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...next month: They?ll ask for a soft-money ban, nothing else, and take away wavering GOPers? excuses for holding out - notably by dropping their demand for regulation of advertisements by outside groups. "The idea is that it will make this a simple issue," says TIME congressional correspondent James Carney. "If any Republicans are feeling any political pressure at all, this will maximize it, because there won?t be any easy outs...
...factor. As a social conservative, Buchanan could siphon off twice as many votes from a Republican candidate than from a Democrat, according to a poll conducted by GOP consultant Frank Luntz. Republicans are painfully aware of this threat, says TIME Washington deputy bureau chief Matthew Cooper. ?As Jay [Carney, TIME's Washington correspondent] discovered, the Bush people have launched a charm offensive to keep Buchanan from bolting,? says Cooper. But loyal Dems shouldn?t mail their Buchanan campaign contributions just yet, Democratic strategist James Carville told TIME ? Buchanan could steal votes away from the Democratic candidate if he decides...
...Reported by James Carney and Michael Duffy/Washington and Dick Thompson with Bush
...didn?t. "This was something of a blunder," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. "First of all, McCain forgot that there?s no such thing as a regional press. Whatever he tells the Chronicle, he tells New Hampshire, and South Carolina ?- and he can?t afford to be that fat a target for conservative Republicans." And that?s not the worst of it. This goof, says Carney, was particularly bad because it was McCain that made it. "McCain?s central appeal is that he doesn?t pander, doesn?t flip-flop, shoots straight and consequences be damned," he says...
...TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney says it?s simply the way of the world. "It?s the rule of politics ?- you need money to win, and these days the effort is starting earlier than ever," he says. "Republicans have traditionally raised more soft money, but in 1996, Clinton demonstrated that Democrats could raise the big money too, and now it?s an all-out competition to win the House in 2000." When the returns roll in, on that Tuesday night still 15 months away, the pundits will chalk victory up to the issues. The winners will play along. Democrats...