Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps the only real public apology Clinton ever issued before this episode was when he was attempting a political comeback after losing the Arkansas governorship. On the advice of his political adviser Dick Morris, Clinton made a TV spot asking voters to forgive him for the missteps of his first Administration, like raising taxes and appearing aloof. But that public self-abasement was just a first step in the aggressive campaign that returned him to office in 1982. And nestled among his remorseful words at the prayer breakfast last week was the passing observation that, all the same, "I will...
Weld showed that backbone on the national scenewhen he resigned his governorship last summer tocommit himself to a fight for the Mexicanambassadorship, his second attempt to find a newjob since he won the 1994 election...
...presidential race of 2000. Will candidates advertise that they are as pure as the driven snow, or will they say, I've had some wild times, haven't you? Already, Governor Roy Romer of Colorado and Mike Bowers, a leading contender in the Republican primary for the Georgia governorship, have acknowledged affairs with longtime aides. The voters in both states don't seem to care much...
...direct passage of law by majority vote, was originally envisioned as a check on legislative power. Yet the initiative system has become more than a check; in the last generation, the voting public has done more than anyone in the state capital to enact innovative legislation. While the governorship is still a vaunted position--if only as a potential springboard to the Presidency--the State House and Senate have done little more than keep the books balanced and administer existing programs...
...some obscure Democrat running for Governor of Texas and 50 percentage points behind in the polls wouldn't be able to corral a lot of high-class national Democratic talent to help in his campaign. But land commissioner GARRY MAURO, who announces his candidacy for the Lone Star State governorship this week, attracted some pretty impressive folks to his book-signing soiree in Washington not too long ago. We're talking fellow authors Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as best-selling scribe Al Gore. In addition, the First Lady has played host at a fund-raising dinner for Mauro...