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...There was such a contrast between the two [on labor issues]," said an angry John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO. Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, said Nader "cavalierly dismissed the threat to women's rights as the result of a George W. Bush election. Ralph Nader is no friend of American women...
Each candidate's allies are doing the same. Whereas organized labor put much of its money into TV ads in 1996, AFL-CIO political director Steve Rosenthal says, "A much greater percentage of our effort now is aimed at mobilizing voters on the ground--outside plants and work sites, with a lot of one-on-one contact, a lot of phone calls, weekend walks where union members go door-to-door in their communities." The National Rifle Association is buying subscriber lists to sporting magazines, names of people who have sold firearms at gun shows and other information to produce...
...Each candidate's allies are doing the same. Whereas organized labor put much of its money into TV ads in 1996, AFL-CIO political director Steve Rosenthal says, "A much greater percentage of our effort now is aimed at mobilizing voters on the ground - outside plants and work sites, with a lot of one-on-one contact, a lot of phone calls, weekend walks where union members go door-to-door in their communities." The National Rifle Association is buying subscriber lists to sporting magazines, names of people who have sold firearms at gun shows and other information to produce...
...most worrisome consequences may come from the issue that nearly broke the deal: expenditures by independent groups. Such "issue ads," paid for by groups such as the AFL-CIO or NRA, or even by individuals, could play a greater role in future campaigns as direct expenditures by candidates or parties decrease. Both Clinton and Lazio have asked such groups to refrain from advertising on their behalf, but there is no guarantee that the groups will do so. It is also unclear how widely this prohibition should apply: although Clinton was unrealistic in her demands that several groups supporting...
...class warfare." For that matter, why was the whole Democratic spectacle so, well, democratic? Every interest group got its five minutes in the spotlight: the Clinton family on Monday, the Kennedy family on Tuesday and then, the next night, a picket line: speakers from the teachers union, the AFL-CIO and the N.A.A.C.P. Four years ago, Bill Clinton won a landslide by serenading independent voters with themes like welfare reform, crime fighting, deficit reduction. Last week Gore sang that refrain too, but you had to listen carefully...