instead of lying or dodging the issue, the way others in the hunt are do
ing." When reporters "asked Graham for copies of his famous notebooks, they we
re astounded that Graham had the audacity actually to give them the notebooks -
- unedited." Graham is also "deemed by some to lack gravitas. If it is a lack
of seriousness that costs Graham the ticket, the gravitas deficiency will be G
ore's" (7/23).
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Brookings' <b>Thomas Mann</b> argues that selecting Graham "wo
uld signify that Gore wants to continue pursuing new Democrats -- moderates, up
scale voters and seniors." AEl's b>Norman Orstein</b> agreed, saying Graham"
would send a signal that a Gore administration, in many ways like the Clinton-G
ore administration, is going to be very much in the center." But Graham may be
haunted by the <b>Elian Gonzalez</b> case because he "was far more outspoken i
n his criticism" of the administration's handling of the raid than Gore was (Li
pman, <cite>Palm Beach Post</cite>, 7/
23).
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NBC's <b>Mitchell</b>, on Gore and Graham: "Every time I've talked to some of t
he key players, as recently as this weekend, when you mention Bob Graham, they
get very amused and very dismissive. Florida would actually, you know, be great
for them, but the diaries, the Graham diaries four thousand pages of daily
diaries that were revealed that he, you know, recounts when he has a tuna fish
sandwich and when he changes clothes" ("Meet the Press," 7/23).
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Mann and Orstein agreed that if Gore that if Gore "wants to solidify is base an
d appeal to Democrats who may be considering a vo
te" for <b>Ralph Nader</b>, "his choice would be" <b>John Kerry</b> (Lipman, <c
ite>Palm Beach Post</cite>, 7/23).
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NBC's <b>Shipman</b>, on Kerry's standing: "I think that Kerry is certainly at
the top of the list from everything you hear. I also think they're still lookin
g at Bob Graham. I mean, they might go geographical" ("Meet the Press," 7/23).
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While <b>Jim Hunt</b>'s "prospects seem to have dimmed in recent days, the buzz
has mounted" for <b>John Edwards</b>. Rep. <b>David Price</b> (D-NC) on Gore
tapping Edwards: "It would be a less conventional choice, but I think a good on
e.
" But when asked about the possibility, Edwards has been "tight-lipped." Over
the weekend, Edwards said, "I think it's a great compliment to the state of No
rth Carolina that we have so many candidates being mentioned." Edwards' "bigge
st drawback is his inexperience" (Christenson, Raleigh <cite>News and Observer<
/cite>, 7/23). But many contend that Edwards' "advantage would be his youthful
presence and charm - not experience in national politics" (AP/<cite>Winston-Sa
lem Journal</cite>, 7/23).
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If Edwards "is selected, he could beef up the personality quotient of the Democ
ratic ticket, appeal to young voters and suburbanites, and give the campaign a
chance of cutting into the GOP's turf in the South" (Wallsten, <cite>Charlotte
Observer</cite>, 7/22).
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<cite>Houston Chronicle</cite>'s Hines' writes, Gore still "might select" House
Min. Leader <b>Dick Gephardt</b>. "It's not that Gephardt is Mr. Scintillatin
g, it's just that he would have been a more interesting choice than the remaini
ng White Boys" (7/21).
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<cite>New York Times</cite>' Alvarez reports "not long ago" <b>Bill Richardson<
/b>'s name was on Gore's short list, but in 6/00 the DC version of "The Perfec
t Storm' swallowed" Richardson W
hole. "On the heels" of Los Alamos and rising gas prices, Richardson's "name i
S no longer on any list." Richardson: "I would have accepted it (the veep slot
). But I wasn't pining for it. I saw my name on lists. I was interviewed,
but I never campaigned for it. Now that it's not going to happen I can deal W
ith it." Politicos say Richardson "would not have posed such a tantalizing tar
get for Republicans had he not been perceived as a political star, an possibly
a vice-presidential candidate, with br
oad appeal, especially to Latinos." League of United Latin American Citizens p
res <b>Rick Dovalina</b>: "They see him as a politically unifying vote-getter,
and the Latino vote is critical" (7/24).
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<cite>Wall Street Journal</cite> editorial: "Maybe once the Democrats settle on
a running mate" for Al Gore and Richardson "realizes it's not him, the Secreta
ry will stop using" the Dept. of Energy "for political ends. Until then, it's
worth asking Mr. Richardson to jus
tify actions that are hard to see as anything but an attempt to help get Al Gor
e elected, no matter what the costs" (7/24).
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<b>Gary Locke</b> "finds himself on some of the short lists" to be Gore's runni
ng mate. "Will it happen? Don't hold your breath." Aides said Christopher "c
ontacted" Locke "weeks ago. But if that call was a feeler, it was pretty darne
d subtle: Christopher asked Locke for suggestions." Locke advisor <b>Blair But
terworth</b> on Locke's veep chances: "At the time, it's a very long short list
." Two other reasons why Locke is an "unlikely pick" for Gore is he "isn't cou
rting the Gore nod" and he lacks
the "charisma and passionate delivery" of a <b>Bill Clinton</b> (Ammons, AP, 7
/22).
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<b>Tom Daschle</b> "has said if
Gore wanted him as a running, he would at least consider the offer," but his Se
n. <b>Tim Johnson</b> (D-SD) said Daschle "is unlikely to get" the nod because
Dems "want him to remain" in the Senate (Brokaw, AP/<cite>Yankton Daily Press a
nd Dakotan</cite>, 7/24).
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GOP Pollster <b>Frank Luntz</b>, on the Dem. VP candidate the GOP is worried ab
out: "<b>Joe Lieberman</b>. If Gore is smart enough to choose Lieberman, yo
u're going to see a brand-new presidential race" ("The News," MSNBC, 7/21).
<br>
Police "are investigating possible death threats" against Lieberman by the "con
troversial"
Rabbi <b>Mordechai Friedman</b>, "who has condemned Lieberman for opposing the
release of an Israeli spy." During a broadcast of his show, "Judaism The seri
es," Friedman said Lieberman "is evil and a traitor, and suggested there is cau
se to assassinate him." Lieberman office and Friedman offered no comment (AP/W
aterbury <cite>Republican-American</cite>, 7/24).
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<cite>Washington Times</cite>' Lambro writes, Dems "shudder at the idea" of Gor
e picking a "regional Democrat," such as Graham or Durbin, "who might be able t
o deliver a key state but who would bomb elsewhere in the country." Advisers a
re telling Gore "to look for a well-known telegenic Democrat with broad nationa
1 appeal who can make the case" for Gore's candidacy. Some believe Gore "will
follow" the same vp "playbook" Clinton wrote in '92 and "choose one of the part
y's superstars," such as Bayh or Kerry. Or he might pick Gephardt, whose nomin
ation would have the AFL-CIO's leaders "cheering and might bring the renegade"
Teamsters' and UAW "back into the fold" behind Gore. CA Dem Party Chair <b>Art
Torres</b>: "Kerry, Bayh and Gephardt
fit the mold of a national candidate. But Kerry "is stuck with the image of b
eing a Northeast liberal" and Bayh is "remembered for his, long, boring nominat
ion speech" at the last Dem Convention (7/24).
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NBC's <b>Shipman</b> on Gore's VP search: "The vice president today, campaignin
g before labor leaders, won't say how close he is to finding a running mate or
how the Republican guessing game affects his choice. Gore aides want to be abl
e to make the announcement shor
tly after the Republican convention. But Gore aides say he plans to take fu
Il advantage of the fact that he can wait to see Bush's pick and then try to to
p it" ("Nightly News," 7/21).
<br>
FNC's <b>Wilson</b> on Gore's VP search: "Vice President Gore has kept this pro
cess very close to his vest" ("Special Report," 7/21).
<br>
FNC's <b>Angle</b>: "A senior Gore aide says the latest scenario for when Gore
would announce his running mate
is on Tuesday during the Democratic convention" ("Special Report," 7/21).
<br>
Gore Adviser Bob Shrum, on Gore's process: "I think Al Gore is conducting this
process in a very sensible way. He knows most of these people. He's not meeting
any of them for the first or second time. He's sitting there thinking about it
And frankly, I don't know a lot about it. The reason I don't know a lot about
it is because for Al Gore, it's not a public relations exercise. So he's not t
alki
ng to me about it, he's not talking to us about it. He's talking to the people
he's considering. And unlike <b>Karen</b> [<b>Hughes</b>] or <b>Karl Rove</b>,
I just don't know who it's going to be"
<br>
Gore dep. dir. <b>Mark Fabiani</b>, on Gore veep process: "Unlike Governor Bush
, the vice president has taken this process extraordinarily seriously -- has he
Id it very, very close to his vest, working with former Secretary of State Warr
en Christopher in Los Angeles. None o
f us on staff know when the choice is going to be made. We don't know who it's
going to be. We're preparing for the choice whenever it's made, but that's up t
o the vice president, and he's taking it very seriously. You're not going to se
e this, sort of, public speculation and public rumination that you've seen so m
uch of from Governor Bush" ("Late Edition," CNN, 7/23).
