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...news that Representative Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.) is resigning is disappointing. The Republican Party is losing a rising star to the abyss of private life, and Americans are losing a good chance to knock off Dick Armey (R-Tex.), Newt's sidekick, as majority leader...
...Gingrich's popularity has disappeared beneath his yo-yoing waistline and party squabbles, the Republicans are in need of solid leadership. Paxon has been a necessary counterpoint to Gingrich and company, and as a New Yorker, he is more in line with our view of things...
...Paxon is leaving politics to be with his wife, Susan Molinari, and their young daughter. Molinari left Congress last spring for CBS-TV. As a result, America is left with one fewer House power struggle to watch. And while the parents' desire to be with their child is noble, New York voters are left with a sense of abandonment that no parent would want their child to feel...
During a break in the official program at the House Republican retreat last week in Williamsburg, Va., NEWT GINGRICH sidled up to BILL PAXON and asked if they could have a chat. That raised eyebrows: relations between the two have been ice-cold since last summer, when the New York Congressman lost his leadership job after taking part in a failed coup attempt against the Speaker. Despite the bad blood, Gingrich quietly pressed Paxon for his support when the Speaker runs for re-election in December...
...President next year. He has remarked how large and enthusiastic his fund-raising audiences have been. If he seeks the presidency, he almost certainly will not complete his term as Speaker, which is why there is a ferocious race to become his heir apparent. It is also why Paxon, who agreed to support the Speaker, refused when Gingrich urged him to back the re-election of the entire leadership. As Gingrich knows, disgruntled House Republicans are urging Paxon to take on Newt's top deputy, majority leader DICK ARMEY. That way, if Gingrich steps down, Paxon would be in position...