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...anger that swept Capitol Hill last week, as Democrats struggled to accept the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to stop the Florida recount and award the presidency to George W. Bush, wasn't confined to Gore's friends. Since he doesn't have many of those on the Hill, the emotions triggered by his loss caught many House and Senate Democrats by surprise. A week before, they had been eager for the end, dismissive of Gore's strategy and above all worried that the cursed election would have to be decided in their chambers. How can we miss you, they...
...which way to go will be made by Tom Daschle, the mild-mannered, tough-minded Democratic leader. While bitter power-sharing negotiations continue between Daschle and majority leader Trent Lott, revenge fantasies focus on Cheney, the tie-breaking Republican vote. The Vice President-elect now has two offices on Capitol Hill, the traditional one on the Senate side and a cubbyhole on the House side that Hastert gave him as a courtesy. Democrats are talking about making Cheney come to the Hill for so many votes that he'll end up living there--perhaps impairing his ability to manage...
...RADIOHEAD Kid A (Capitol). Well crafted and inscrutable, this deceptively mellow CD has the haunting power of a dream remembered. Tinged with electronica, bursting with restless creativity, it delivers rock's elegy and its raison d'etre...
HILLARY CLINTON tried her best last week to be just one of the rookies, trooping around Capitol Hill with other Senators-elect and sitting through hours of lectures on how to set up her legislative office. Behind the scenes, the First Lady and soon-to-be New York Senator has buttonholed the chamber's old hands on how she should act to fit into the club. Their advice: pay your dues, speak when you've really got something to say and lose the Secret Service detail when you're in the Capitol. Senators hate colleagues with too many "suits" around...
...told her he's going to be the new President b) She accidentally ran into him at the Texas capitol c) He asked to be the bing rabearer d) She never knew a wax figure could look so real...