<br>
More Fabiani, on Bush's VP search: "Mr. Bush's campaigning has been so empty an
d vapid that really al
1 they've had to talk about for three or four weeks now is who he was going to
pick. They've used this process, which should be a very serious process, picki
ng the vice president of the United States potentially, as a way to create news
This is a serious process. It shouldn't be used for public relations gam
es. And that's what Governor Bush has been doing" ("This Week," 7/23). Other
names in the news: <b>Gray Davis</b>, b>Jeanne Shaheen</b>, Tom Vilsack</b>
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BUSH: Congressional
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<i>Wall Street Journal</i>'s VandeHei/Rogers write, "As Congress heads into the
last week before the GOP convention, Republicans are tailoring their image to
fit the 'compassionate conservative' themes of their nominee, Texas Gov. <b>Geo
rge W. Bush</b>." GOPers in Congress will push "tax cuts for the middle class,
more money for education and a salute to social diversity" in their c
ontinuing efforts to project the same GOP image top-to-bottom. NRCC head, Rep.
<b>Tom Davis</b>: "Our message will be congruent."
<br>
"Behind the scenes" GOPers are "proposing to outbid President Clinton on spendi
ng for the Education Department and the National Institutes of Health" and cont
emplating a boost in certain foreign aid packages.
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But "many" of the GOPers "are irked that Mr. Bush hasn't returned their hospita
lity." Bush "i
rritated" House GOPers by "complaining when his name was used on a mailing to r
aise money for congressional campaigns, and he has yet to agree to an ambitious
schedule to stump for congressional candidates. Further, he did little to def
end House Republicans from vitriolic attacks from Vice President <b>Al Gore</b>
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GOPers "believe they have developed a winning plan by passing tax cuts in bite-
size pieces" and are so happy about the "discomfort" they're causing Dems"
that they are considering an ad campaign for Sept. to highlight the large numbe
r of House Democrats who have broken with their leaders and back GOP tax bills,
" (7/24).
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Bush spent the weekend mulling veep choices at his newly-purchased property in
Crawford, TX. Asked about his specifications for the three-bedroom house being
built on the land, Bush told reporters: I've asked for a king-sized be, and th
at's about all I care about. And a good shower. And I want some comfortable c
hairs out on the porch." The house is scheduled to be finished "in early Novem
ber, on the same day voters will decide Bus
h's fate in the presidential election," (Hutcheson, Philadelphia <i>Inquirer</i
>, 7/24).
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Bush's tour of the ranch 7/21 "also reflected his diligent efforts over the las
t several months to forge a friendly, informal relationship with the press corp
S. He invited representatives of most of the nation's largest daily newspapers
and all of the major television networks," (Bruni, <i>New York Times</i>, 7/24
).
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Former WH special counsel and current Gore supporter, <b>Lanny Davis</b>: "<b>G
eorge W. Bush</b> is a good guy." Bush seems able "to walk in other people's S
hoes
and see the world through their eyes. Gore's in trouble if he "attacks" Bush
"personally or appears to be scolding him in the debates, or if he lets the ele
ction become the equivalent of a student body president contest..." But Gore"
who is also a nice guy, by the way," can win if he "focuses the election on the
Clinton-Gore record and on the issues on which he and Bush differ choice, g
un control, Medicare prescription drug benefits, a patients' bill of rights" (<
i>New York Daily News</i>, 7/24).
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<i>New York Times</i>' Thomas writes "A Man Adrift," the seventh article in a S
eries about Bush
The piece looks at "the gray areas of his biography" including the time "whe
n Mr. Bush has seemed to acknowledge trying drugs, if only by not denying that
he did." But "in dozens of interviews conducted over several months, friends,
former girlfriends, neighbors and roommates said they did not recall seeing any
signs of drug use," (7/22).
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<i>Washington Post</i>'s Rosin, looks at Bush's time at Yale in "The Seeds of A
Philosophy," the first of four articles on Bush'
S life. Bush doesn't do anything to downplay "most depictions" of him, which p
ortray him as "a frat house prankster, toasting his way through the days of rag
e, floating cheerfully above the ideological rifts that swept up most of his ge
neration" (7/23). In "Applying Personal Faith to Public Policy," the second of
four, Rosin writes since his 1985, Bush "has talked about Jesus all the time,
to friends, to staff, to the whole of America, starting the night he announced
his candidacy" (7/24).
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sp;
AP's Johnson profiles Bush campaign chairman and long-time friend, <b>Don Evans
</b>. Evans "has a more prominent role than any title can signify. He is the
straight man to his hyperactive friend. He is a trusted adviser who knows Bush
's every mood." Bush, on Evans: "It's like when Laura is around. I view him a
S somebody who knows me well, is not afraid to give me his opinion, has my best
interest at heart" (7/24).
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The pre-convention tour of <b>George P. Bush</b>, nephew of George W., continue
d with a stop in New Orleans 7/21. "How hot is he? It's at least as hard to W
rangle an inter
view with him as with the presumptive presidential nominee." George P., on his
role in the campaign: "I am enjoying it, more than I thought I would. I reall
y didn't think it would be this interesting. Being able to meet so many people
, no matter what part of the country I'm in, seeing the resiliency and the opti
mism people have, I used to be worried about the future of the country, but now
I'm not" (Mason, Houston <i>Chronicle</i>, 7/22).
<br>
Under the header "P. Is for
Pretty Boy," <a href="http://salon.com/politics/feature/2000/07/22/p/index.htm
I">Salon</a>'s Tapper writes "P" is "eye candy. Salsa-sexy, lean and disconcer
tingly smooth is P." At a talk in Arlington, VA, "he fills the air with words,
throws in a statistic and avoids really saying much." Though "P" is courting
the Latino community on his current tour, <b>Mike Gomez</b>, past president of
a Latino group at P's alma mater, Rice University, says Bush's nephew wasn't in
volved. "It's not so much an issue ab
out ethnicity or cultural pride, things that I believe are wholly personal, but
an issue of whether or not George P. really cares about the Latino community a
S a whole. If he is going to push his uncle for president under the auspices o
f being Hispanic, I think it is legitimate to question his credibility, when he
has not demonstrated in the past that these issues are important to him," (7/2
2).
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Ex-First Lady <b>Barbara Bush</b> attended a 100-person fundraiser in Omah
a, NE, 7/21 that raised $100,000 for the RNC's "Presidential Trust, a special G
OP campaign fund designed to help elect" Bush. NE Gov. <b>Mike Johanns</b> sai
d Mrs. Bush urged attendees to support Bush because he's a "uniter, not a divid
er," but that she didn't give any clues about Veep considerations. Johanns: "I
can't say I got any campaign insights from her," (Fargen, AP/<i>Yankton Daily
Press and Dakotan</i>, 7/22).
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Las Vegas <i>Review-Journal</i>'s Morrison reports that NV is one of 17 states
in which the RNC is running an "issue ad" on Bush and education. "Why advertis
e this early
for almost two weeks in a small state with just four electoral votes?" DNC spo
keswoman <b>Jenny Backus</b>: "I think the Republicans are losing ground in Nev
ada and are seeing Bush drop there." But the paper's latest poll had Bush up 1
2 pts in the state, (7/24).
<br>
In CA, union members protested outside a spot they believed the Bush team was u
sing to film a new ad. The protesters, members of the two unions for actors, o
ppose Bush's use of non-union actors for his ads,
(AP/Fresno <i>Bee</i>, 7/23).
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<i>Washington Times</i>' Archibald reports two conservative think tanks
"are on shaky ground with the intense involvement of their scholars as policy a
dvisers to" Bush. The Hoover Institution's <b>Condoleezza Rice</b> and the Ame
rican Enterprise Institute's <b>Lawrence Lindsey</b> are top advisers to Bush,
and their "activities might violate federal laws prohibiting partisan political
involvement" of tax-exempt groups. In addition, "seven other Hoover scholars"
and "three from AEI" have advised Bush. Neither Rice or Lindsay have salaries
with the campaign, and have only been
reimbursed for travel, (7/23).
<br>
VA GOP Committeeman <b>Morton Blackwell</b> writes in the 7/23 Wall Street J
ournal</i> that Bush been effective because he has avoided "some of the egregio
us mistakes of some previous Republican presidential candidates," importantly a
voiding neglecting "any key element of the coalition necessary for election. F
rom the beginning, he systematically convinced most economic, social and defens
e conservatives of his commitment to the issue
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Under the header, "No Surprise: (<b>Al</b>) <b>Gore</b> to <a href="http://www.
sierraclub.org/">Sierra Club</a>'s Endorsement," te>Washington Post</cite>'s
Connolly reports the enviro group will officially endorse the veep today (7/24
). Sierra Club volunteer pres <b>Robert Cox</b>: "The Sierra Club endorses Vic
e Presi
dent Gore because he is committed to cutting air and water pollution and protec
ting our nation';s treasured forests and wild lands." More Cox: "Governor [<b>
George W.</b>] <b>Bush</b>, on the other hand, has said that if he's elected, h
e will weaken toxic waste cleanup standards, allow oil drilling in the Arctic r
efuge and increase logging in national forests" (<cite>Washington Times</cite>,
7/23). The group "recognized" <b>Ralph Nader</b>'s "record of work for the en
vironment, but emphasized the urgency
of defeating" Bush "as an additional reason for endorsing" Gore (release, 7/22)
12 of the Sierra Club's 15 legislative board members voted to endorse Gore,
and one voted to endorse Nader (Dao, <cite>New York Times</cite>, 7/24). Gore
press sec <b>Chris Lehane</b> called the endorsement "significant" (AP/<cite>Ho
uston Chronicle</cite>, 7/23).
