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...They're also in charge of Congress, as Speaker wannabe Dick Gephardt was all too happy to point out. "This is not a do-nothing Congress, this is a dysfunctional Congress," Gephardt said afterward, tossing in a "they're beholden to special interests" line just to make sure everybody got the point...
...only way the late Carnahan can beat a living Ashcroft is if Wilson announces in advance whom he intends to appoint should Ashcroft lose. The problem for Wilson, and the Democrats, is that the choices are few. The state's leading member of Congress, House minority leader Richard Gephardt, doesn't want the job. Attorney General Jay Nixon and former Senator Thomas Eagleton probably can't beat Ashcroft. The only Democrat with a shot at doing that would be Carnahan's widow Jean. But since she also lost a son, Roger, in the crash (an aide to the Governor, Chris...
...RICHARD GEPHARDT Mr. Speaker? House takeover looks good for Dems as G.O.P. stalls on end-of-session work...
...only way the late Carnahan can beat a living Ashcroft is if Wilson announces in advance whom he intends to appoint should Ashcroft lose. The problem for Wilson, and the Democrats, is that the choices are few. The state's leading member of Congress, House minority leader Richard Gephardt, doesn't want the job. Attorney General Jay Nixon and former Senator Thomas Eagleton probably can't beat Ashcroft. The only Democrat with a shot at doing that would be Carnahan's widow, Jean. But since she also lost a son, Roger, in the crash - an aide to the Governor, Chris...
...Bush had no choice; under the Texas system, the Lieutenant Governor is as powerful as, if not more so than, the Governor. In Washington, however, there is no single superpower to embrace, and a different ethic. You can share a lot of granola with Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt and Charlie Rangel and still not end up with the fraternal and cozy relationships that make the world go round in Austin. Like Bush, the current President believes in hugging opponents to death. But at the same time, he possesses such a chess player's grasp of the issues that Republicans...