Word: rivalled
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Look for George W. Bush's smile/smirk to get even wider. While the Texas governor came out swinging on taxes and Social Security in Thursday night's candidates' debate, his only serious rival for the GOP nomination - Senator John McCain - appeared to be suffering an image meltdown. Even before the debate began, the media had the long-time champion of campaign finance reform on the rack over interventions he made on behalf of his own donors. At issue was a letter the Arizona senator had written, in his capacity as Senate Commerce Committee chairman, urging that the Federal Communications Commission...
...that painting Gore as holier than Bradley in the eyes of the left wing of the Democratic party involves taking positions that might haunt him in the presidential race. Gore, who remains the strong favorite despite Bradley's lead in New Hampshire, took a stronger stand than both his rival and the Clinton administration on the issue of gays in the military. He vowed that he wouldn't appoint any officer to the Joint Chiefs of Staff who didn't support the right of gays to serve openly in the armed forces...