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"Seeking to shore up" his support among labor, Gore told the AFL-CIO's Transpor
tation Dept. Convention in DC 7/21 that Bush's plan to partially privatize Soci
al Security "would put the system into virtual bankruptcy." Gore: "He would tu
rn Social Security in
to a program of social insecurity, burdened not only by debt but also by doubt.
He would take trust out of the trust fund and turn it into a borrow-and-spend
approach" (Scales, <cite>Boston Globe</cite>, 7/22). More Gore: "I'm on the S
ide of the men and women who work hard physical jobs all their lives, who drive
those buses and lay down down train track and carry bags at airports for other
S. And they need something more than an IOU when they retire." Gore also "ren
ewed his promise" to increase the mini
mum wage (White, <cite>Washington Post</cite>, 7/22). Gore "wove together them
es he had spun out separately in recent weeks, creating a tapestry of harsh que
stions" about Bush's qualifications to be president. Like he did earlier in th
e week, Gore "sarcastically accused" Bush of "having misplaced his priorities"
by using TX's state surplus for tax cuts instead of improving services. Gore:
"If you were governor of a state that had the worst record of any state in givi
ng health care to the families of your
state, and then all of a sudden you found yourself with the biggest surplus in
the history of your state, don't you think you would consider using some of th
at surplus to maybe move your state from No. 50 to No. 45?" Bush spokesperson
<b>Dan Bartlett</b>: "If this election comes down to Governor Bush's fiscal lea
dership versus Al Gore's credibility, we're going to win in a landslide."
<br>
Even though Nader may still be snagging progressive voters from Gore in some st
ate
S, aides were pleased with the last "few days on the stump," as was Gore: "I th
ink that this week will be looked back upon as a turning point" (Dao, <cite>New
York Times</cite>, 7/22). But apparently still mindful of Nader, Gore "urged"
the union members to "fight off any cynics who say he and Bush are the same an
d it wouldn't make a difference which one is elected president." Gore: "It doe
S make a difference" (Scales, <cite>Boston Globe</cite>, 7/22).
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Gore "did not
mention" his support of trade with China and NAFTA (Cain, <cite>Washington Tim
es</cite>, 7/22).
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<cite>New York Times</cite>' Bruni and Schmitt report "never has the Bush campa
ign mounted as furious a counteroffensive" as it did when Gore accused Bush of
mismanaging the state's finances. "At long last, the Gore campaign seemed to h
it a nerve or at least stoke an outrage that suggested the emergence of a line
of attack that might have some staying power." Dem and GOP strategists said Go
re's attack on Bush's "experience and ability as a fiscal manager marked an imp
ortant moment" in WH 2000 because h
e "was challenging" Bush on an issue which GOPers "have often maintained an adv
antage over" Dems in voters' minds. Also Gore "was doing it in the context of
the ever-expanding surplus projections that have become one of the brightest le
gacies" of the Clinton administration. GOP strategist <b>Frank Luntz</b>: "Bus
h's two main strengths are education and the economy, and you don't give when y
our opponent strikes at your strengths. This is still a race about pocketbook
issues and it's where Bush's strengths
really lie." Other GOP strategists said Bush's record in TX "was perhaps the
principal credential" that Bush "carried into the race." One GOP strategist sa
id, "The Bush campaign can't afford to have that pillar shaken." But Bush spok
esperson <b>Ari Fleischer</b> said, "The question's going to turn on Al Gore.
This is so clear-cut. In the post-Clinton era, one of the key questions is whe
ther voters want four more years of honesty problems" (7/22).
<br>
Baltimore
<cite>Sun</cite>'s Germond and Witcover write, Gore's recent "emphasis on popul
ist themes, painting himself and his party as the true exponents of passion, wa
S seen as an effort to soften his image. But the latest attacks on Mr. Bush's
record in Texas, the Bush strategists say, will only reinforce the earlier Gore
hardness that turns off voters." Bush comm dir <b>Karen Hughes</b> said for G
ore to come to TX and "try to distort our balanced budget for his own political
purposes is going to be very unpopula
r." Hughes added, "it will remind the American people of what <b>Bill Bradley<
/b> said (about Gore), which is, if he's not willing to tell the truth as a can
didate, how can we know that he'll tell the truth as president" (7/24).
<br>
More Hughes, on Gore's budget attack: "Texas right now has not projected, not e
xpected, but in the bank, a $1.4 billion budget surplus. Every budget that Gove
rnor Bush has signed in Texas is balanced and is in the black, and we have a $1
.4 bil
lion surplus. Now, Vice President Gore and President Clinton-half their budgets
have been in the red in deficit spending, and so I can understand why they don
't want to talk about those records of fiscal management" ("Meet the Press," NB
C, 7/23).
<br>
More Hughes: "The governor has used the budget surplus wisely toward good prior
ities. For example, 37 percent of the surplus went toward kindergarten through
12th grade education. Primarily, a lot of it went to a $3,000 pay ra
ise for teachers. So if Vice President Gore wants to come back to Texas and mee
t with teachers and explain why they should not have been given that $3,000 pay
raise, we'll welcome him. In fact, we might even buy his plane ticket" ("Fox
News Sunday," FOX, 7/23).
<br>
Gore Adviser <b>Bob Shrum</b>, on the Gore attack on the budget: "Governor Bush
's principal qualification, in his own mind, for being president of the United
States is his few years as governor of Texas. It see
ms to me that we ought to debate that" ("Meet the Press," NBC, 7/23).
<br>
<i>Wall Street Journal</i>'s <b>Gigot</b> on Gore's attack on the Bush budget:
"The best argument he has is that George Bush is too risky. He's too risky bec
ause he's from Texas and is too conservative for the rest of the country Th
e other one is he's too inexperienced. And that's why Gore is zeroing in on th
e budget surplus because he's trying to say, look, if he can't control the budg
et surpl
us in Texas, he's not going to be able to manage responsibly the budget surplus
in Washington" ("NewsHour," PBS, 7/21).
<br>
FNC's <b>Barnes</b>: "If Al Gore has a chance to win the presidency, he's going
to have to successfully attack George Bush's record in Texas and make it look
that what's acceptable in Texas is not acceptable around the rest of the countr
y" ("Beltway Boys," 7/22).
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ABC's <b>Stephanopoulos</b> on how Gore has gai
ned ground on Bush in polls: "One, Gore got most of the Democrats back, and tha
t's been a big part of it. The second thing, Gore has been aggressive and he's
been drawing some blood on this attack on the Texas record" ("This Week," 7/23
).
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<cite>Los Angeles Times</cite>' Brownstein writes, white men "seem particularly
cool" toward Gore, who doesn't have to "win a majority of white men to win" WH
2000, "but if he can't reduce his disadvantage among white men, especially in
the Midwest, he's unlikely" to win. Bush is even "cutting into Gore's support
among union members" and his "emphasis on educatio
n is helping him suppress the traditional Democratic advantage with women. Tha
t means Gore can't simply rely on overwhelming support from women to overcome a
massive repudiation by men." If Gore "can paint Bush's tax cut and Social Sec
urity reform proposals as a boon to the rich and a threat to the economic secur
ity of working Americans, Democrats believe he can regain some of the lost grou
nd." But if Gore "can't show more men he's the kind of guy they would like to
follow up a hill, he's unlikely to per
suade enough of them to follow him into the voting booth" (7/24).
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<cite>Washington Post</cite>'s Broder and Balz report Gore chances of winning W
H 2000 "will increase the more he can raise the stakes" on issues like health c
are and prescription drugs. "But the race for now appears driven more by perso
nality, and here Bush holds the upper hand" (7/24).
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At a recent luncheon, ex-NYC Mayor <b>Ed Koch</b> told ex-Sen. <b>Al D'Amato
</b> (R) "that unless Gore changes his style and becomes more spontaneous he'll
lose" WH 2000 ("Page Six," <cite>New York Post</cite>, 7/22).
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Since <b>Bill Daley</b> took over the helm as Gore's campaign chair, the pace o
f the campaign has "quickened." The campaign now has an "edge and a focus that
has been largely missing since Gore dispatched" Bradley in the primaries. Dal
ey's "arrival coincides with a more aggressive campaign style" from Gore (Shepa
rd, <cite>Cox</cite>/<cite>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</cite>, 7/23). But Dal
ey "is not getting on well" with campaign manager <b>Donna Brazile
</b>. The "smooth and accommodating" Daley "poses a contrast with the abrasive
and confrontational" Brazile. But Daley views her as a "link" to the Dem Part
y's African-American and labor wings, and "there is no plan to replace her" (No
vak, <cite>Chicago Sun-Times</cite>, 7/23).
