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...have any concept of the political advantage of losing. There are times when you make your political point better by losing, or at least by risking losing." That pragmatism frustrates the new daredevil Republicans in the Senate. And it marks a distinct contrast with the style of Newt Gingrich, whose entire political career has been a near-death experience...
Frustrated Republicans may flirt with the idea of a late-entry Gingrich candidacy, but that doesn't spell a mutiny. Of the two leaders, Dole is more popular, with favorable-impression ratings around 42%, compared with Gingrich's 35%. And even staunchly conservative members of the Christian Coalition are prepared to work with Dole in the belief that he stands the best chance of unseating Clinton...
Last week also provided new evidence that Gingrich is no pure ideologue and Dole is no mere expediter. A political truism holds that it is one thing to campaign and another to govern; now that Newt has to win floor votes and Dole has to woo voters, each is exactly as ideological as self-interest dictates...
...Gingrich has been cutting deals on everything from term limits to taxes. It was Gingrich, for example, who persuaded Dole last week to delay a vote scrapping affirmative-action policies until the Republican Party devises a different way to help blacks and other minorities without resorting to quotas...
House Speaker Newt Gingrich fanned the flames of conspiracy theories today, telling reporters he's "not convinced" Vincent Foster's death was a suicide, although two previous inquiries have ruled that Foster did take his own life...