Word: powers
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...great president, that much is certain, nor even, perhaps, a good one. He lacked the sweeping vision of a Reagan or a Roosevelt, let alone the decency and humility of a Truman; his only vision involved his own power, and the other virtues were banished from his White House early on. But he was an interesting President, perfectly suited for a time when politics resembles a spectator sport, broadcast into millions of homes through the good offices of CNN. He inspired more novels and biographies, more praise and more hatred, than any leader since Nixon--perhaps since FDR, even...
...Gore Steal the Election Through the Courts.") An aide to the Democratic leadership sniped that Republicans "don't have much idea how to lead, but they sure know how to divide this place." 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...
Centrists saw the opportunity to expand their power as early as Election Day. That night, Senator Bob Graham of Florida telephoned several Democrats who had just won Senate seats and asked them to join the New Democrat Coalition, a group of centrists formed last year. As many as five are expected to join, bringing the coalition's size to perhaps 20 members. The four other newly elected Democratic Senators, including that lady named Clinton who gets so much attention, ran as more traditional liberals, and their part in the moderate calculus remains unclear. Aides to the New Democrat Senators have...
...most important actor right now in the Florida legal drama is the Florida Supreme Court. It is the final arbiter of Florida election law. And it has the power to impose almost any kind of remedy it wants, from ordering recounts and revotes to interpreting individual ballots that are in dispute. This could be good news for the Gore campaign. Six of seven Florida Supreme Court justices are Democrats; the other is an independent. Leander J. Shaw Jr., the senior member of the court, is a former public defender; and several others were trial lawyers, a traditionally liberal sector...
...Supreme Court. And that fact should ensure that, no matter how acrimonious things become in Florida, the ultimate result is one that both sides--and, more crucially, the American people--accept as legitimate. "What's most important is the most obvious," says Boies. "A peaceful transfer of power in the largest, most stable democracy the world has ever known...