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Gore dep. dir. <b>Mark Fabiani</b>, on Gore's handling of <b>Ralph Nader</b>:"
I think you'll see that voters who are now attracted to Nader in the end will c
ome back to Al Gore because he's fought way ahead of his time for things potent
ial Nader voters care about. Al Gore was a leader on the environment before it
was fashionable t
o be a leader on the environment, same thing with nuclear disarmament, same thi
ng with the high-tech revolution. So voters who may be attracted to Nader in th
e end will come back to Al Gore because Gore stands for many of the same princi
ples that Mr. Nader does" ("Late Edition," CNN, 7/23).
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<cite>Washington Post</cite>'s Kurtz reports when Gore abstained from holding a
news conference for 62 days, he "was increasingly seen as a candidate avoiding
unscripted encounters
" with the press. Then "it changed" two weeks ago when Gore, flying aboard AF
II, called reporters to "preview his attack on the 'do-nothing Congress." Ins
iders "credit" Fabiani for the strategy. Fabiani was also the chief architect
behind releasing the 150-page FBI transcript on an DoJ official recommending th
at a special counsel investigate Gore's past fund-raising activities. Fabiani:
"My philosophy is if you've got information, whether it's good or bad, it's be
st to get it out there on your terms a
nd your timing and deal with it" (7/24).
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BUCHANAN: Pat Responds To The <cite>Post</cite>
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<cite>Washington Post</cite>'s Edsall reports that Reform Party candidate <b>Pa
t Buchanan</b> "has turned the once-centrist Reform Party into a magnet attract
ing leaders and activists of such extreme right organizations as the National A
lliance, the Liberty Lobby, the Council of Conservative Citizens and the L
eague of the South. Many of these white nationalist groups are promoting Bucha
nan's candidacy in their publications and on their Web sites, and one controver
sial group set up an independent committee to back his bid for the presidency.
Some leaders of these organizations have held Buchanan fundraisers, collected p
etitions for Buchanan and spoken at state Reform Party meetings. The flood of
support from the extreme right, including groups that are intensely anti-black,
anti-Jewish and anti-immigrant, refle
cts the profound transformation of the Reform Party. Buchanan's candidacy is tu
rning the party from a secular organization predominantly focused on trade and
campaign finance reform into a hard-right party opposed to abortion, critical o
f the influence of Israel and adamantly opposed to affirmative action."
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As evidence, Edsall reports of an e-mail sent by a leader of the National Allia
nce, which has "become active" in the NC Reform Party, that reads: "It's our jo
b to g
et out there in our areas, to raise consciousness, attract and radicalize 'thos
e very people' -- OUR people -- then organize them into a majority. Many good p
eople will have joined a much more radicalized, White-friendly Reform Party com
e November." Edsall also cites a recent editorial in a newsletter for the "whi
te rights" group American Friends of the British Nationalist Party that reads i
n part: "Our type of people -- Nationalists -- have been joining the Reform Par
ty all across America and this is goin
g to almost guarantee that Buchanan will be its candidate in November. The
Reform Party could soon become an American Nationalist party in all but name."
Edsall lists several more examples, including supportive comments written by e
x-<b>David Duke</b> campaign manager <b>Don Wassell</b>.
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Edsall notes that Buchanan manager and sister <b>Bay Buchanan</b> "refused to b
e interviewed" for the article, but issued the following statement: "My brother
Pat does not now and
has never belonged to any organization or group that preaches or practices int
olerance or hatred. And if any member of any such group has gravitated to o
ur campaign, it was without our knowledge, or consent. But if they have, they p
robably did so because they came to believe the malicious lies about my brother
spread by such institutions as The Washington Post. You do your worst; we shal
1 do our best" (7/23).
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In a letter to cite>Washington Post</cite> Executive Editor <b>Leonard Downey
Jr.</b>, Buchanan writes: "Will you folks please make up your minds as to whet
her I am turning the Reform Party into a haven
for Bolsheviks or a tree house for Nazis? Your <b>Tom Edsall</b> has us confus
ed. On March 15 he wrote that I 'helped catapult to a powerful position of
influence in the coming national election
a
Marxist-Leninist group' headed
by <b>Lenora Fulani</b> and one <b>Fred Newman</b>. On July 23, Mr. Edsall sp
ied danger from a new direction: Now, my campaign has "turned the Reform Party
into a magnet attracting leaders and activists of such extreme right organizati
ons as the National Alliance, the Libe
rty Lobby, the Council of Conservative Citizens and the League of the South.'
For the record: I have never been a member of these organizations; nor have I e
ver spoken to any. Six weeks ago, when a Reform leader sent me racist filth
put on two web sites by men claiming to be Reformers, I wrote our party chair
to urge him to dump them and disassociate us. If Mr. Edsall wishes to see t
he letter, we will happily show it to him. But Mr. Edsall prefers to sit back
and recycle garbage fed him by the ADL
and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which have a record of smearing conservat
ives and Christians."
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While Mr. Edsall has written repeatedly and negatively on my campaign, he has y
et to cover it. Not once in eight months have I seen him at any of the scores
of rallies and conventions where he might have met the kind of decent people wh
o are trying to build this party. They are no more racists, haters, or anti-Se
mites than I, or Hillary Clinton. By the way, exactl
y what was it that <b>Joe McCarthy</b> did, to which you folks objected so much
to?" (release, 7/24).
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GOP CONVENTION UPDATE: Abortion Tension Remains "Deeply Embedded"
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AP interviews with 1,800 of the 2,066 convention delegates show that "tension o
ver abortion rights is deeply embedded in the party despite a wish by both side
S to avoid an argument that could complicate <b>George W. Bush</b>'s chance
S of becoming president." The interviews indicate that "anti-abortion forces ha
ve the upper hand but also, once again, that they are a minority if a potent
one -- on the matter of a constitutional ban." 43% of the delegates said they
want the GOP platform "to continue to advocate a ban" while 31% do not. Among t
he delegates also on the platform cmte "proponents of the ban outnumbered the o
ther side by a 3-1 margin, although the views of 43 percent were unknown." Amon
g those in charge of the convo, "there
's an agreement reflecting the views of George W. Bush that this should be kept
in the platform, primarily a a way of ensuring the loyalty of the religious ri
ght." Platform members will receive a draft of the document on Thursday 7/27, b
reak into groups to review it Friday, and vote on it on Saturday. Then the conv
o will be asked to ratify the platform, "with little chance to debate details a
t that point" (Woodward, AP, 7/23).
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The <i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i> surveyed
544 delegates, including alternates, with results showing that they were "poli
tically committed, highly educated and passionate about the GOP." The "three-pa
ge survey did not elicit a statistically exact picture" of all the delegates, b
ut it "did reveal a large degree of diversity among those who answered." A "maj
ority of respondents" favored a ban on abortion except in cases of rape, incest
, or when the mother's life is in danger. And "many who responded" worried that
Bush "doesn't always appear as smart
as the ideal candidate should." The "vast majority" agreed that the gov't shoul
d "spend less in almost every area" with the "greatest exception" being defense
and military spending. "Most feel spending in that area should be significantl
y increased" (Rhor, <i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i>, 7/23).
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<b>Ellen Sauerbrey</b> (MD) and <b>Chris Georgeacas</b> (MN) will co-chair the
Family and Community subcmte, which deals with the abortion issue. It will meet
Friday, 7/28 at 8 am in Room 103C of the Convention Center. The platform cmte
as a whole meets on Saturday, 7/29 at 8 am in Room 113 ABC at the Convention Ce
nter (release, 7/21).
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Bush and wife <b>Laura Bush</b> will "be convention speaker bookends at the GOP
gatherin
g." Bush spokesperson <b>Karen Hughes</b>: "We think it is a very nice, warm wa
y for the Bush family to literally put their arms around the convention with he
r being the opening speaker in prime time and the governor being the closing sp
eaker at the end of prime time." L. Bush, who will address the convo opening ni
ght, on her speech: "I'm going to talk about George, of course." Bush replied:
"You better keep it short. Otherwise, people will be dropping like flies." Bush
's acceptance speech has "been a work
in progress since mid-May," according to aides. Bush said is in "probably about
the seventh draft. Lots of words. I don't want to go on forever." He estimated
it would be about 25 minutes long without the time for applause. Hughes: "He W
ill talk about our opportunity to modernize and save Social Security, to rebuil
d our military, reform Medicare so senior citizens have more choices and the op
portunity to have prescription drug coverage." More Hughes: "We're trying to ke
ep it under 4,000 words" (Attlesey, <i
>Dallas Morning News</i>, 7/24).
