Word: reforms
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There are policy differences between Gore and Bush, namely tax cuts, Social Security reform and Medicare. I care much more deeply about public financing of political campaigns, the death penalty, international trade that supports workers' rights, environmental protection and cracking down on corporate crime. On these issues only one candidate is speaking in a different voice: Ralph Nader...
...then again, John S. Hagelin, the Reform Natural Law Coalition presidential candidate perhaps best known for his interest in yoga flying and for helping to rupture the Reform Party, is not known for being typical...
...this world, Gore took on his party, President and opposition, and often won. Fans cite a host of defeats of old-style liberalism, starting with his successful fight in 1993 to make Clinton focus on debt reduction rather than new spending. He later pushed for welfare reform and NAFTA, both of which had more G.O.P. than Democratic backing...
...Even after Bush's prediction came to pass, the famously crusty Bullock had a series of smackdowns with the Governor. "Bullock was a man of great profanity and chewed his ass out," remembers Republican state senator David Sibley of a phone call between the two men discussing litigation reform. By the end of that evening, Bush was on the phone again offering a compromise. "Bullock got back on and said, 'You're the greatest ever,'" says Sibley. Though the two later clashed on taxes and other issues, Bush kept at the courtship. "He gets out of his seat and gets...
Cantwell has a paper fortune of roughly $13 million from her years at Real, $6 million of which has already gone to her war chest. Paradoxically, these dotcom dollars are helping her with the campaign-finance-reform crowd. "The fact that she's not taking PAC money is a plus," says veteran state pollster Stuart Elway...