Word: gorton
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...Gale Norton, who served as Colorado's attorney general for eight years and is an Interior and Agriculture vet from earlier GOP administrations. That's she's from one of those red states out in the untamed west is no surprise; that she's not Slade Gorton, the departing senator from Microsoftland who has made more enemies among American Indians than Bruce Babbit ever dreamed of, should reduce the controversy factor considerably. Very Bush, who said she'll help him "find ways to develop our nation's resources in a balanced and environmentally friendly way." Translation: Arctic drilling...
...Maria Cantwell's 1,953-vote lead over Republican incumbent Senator Slade Gorton survives a recount that begins in Washington this week, and if George W. Bush wins the presidency, the Senate will again be split--this time 50-50. And politics in the world's greatest deliberative body may not be any prettier than it was 119 years...
...Senate leaders, meanwhile, couldn't even discuss a controversial Democratic proposal to share power equally, because the Washington State race still wasn't decided last week. The outcome will determine whether that chamber is split 50-50, if Democrat Maria Cantwell wins; or 51-49, if Republican incumbent Slade Gorton holds on to his seat...
Republican incumbents are also in trouble in Minnesota, Michigan, Montana and Delaware, although Slade Gorton appears to be hanging on in Washington State...
...Senate. Issues like Internet taxation and H1-B visas for overseas tech workers just keep cropping up, and the technology itself moves too fast. "Not many Senators know what a software download is," says Alex Alben, Real's vice president of government affairs. With the tech-savvy Cantwell and Gorton, that's not an issue. What could matter is which software they download...