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<b>Jan Bullock</b>, the widow of TX Dem "political icon" Bob Bullock, will be"
one of a handful of fellow Texas" who will introduce Bush at the convo. A GOP"
official": "She is on of the people who is part of the process of nominating th
e governor. On Thursday night, we will have people speak who know him well and
know different aspects of him, and Jan is part of that" (Attlesey, <i>Dallas Mo
rning News</i>, 7/23).
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New York <i>Daily News</i> Bazinet reports that Reps. <b>Vito Fossella</b> (R-
NY 13) and <b>Jim Kolbe</b> (R-AZ will be t
he only two House members to get formal speaking roles at the convention (7/24)
Editors Note: Kolbe is the only openly gay GOPer in Congress.
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<i>Detroit News</i> Martinez looks at why the GOP chose Philly, "one of the mo
st Democratic cities in the country," for their convo. Bush "wants everyone to
know he is a 'new' Republican presidential candidate, who will go anywhere in S
earch of voters who were previously ignored or turned off by his party." And th
e state has "enough electoral votes to help decide" the election, has a GOP gov
that "was at the top of Bush's choices" for V
P, and it "reaches into some of the biggest media markets in the Mid-Atlantic r
egion." Usually the site of the convo "does not translate into political advant
age in that state on Election Day. But it can hurt. San Diego did nothing" for
GOPers in CA in '96; San Francisco "furthered the image of left-leaning" Dems a
nd "worked against the party in 1984." But Philly, "a city with almost as many
blacks as whites, offers good photo opportunities for a candidate and a party t
hat are trying to practice the politic
S of inclusion." PA Gov. <b>Tom Ridge</b> (R): "You come out to Philadelphia an
d we'll be drinking <b>beer</b> and eating some <b>cheesesteak</b> sandwiches.
You go out to Hollywood and L.A. and you're going to be eating tofu and drinkin
g bottled water" (7/24).
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Meanwhile, a "cadre of left-leaning activists" have "vowed to shut down" Philly
and L.A. in a bid for the media's attention. Up to 50K protesters are expected
to head to the two cities and "police have set up pr
otest areas complete with public address systems and toilets." Among the protes
ters expected: "labor activists, feminists, anti-globalists, environmentalists
and those who want to free convicted cop-killer b>Mumia Abu-Jamal</b>." Each g
roup will "take turns airing their views." But some have "vowed to try to paral
yze the cities by marching without permits, blocking traffic or taking other il
legal action in a bid to gain attention." LAPD spokesperson Lt. <b>Horace Frank
</b>: "If it's their intent to break t
he law and engage in decadent criminal behavior, our response will be swift, de
cisive and appropriate." In order to prepare, police have been studying the tac
tics protesters used at the WTO meeting in Seattle. Philly's 7,100 member polic
e force will be "put to the test" on 7/30 when a 20K march is planned by the "w
orkers'-rights and social-justice group called Unity 2000." The next day the Ke
nsington Welfare Rights Union will march on the convention center without a per
mit (Guart/Blomquist, <i>New York Post
</i>, 7/24).
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<b>Bob Novak</b>, on the Philly convo: "Bush is more firmly in control of the R
epublican party t
han any of its presidential nominees over the past half-century. Nothing wi
11 go into the platform and no speaker will address the convention without the
Bush campaign's approval. The party's rank and file agree, united by the fe
ar of <b>Al Gore</b> in the White House. So, social conservatives will find no
sympathetic audience in Philadelphia if they come girded for a dispute with Bus
h that began three months ago" (<i>Washington Post</i>, 7/24).
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The GOP's move to "embrace ethnic diversity is sometimes an awkward fit." The G
OP "wants credit for being diverse but does not want to admit it is getting tha
t way on purpose." Dems "don't sue racial quotas, either, but they do insist th
at half their delegates be women." But Dems "have no qualms about finding out,
and making public, exactly how many minorities it has, and of what kind." A rev
iew of GOP CA delegates suggests that about 19 of the 324 delegates and alterna
tives will be Hispanic and "at least" 24 have "Asian surnames." But "such talli
es make many Republicans uncomfortable." GOP Hispanic delegate Mary Jane Dur
an</b>: "I don't see the value in gett
ing in a pissing match over numbers" (Weintraub/Bunis, <i>Orange County Registe
r</i>, 7/24).
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GOPer
S are offering a new mural inspired by <b>Suzanne Nicholson</b>, wife of RNC Ch
air <b>Jim Nicholson</b>. It "depicts <b>Harriet Tubman</b> holding up a lanter
n in front of Philadelphia's station along the Underground Railroad" (Smolkin/T
orry, Toledo <i>Blade</i>, 7/23).
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When GOPers gather, they will "pay unspoken homage" to Pres. <b>Clinton</b>. CI
inton's "personality may be ridiculed" in Philly, but "his political legacy wil
1 be very much on display." Clinton's legacy will be visible through the "chang
es in convention culture" and in the "record advertising budgets of the two nat
ional parties." Also, it will b
e seen "in a 24-hour-a-day duel covered by the 24-hour-a-day cable news netw
orks -- between major political parties." In '92, to win GOPers and "skeptical
independents," Clinton declared himself to be a "different kind of Democrat" an
d this year Bush is calling himself "a different kind of Republican" (<b>Hambur
ger</b>, Minneapolis <i>Star Tribune</i>, 7/23).
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<b>Arianna Huffington</b> "has been trying to round up participants for a self-
styled alternative -- the Shadow Conventions 2000, dubbed by sponsors as a 'Cit
izens' Intervention in American Politics." Huffington: "It's really exploding
in ways I could no
t have imagined." Huffington and her colleagues are plan is "media-savvy and po
litically astute." Concurrent with the party conventions, activists, actors, an
d pols will gather for "four days of speechifying, seminar giving and satirical
merrymaking, all on the assumption that the national press corps (and the publ
ic) will be so starved for spectacle and spontaneity that it will lavish attent
ion on them -- and their issues." Huffington: "We want to throw light on the th
ings that no one will be talking about
in the other conventions -- and have a genuine debate, not an infomercial." On
e day the group campaign-finance reform, the next to the growing income gap bet
ween rich and poor and the third to reforming the nation's drug laws. The Shado
W Conventions are getting one-third of their funding from <b>George Soros</b> a
nd the rest from foundations and individual donors. <b>John McCain</b> will ope
n the Philly gathering, but keynote speaker <b>Jack Kemp</b> has dropped out. R
eps. <b>Tom Campbell</b> (R-CA 15) and
<b>Chris Shays</b> (R-CT are the only two other national GOPers participat
ing, but Shays' officials said he is "rethinking his appearance" (Ferguson,
Time</i>, 7/31 issue).
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Huffington, in response to Novak's column criticizing the Shadow Conventions:"
It's an all-too-familiar tactic, perfected in political campaigns turned into d
emolition derbies the last candidate left standing wins the checkered flag o
f high office. And any reasoned debate is shuttled off
to the deep freeze. I draw the line at columnists moonlighting as political
strategists. But that is precisely what Novak seems to be doing, working behin
d the scenes to persuade GOP Shadow Convention participants to drop out. If
we want to bring these voters back not just to the party conventions, but t
o the voting booth we'd better stop trying to scare politicians away from th
e kind of robust debate that has been surgically removed from our convention ri
tuals" (New York <i>Daily News</i>, 7/
22).
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DEM CONVENTION UPDATE: It's The Common Man Campaign
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<b>Al Gore</b> and fellow Dems are "planning an upbeat, multimedia national con
vention that will not only highlight his populist campaign themes but also his
personal and political story as well as his family." Gore's daughter, <b>Karen
na Gore Schiff</b> "will nominate" Gore and his wife <b>Tipper</b> "will introd
uce him for his acceptance S
peech." Pres. <b>Clinton</b> "will bid farewell" to the convention on the firs
t night, then meet Gore at a CA rally to "pass the torch." All this according
to convention planners and Gore aides. Gore spokesperson <b>Chris Lehane</b>
aid that the convention will "draw extensively on videos and the Internet to te
Il a compelling story they hope will move" Gore out of Clinton's "shadow." Leh
ane: "Vice presidents are historically famous but not well known. The conve
ntion begins the process of getting kn
own" (Hillman, <cite>Dallas Morning News</cite>, 7/23).
<br>
The convention's theme, "Prosperity and Progress: Fighting for the people not t
he powerful," will be one that "credits the vice president for the nation's pro
sperity and casts him as a populist fighter against powerful interest groups."
Clinton and First Lady <b>Hillary Rodham Clinton</b> will speak the first nigh
t, along with Dem women Senators. <b>Jesse Jackson</b>, <b>Bill Bradley</b>, S
en. <b>Ted Kennedy</b>
(D-MA) and <b>Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg</b> will headline the second night.
Kerrena Gore and Gore's running mate will speak on the third night, which wil
1 also feature the roll-call vote. Gore will accept the nomination on Thursday
(Finnegan, <cite>Los Angeles Times</cite>, 7/23).
