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...called the plan a heartless gubernatorial money-grab, Newt Gingrich said it could become law as early as March, and Clinton called it a "huge step in the right direction." Whatever its fate, it has further beatified the Governors. Specifically, it has enhanced the vice presidential chances of John Engler, one of its key Republican negotiators. Portly, balding, tenacious and smart, Engler does happen to govern a swing state, Michigan. He is Catholic. More important, he has slashed government and welfare rolls, been reviled for it, but ended up victorious at re-election. Says conservative editor and strategist William Kristol...
THOUGH IT WAS NEVER A FAIR fight, Dole never considered ducking it, or asking someone else, like rising-star Governor John Engler, to do the deed. Dole was worried that rival candidates, notably Phil Gramm, would jump on him for backing out of a fight. Instead, they lacerated him for losing it. "We saw [Clinton's] speech, and it was empty rhetoric," declared Gramm on Thursday. "And we saw Bob Dole's response--it was poor empty rhetoric." The Dole camp also considered a change of venue, like giving the response from Dole's home state of Kansas. But that...
...wanted on the first ballot. But the G.O.P.'s leading lights, the Governors, must take control. They could ask their delegations to vote for them as favorite sons and take those blocs into the back room to decide. In that scenario, the most likely victor is Michigan Governor John Engler, a darling of the devolutionists...
...least one governor is paying attention to the revolution in Washington. Michigan Governor John Engler says his state is ready to take control of welfare, and is readying legislation to go into effect as soon as Washington grants states authority over the program. At a press conference, the two-term Republican announced a series of measures to put welfare recipients to work, including a key provision that requires recipients to begin looking for a job within sixty days of the start of benefits. Case workers would be required to help with logistics such as child care arrangements, but if recipients...
...disclosure of his R-rated movie endeavor in 1974, has watched his approval ratings stay flat even as he becomes better known. Meanwhile, former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander was embarrassed by his failure so far to get an endorsement, as his aides had touted, from popular Michigan Governor John Engler...