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...course, he has time to ponder politics. In the interview, he said his party's chance of holding the House will ride on its presidential nominee, and he thinks either George W. Bush or John McCain is up to it. ("Forbes, frankly, should have run for Governor of New Jersey.") But what either candidate must do is find the right four or five issues and convince voters they are relevant to their lives. Asked to name those four or five, Gingrich, typically, comes up with six. (They're mostly the ones listed on his website.) "There's no [stopping]...better...
...City man suffering from schizophrenia who pushed a woman to her death off a subway platform. Goldstein's murder trial ended in a hung jury this month, but the public mental-health system's neglect of him as a ward has spurred calls for reform. Last week New York Governor George Pataki, whose administration has repeatedly squeezed mental-health budgets, proposed spending an additional $125 million for community services...
Former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis tackled the major issues of the 2000 campaign last night in the Eliot House Junior Common Room...
...Grass roots politicking really makes a difference," Dukakis said. "I wouldn't have been elected dog catcher, much less governor, without the time, energy and effort of students like...
George W. Bush, the man with the most suspect and maligned foreign policy background of all the major presidential candidates, managed to deliver his first foreign policy stump speech Friday without saying a whole lot. The governor presented a platform constructed of the broadest of planks, emphasizing principle over policy. Things he's for: "Peace, free trade, strong alliances and a strong military." Bush was critical of the Clinton administration's inconsistent record on China, and said his own policy would be forceful and consistent. The governor also wouldn't put U.S. troops under U.N. control and vowed...