<br>
"Drawing lessons" from the '88 GOP convention, the Clinton-Gore passing-the-tor
ch event will seek "to show a changing of the party's guard." In '88, Pres. <b
>Reagan</b> "symbolically p
assed the torch of leadership" to then-VP <b>George Bush</b> in a "brief ceremo
ny" at an airport near the convention. "But unlike the 1988 event, the Democra
ts said Mr. Clinton's appearance would be substantive and extensive." While Go
re aides "want to use the convention to move" their boss out of Clinton's "shad
ow," the president "remains very popular with many Democrats, and the Gore camp
aign does not want to appear to be shunting him to the side" (Dao, <cite>Los An
geles Times</cite>, 7/23).
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"Concerned about a possible biological or chemical terrorist attack" during the
Dem convention, hospitals in
Los Angeles "have stocked up on antidotes and undergone decontamination trainin
g." At the "request of the U.S. Secret Service and other government officials,
about a dozen hospitals downtown have also recieved special equipment to prote
ct doctors and nurses and treat patients." Healthcare Assn. of So. CA VP <b>Ji
m Lott</b>: "The thing we are most concerned about is terrorism, adn particula
rly bio-terrorism. We will be on super-alert mode for the convention." The
Secret Service and the FBI "stress th
at preparations for any eventuality are necessary for a high-profile political
event involving the president, vice president and thousands of party activists"
(Anderson, AP/<cite>Los Angeles Daily News</cite>, 7/24).
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<cite>New York Times</cite>' Purdum profiles the preparations being made by pro
testors and police for the conventions, calling the convention "the biggest tes
t in ten years for this sprawling, congested, divided city's mettle and its per
petually searching
sense of itself" (7/23).
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Gore's "pick" for vice-chair of the DNC "is ignoring calls from her own
party to cancel a fund-raiser at the <cite>Playboy</cite> mansion" during the
convention. Rep. <b>Loretta Sanchez</b> (D-CA) "is going ahead with the bash"
where a "bevy of scantily clad <cite>Playboy</cite> 'bunnies' will give private
tours to Democratic donors and members of Congress." Gore, who has been invit
ed, will not attend and "has stopped short of publicly calling" for Sanchez to
cancel it. But "a growing number" of Dems are "showing no compunction about ca
Iling for the party to be moved." DNC
platform member/feminist <b>Gloria Allred</b>: "It's not just exploitive -- it
borders on the pornographic." And DSCC chair <b>Patrick Kennedy</b> says that
the fund-raiser "sets a bad public image" for the party. In a recent intervie
W with NPR, Kennedy: "This totally contradicts what our party stands for in te
rms of equal rights, civil rights for all people and respecting the human digni
ty of every individual. That's why I will not be attending. Nor will I be
encouraging any of my colleagues to at
tend. And in fact, I'll be discouraging them" (Sammon, e>Washington Times<
/cite>, 7/24).
<br>
<a href="http://slate.msn.com/Assessment/00-07-20/Assessment.asp">Slate</a>'sP
lotz notes that Sanchez and her aides, "perhaps embarrassed by the <cite>Playbo
y</cite> connection, won't return phone calls about the dinner." <cite>Playboy
</cite> founder <b>Hugh Hefner</b> "and his deputies, on the other hand, have W
orked themselves into delightful indignation about their martyr
dom to American prudery. They are loving being bad boys again"
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A <cite>San Francisco Examiner</cite>/KTVU poll, conducted 7/17-19 by Research
2000 of Rockville, MD, surveyed 827 regular voters; margin of error +/- 3.5% (7
/23).
<br>
<b>General Election Matchup</b>
All Men Wom
Gore 44% 41% 47%
Bush 37 41 33
Nader
879
Buchanan 24- -
Undec. 9711
<b>General Election Matchup</b>
Gore 38%
Bush 36
Nader 5
Buchanan 1
DK/Other 20
<b>General Election Matchup</b>
All Men Wom
Gore 42% 39% 45%
Bush 41 45 37
Nader 888
Buchanan 351
Undec. 639
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<b>General Election Matchup</b>
All Men Wom
Bush 57% 61% 53%
Gore 21 17 25
Buchanan 462
Nader 222
Undec. 16 14 18
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<b>General Election Matchups</b>
4-Way 2-Way Fav/Unfav
Bush 43% 47% 64%/26%
Gore 34 36 54/36
Nader 6
45 /22
Buchanan 5
31/41
DK/Other 12 17
<b>Which of these words/phrases applies most to...</b>
Bush Gore Neither Both
Likeable 42% 32% 7% 15%
Phony
28 36 16 11
Tough
52
21
11
7
Smart
30
30
7
28
Arrogant 38 29 15 9
Experienced 28 49 6 12
Courageous 35 23 20 9
Slick
35 33 14 9
<b>If Bush names a pro-choice running mate, effect on your vote</b>
More Likely To Support Bush 30%
Less Likely
33
No Difference
31
Your Abortion Stance</b>
Pro-Choice 45%
Pro-Life 42
DK/Other 13
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All Men Wom
Bush 43% 47% 39%
Gore 39 35 42
Nader 7 8 6
Buchanan 2 3 1
Undec. 9
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All Men Wom
Feinstein 57% 48% 65%
Campbell 34 44 24
Undec. 9811
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All Men Wom
Lieberman 71% 68% 74%
Giordano 15 19 11
Undec. 14 13 15
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<b>General Election Matchup
---Household---
Now 4/00 Men Wom Dem Ind GOP Union Non-Union Fav/Unfav</b>
DeWine 56% 54% 63% 50% 28% 56% 84% 47% 60% 48%/16%
Celeste 29 31 24 34 58 20 4 37 27 15/17
DK/Other 14 15 13 15 14 24 13 16 13
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<b>General Election Matchups</b>
All Men Wom
All Men Wom
All Men Wom
Gorton 45% 51% 39% Gorton 46% 53% 39% Gorton 39% 43% 35%
Cantwell 36 31 41 Senn 38 32 44 McDermott 38 35 41
Undec. 19 18 20 Undec. 16 15 17 Undec. 23 22 24
<b>General Election Match-Ups</b> (w/leaners)
All Dem GOP Ind
Bush
40% 13% 77% 34%
Bush
43%
Gore
37 69 9 30
Gore
37
Buchanan
3 3 3 4
Other (vol)
8
Nader
7 7 4 10
Undec.
12
Other (vol) 3 2 2 7
Undec.
10 6 6 16
<b>How Certain Are You That You'll Vote For That Candidate?</b>
Certain Likely Leaning MightChange
Bush
46%
23%
16%
13%
Gore
52
16
17
14
Buchanan
14
24
23
34
<b>Who Do You Think Will Win?
Fav/Unfav Ratings</b>
Bush
49%
Fav/Unf
av
Gore
30
Pres. Clinton 46%/ 48%
Al Gore
54 / 37
<b> Your Friends Are Supporting...</b> George W. Bush 61 29
Bush
39%
Pat Buchanan 26 / 46
Gore
24
Ralph Nader 40 / 24
(Asked of Bush voters)
<b>Why Are You Voting For Bush?</b>
I agree with him, Republicans on major issues
31%
I think he can be an excellent president
29
I'm
voting against the Clinton Administration
21
I don't want Al Gore to be president
14
(Asked of Gore voters)
<b> Why Are You Voting For Gore?</b>
I agree with him, Democrats on major issues
30%
I'm voting to continue Clinton Administration policies 27
I think he can be an excellent president
20
I don't want George W. Bush to be president
17
<b>Do Following Words Better Describe Bush Or Gore?</b>
Bush Gore Neither Equal
Likeable
39% 34% 7% 16%
Phony
26
35
17
12
Tough
52
20
13
7
Smart
30
32
7
25
Arrogant
38 30 15 9
Experienced
29
46
5
16
Courageous
34 24 21 9
Slick
33 34 14 8
Which Candidate Would Better
If Bush Chose A Pro-Choice
Improve U.S. Moral Climate?
Running Mate:</b>
Bush
41%
All BushVoters
Gore
33
More Lkly To
Nader
5
Vote Bush 34% 33%
Buchanan
6
Less Lkly 27 28
<b>Would Rather Have Bush Or Gore:</b>
Bush Gore Neither
Nominate the next Supreme Court Justice 42% 39% 6%
Entrust
with your own deepest darkest secret 23 25 46
Have fighting next to you in a foxhole
40 27 24
Have as a business partner
46 30 18
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<b>WH 2000 Match-Up</b>
All Men Wom N.E. South MidWest West
Bush 45% 49% 41% 37% 56% 46% 41%
Gore 40 36 44 46 35 37 42
Nader 6 6 6 9 2 5 9
Buchanan 2 3 1 1 3 2 2
Undec. 76874106
<b>Generic Cong. Ballot</b>
All Men Wom
Democrat 45% 42% 48%
Republican 38 42 34
Undec. 17 16 18
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COELHO: Ex-Gore Chair Left Just In Time
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<i>Newsweek</i>'s Brunett and Angilella report that ex-<b>Gore</b> campaign cha
irman Tony Coelho</b>, who stepped down 6/00 for health reasons, may have ha
d other reasons for leaving the campaign other than his inflamed colon and brai
n cyst. Just days before leaving his post with Gore, the "Securities and Exchan
ge commission notified A
utoLend, a company of which he had been a director, that the agency's enforceme
nt staff intended to sue the company and its CEO" for "alleged violations of fe
deral securities laws." A Dem official "hinted that the Gore campaign knew of t
he SEC problem" prior to Coelho's resignation. Coelho's attorney says that the
"SEC's most recent move vindicates Coelho, because he is not a target, indicati
ng that he did nothing wrong. AutoLend officials were not available for comment
" (7/24).
