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...surveyed, vs. 41% for the congressional Republicans. Clinton is up 12 points since early December, while the G.O.P. is down five points during the same period. Partly because of his abrasive style and partly because of Democratic characterizations of the contract as unfair to the poor, poll ratings for Gingrich have become more negative. Some 47% of those polled disapproved of his handling of his job as Speaker, while 40% approved. Just a month ago, his negative rating in this category was seven points lower...
...contract began as a very political campaign document, carefully poll- and focus-group tested for its popularity. But as a legislative strategy, it proved even more useful in presenting a list of very popular and easily passable propositions. "It is fair to say," Gingrich said last week, "that we cleverly picked popular things to do." Passing the contract provided a large degree of political momentum. But it didn't provide many profiles in courage...
OVER A BANANA-AND-DIET-COKE BREAKFAST, SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH MET with TIME editors and correspondents last week. His office is decorated with mementos, including a handwritten note by Ulysses S. Grant. It says, "I propose to fight on this line all summer if necessary...
...GINGRICH: As Wellington said after Waterloo, this is a close-run thing. We've had five or six near-death experiences, and we're now going to see if we can pass the tax bill. I think, in part, the strength of it all has been that we were able to create a momentum that I think is literally unprecedented in American political history. The only parallel is F.D.R. in '33. The design worked overall, but I don't think you could sustain it. I mean, we never thought you could do 200 days. The next round...
...GINGRICH: We are going to get to a balanced budget in seven years. We are going to transform the entire Federal Government, except for Social Security. It will be so large, so comprehensive and so daring that I don't think anybody is going to say this is business as usual...