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AP reports that ex-MS GOP Gov. <b>Kirk Fordice</b> "is recovering from surgery
to remove his gall bladder." The surgery was done 7/22 at the Baptist Medical C
enter in Jackson. THe operation was successful and Fordice "spent Sunday recupe
rating in a private room with friends and family." He was listed in stable cond
ition. Fordice, 66, will remain in the hospital through 7/24.
Fordice was admitted 7/21 "after complaining of nausea" while driving on a MS
highway. State troopers "delivered Fordice to an ambulance" and was taken to th
e emergency room where an "ultrasound test revealed gall stones to be the sourc
e of his discomfort." Fordice served as gov. from '92-'00, and had previously b
een "treated for prostate cancer" (7/24).
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KENNEDY: JFK Jr. Friends Say Book Is Full Of Flaws
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<i>New York Post</i>'s Fink reports that author <b>Christopher Anderson</b>'s r
ecent book, "The Day John Died," could have benefited from "some fact-checking.
" Because of "mistakes galore," friends and ex-colleagues of <b>John F. Kennedy
Jr.</b> are quietly coming forward to shed light on Anderson's gaffes. Take fo
r instance, a "photo of the three <b>Bessette</b> sisters -- <b>Carolyn</b>, <b
>Lauren</b>, and <b>Lisa</b> was only two-thirds correct. Lisa is not in the
picture." Another folly oc
curs when Anderson writes about Kennedy's visit to boxer <b>Mike Tyson</b> in j
ail. Anderson says Kennedy was "dong research for a piece on the fighter for hi
S magazine." But ex-<i>George</i> staffer say that Kennedy was merely showing T
yson support after his '99 assault on two motorists and never considered doing
a piece. Another example: Anderson names some of "Kennedy's interview subjects
in <i>George</i>," such as <b>Muhammad Ali</b>, <b>Billy Graham</b> and <b>Fide
1 Castro</b>. Kennedy "never interview
ed Castro." One asks why did Anderson make so many errors? Many that were close
to Kennedy say that "Anderson never talked to anyone of significance from Kenn
edy's life other than <b>John Perry Barlow</b>, the longtime Kennedy friend who
was all over TV in the days following his death last year." Apparently Barlow
is "still out there talking." Anderson maintains that much of the "information
in question had already been printed in other publications" (7/24).
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<b>John P. Sears</b> released the following statement refuting allegations that
he was "Deep Throat":
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"In a book which is about to be published, it is alleged that I am 'Deep
Throat,' the secret source who contributed to the stories written by <b>Robert
Woodward</b> and <b>Carl Bernstein</b>, during the Watergate Investigation. I
categorically deny this.
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"When I heard of this book, I offered to take a lie detector test to prove my i
nnocence of this charge. Neither the author nor his publisher were willing to a
ccept this offer. Such a test would confirm, among other things, that I contrib
uted nothing of a substantive nature to the Woodward and Bernstein articles, an
d, in fact, never laid eyes on either one of them until after the Watergate Inv
estigation ended.
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"I do believe there was a 'Deep Thro
at,' but I swear it was not I" (7/24).
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AP reports that the RI Board of Elections "voted unanimously" 7/20 that Provide
nce Mayor Vincent A. Cianci r.</b> "violated state campaign finance laws by
failing to document expenses and accepting improper donations." The Board said
that "Cianci must reimburse his campaign and will refer the matt
er to the state Attorney General's office for legal action." Cianci denied any
wrongdoing: "There's nothing sinister or illegal or criminal here." Cianci's re
cords have already been subpoenaed by the FBI and RI AG >Sheldon Whitehouse</
b> "has already begun looking into the matter, meeting last month with Election
Board Chairman <b>Roger N. Begin</b>. The Board of Elections claims that "Cian
ci failed to document $42,000 in campaign expenses during the last two years an
d that he accepted about $7,000 in imp
roper or insufficiently documented donations." The expenses under investigation
are reportedly "hundreds of dollars for Christmas gifts for relatives and staf
fers, thousands of trips by the mayor, and thousands more in unitemized credit-
card bills." Cianci has been ordered to "personally repay the $42,000 within 30
days." Cianci says he plans to repay the "excessive contributions" if not alre
ady returned. Cianci: "I'm concerned about the perception, but I want to assure
everybody that there is nothing illeg
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<i>Newsday</i>'s Cockfield and Young report that ex-Nassau County Dem
leader <b>Stephen J. Sabbath</b> "was sentenced to 97 months in prison Friday
on bankruptcy fraud and money laundering charges stemming from the failure of h
is up-state lumber company." Sabbeth was previously convicted 3/99 "on three co
unts of perjury and one count each of conspiracy, bankruptcy fraud and money la
undering" after he concealed $750,000 "from creditors in the 1990 bankruptcy of
his company." Following his release, Sabbeth will have to repay $125,000 to th
e banks he defrauded. Neither Sabbath
or his attorney were available for comment (7/24).
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<i>Decatur Daily News</i>'s McDaniel reports that Hartselle, IL mayoral candida
te <b>Larry Smith</b> "was homeless 25 years ago and living on the streets of N
ashville." He slept in public during the day and played guitar at night "in any
club that would have him." Said Smith: "I was trying to make
ends meet." Smith dreamed of becoming a country music singer and composer, but
following an '89 back injury, his dream ended. Ten years later, Smith dreams o
f another crusade. He wants to be mayor. The 49-year-old was "one of five candi
dates to qualify to run for the city's top elected position." Unlike most pols,
Smith "doesn't own a car, and lives" in gov't "subsidized housing." He said he
decided to run for mayor after being "encouraged by some friends and downtown
business owners." Smith: "I'm not the
conventional candidate, but I have a lot of common sense, and I can talk to peo
ple about any subject" (7/24).
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<i>Toledo Blade</i>'s Tanber and Ryan report that Toledo Mayor <b>Marty Finkbei
ner</b>'s house has been struck by vandals once again. The latest incident occu
rred late 7/21 or early 7/22. The Finkbeiners "heard no unusual noises. The may
or's wife, <b>Amy</b>, said: "I just looked outside and I saw it." Painted on t
he driveway was: "Government blows. Authority overruled." The mayor didn't retu
rn telephone calls 7/22. In the previous episode, 7/19, "a glass container hold
ing a burni
ng accelerant as discovered on the front lawn of the mayor's house." No arrests
have been made. It is not yet clear if the two incidents are related but a pol
ice official said that could be a possibility. The vandalism to Finkbeiner's ho
me comes on the heels of his own problems. Police are "investigating the mayor
for assault after a Toledo restaurant owner said Mr. Finkbeiner poked him, grab
bed him and shouted profanities at him" 7/14. Finkbeiner had the graffiti remov
ed from his driveway with a "soybean-b
ased fluid and power washer" (7/24).
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Reuters reports that it "may take Vladimir Lenin [nee Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov]
turn revolutions in his red Square mausoleum, but the late communist leader is
the star attraction of an online auction this month." Sotheby's now has the 11-
foot statue of Lenin that "once gazed down the Czechoslovakian town of Soklov."
It can be foun
d online at <a href="http://www.sothebys.com">www.sothebys.com</a. Lenin's sta
tue stands out among the "sale of more than 200 items, including sculptures of
<b>Garibaldi,</b>, <b>Napoleon</b>, <b>Mahatma Ghandi</b>, <b>John F. Kennedy</
b> and <b>Martin Luther King</b>." Bronze, the Lenin statue was "designed by li
ttle-known artist <b>Relich</b>" and is expected to "fetch $30,000 to $50,000."
Some of the current memorabilia "includes a signed copy of the document sent t
o houses in Northern Ireland and the I
rish republic before the 1998 referendum on the Good friday peace accord" (7/24
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"GMA" hosted <cite> The Standard</cite>'s Tucker Carlson and ABC's George Stepha
nopoulos. "Early Show" hosted Hearst's Helen Thomas and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
"Today" hosted NBC's Tim Russert. "Washington Journal" hosted Time's Massimo
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Fox News Chairman and CEO <b>Roger Ailes</b> last week announced before a gathe
ring of TV critics that local Fox affiliates will be carrying Fox News coverage
of election night. The network will provide, "for the first time," election ni
ght coverage "for five hours." Ailes: "We'll come up at 7, go to 10, then carr
y an additional couple of hours for the Midwest and West Coast. You will se
e Fox News on the broadcast network election night." Network executives are "e
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ooking forward to November 7," and Fox News' first foray into full scale electi
on night coverage. "It's a natural move for a news operation that's been honing
its craft through cable," Ailes said. With "traditional TV networks" ceding co
verage of "breaking news and political events" to cable nets, the Fox News/Fox
local simulcast of election night coverage is bucking a trend Fox News executiv
es say is "irreversible." Ailes: "If something breaks in the middle of the day
you're going to tune in to CNN or us,
or one of the other cable channels. You're not going to go to a broadcast netw
ork because you don't expect to get it there. That franchise is gone, and with
it, of course, goes the franchise for night-time coverage of events like polit
ical conventions." Built "from scratch" in October 1996, Fox News now reaches
over 50 million homes. (Li, New York <cite>Post</cite>, 7/24).
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"We'll have to get a real job now, Dick." <i>
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NBC's <b>Lisa Myers</b>, on her scoop on Cheney's registration: "We did not hav
e any tip of any kind from the Bush campaign. What happened was that I was sitt
ing in my office thinking, 'Where can we find some kind of footprin
ts on what Bush is up to?' And I checked with our colleague, <b>Pete Williams</
b>, who I knew had checked on Dick Cheney's voter registration earlier in the W
eek, and he said, 'As of Tuesday, Cheney was not registered to vote in Wyoming,
, so he gave me the number of the Teton County clerk's office and so I call
them up and I get very a nice woman and I said, 'Is Richard Cheney registe
red to vote there?' and she says, 'Yes,' and I said 'When did he register?' and
she said, 'Today.' And so what she sa
id was that he walked in that morning, he filled out the card withdrawing his r
egistration from Texas, moving it to Wyoming" ("Meet the Press," 7/23).
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"Imus in the Morning" newsman <b>Charles McCord</b> this a.m. reported that hos
t Don Imus returned to New York over the weekend for surgery on his broken coll
arbone after it broke through his skin. McCord: "He was operated on early yes
terday and this is being corrected now surgically. There's a mechanical dev
ice, a little bit of a plate, that is used then to bridge this fracture and the
bone has to be given a chance now to adhe
re to the metal device. It requires about four weeks. During that t
ime, and this is what's going to be a problem for the I-Man, he has to have his
left arm strapped to his abdomen and side. He's not going to be happy
about it, I'll guarantee you." McCord added that there is a possibility he wil
1 be released either today or tomorrow."
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A perky-sounding Imus from the hospital: "I actually feel pretty good. I'm
trying to convince them that I don'
t have quite enough pain pills left; I only have about five hundred" (WTEM, 7/2
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Actor <b><a href="h
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<a href="http://www.webwaiter.net/users/ben/magnum/">Magnu P.I.</a> fame, rece
ntly appeared with <b>Larry King</b> to talk about his new TNT movie "Running M
ates," airing August 13.
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Selleck, on his character, a Dem. Gov. of Michigan: "This guy is kind of a mave
rick, and a maverick that hopefully people will admire. The only problem is, he
's kind of faced with that question that I would gue
SS happens in politics most of the time, which is: I'm so close now, and my int
entions, you know, are so good, why don't I just put my standards and ethics on
hold for a little while. And then when I get in office, I'll be good again. An
d I think that's a fatal compromise. And this movie is about that process at th
at point."
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CNN's <b>King</b>: "Do you play a liberal?" Selleck: "I play a liberal maveric
k. I don't know what he is. You know, the movie does a very good j
ob, I think and Hollywood is not always that good at this -- of finding and
defining the middle. And in that sense, I think, you know, it's about corruptio
n in the Democratic Party. But it could just as easily be about corruption in t
he Republican Party."
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King: "<b>President Carter</b>, who saw it, said that it's very realistic.
He said it was that's the way politics is." Selleck: "We just screened it in
Washington, D.C. two nights in a row. Senator McCa
in came and a lot of the people who think they're the real stars of the mov
ie, like <b>Mark Shields</b>, and <b>Al Hunt</b>, and <b>Kate O'Beirne</b>. And
I'm leaving people out now. But they all came and they had fun" ("LKL," CNN, 7
/22).
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If some viewers of CBS' "Late Show" were surprised when host <b>David Letterman
</b>, "apropos of nothing," suggested a post-convention debate between <b>Georg
e W. Bush</b> and <b>Al Gore</b>, long-time "Late Show" producer <b>Maria Pope<
/b> was not among their ranks; after 16 years with Letterman, Pope "understands
that her boss can be unpredictable" (Johnson, <cite>USA
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<b>David Letterman</b>: "Celebrity birthdays -- happy birthday to Janet Reno, A
merica's top
cop. Today is Janet Reno's birthday. All her friends got together and threw
her a surprise, pre-dawn party." More Letterman, on rats in NYC: "We have 70,
count 'em, 70
million rats in New York City. So if you have rats in your apartment, be sure
to have them spayed and neutered. Mayor Giuliani is asking out-of-towners t
o do your part. While you're in New York City, and you catch a couple of rats,
take them back to your home state and release them. Would it kill you? Th
ese rats know what's g
oing on. These rats will bust a move on you, ladies and gentlemen. I saw a rat
today get past a doorman, disguised as a Yorkshire terrier. Here's the cor
e of the rat problem here in New York City. You round 'em up, you get 'em into
custody, 24 hours later they're back on the street again. That's the problem
with the rats" ("Late Show," 7/21).
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<b>Jay Leno</b>, on McCain: "John McCain's now hinting he would consider the vi
ce presidency under George W. Bu
sh. How about that ticket? McCain and Bush? The hot-head and the crack-head.
" On Democratic convention: "During the Democratic convention next month, the
West Hollywood City Council is going to temporarily rename Clinton Avenue B
ill Clinton Avenue. And also in honor of President Clinton, it will become the
world's first three-way street." Leno, on Janet Reno's birthday: "She got the
same birthday present she gets every year. 'Great, another bottle of aftersha
ve." More Leno, on TX: "The state of
Texas will carry out a rare multiple execution on August 9th. Apparently, the
y're going to finally put the Houston Astros out of their misery." On this wee
k in history: "It was this week in 1969 that man first walked on the moon. Isn
't that unbelievable? Scientists are still calling man landing on the moon the
greatest technological achievement of all time. Do you know what number two i
s? Cher" ("Tonight Show," 7/21).
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<b>Craig Kilborn</b>: "This is a
story that's been out there for a few weeks. In Arkansas, the governor has mo
ved out of the governor's mansion and into a trailer. That's a true story. So
me say this is undignified, but I think a trailer is the perfect place for the
governor and the first sister." On Puff Daddy and Jennifer Lopez: "Puffy Daddy
and his main squeeze, Jennifer Lopez, have announced that they are getting hit
ched. They are getting married. Jennifer loves him so much she says she's goi
ng to take her husband's name 'defe
ndant." Kilborn, on new Olympic uniforms: "The U.S. Olympic Committee unveile
d their new uniforms, designed for the 2000 Olympics in Australia. The sleek a
pparel was in keeping with this year's theme, 'America, A Country of Sluts" M
ore Kilborn, on 'This Day in History:' "In 1988, Michael Dukakis accepted the D
emocratic presidential nomination. If you have any knowledge of the whereabout
S of Mr. Dukakis, please contact your local authorities" ("Late, Late Show," 7/
21).
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<b>Conan O'Brien</b>: "It was reported today that the show <i>Live With Regis a
nd Kathie Lee</i> is going to change its name when Kathie Lee leaves at the end
of the month. The new name will be <i>Free At Last, Thank God Almighty, I'm F
ree At Last</i>." More O'Brien, on the Bush veepstakes: "Political insiders ar
e saying that George W. Bush, or as I call him, 'Dubya,' has narrowed his list
of potential running mates to just a few names. It's getting exciting. Re
portedly, some names have been e
liminated because they're either too liberal, too controversial, or too hard fo
r Bush to spell." More O'Brien, on FOX: "FOX announced that they're coming out
with a new reality show called 'Boot Camp' where 100 contestants compete in an
army training program. That's the new show. However, FOX did admit that they
're having some trouble finding 100 people who aren't already part of a reality
show." More O'Brien, on Harrison Ford: "In an interview, Harrison Ford says t
hat he is not too old to do his own st
unts in the next <i>Indiana Jones</i> sequel. It sounds like he's right becaus
e the name of the sequel is <i>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Bingo</i>" ("Lat
e Night," 7/21).
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TOP TEN SIGNS YOU'RE AT A BAD AMUSEMENT PARK
10. Guy selling cotton candy is wearing rubber biohazard suit.
9. Park access roads always jammed with ambulance traffic.
8. 70 million mice and not one of them named "Mickey."
7. "Free fall" ride is just some guy pushing people in a di
tch.
6. You ask where the men's room is, employee points to the fun
house.
5. All Six Flags have picture of Chairman Mao.
4. Theme of the park is "impending bankruptcy."
3. Guy operating tilt-a-whirl fired for not being drunk enough.
2. Guess-your-weight guy makes you sit on his lap.
1. If you win a goldfish, you have to take it home in your
mouth (CBS, 7/21).
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