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Last fall, Michigan Gov. John Engler promised Republicans that his state's primary would be the "firewall" to opponents of presidential candidate George W. Bush...
...inner-city schools. But it was as notable for its prolonged volley of character attacks as for any light it shed on the concerns of blacks. Judging from crowd reaction, the winning blows were scored by Gore when he claimed that racial profiling was invented in New Jersey, the state Bradley represented in the Senate for 18 years, and when Bradley appeared to question the intellect of black leaders. In response to a question about Gore's character, Bradley said that Gore was just using the event to pay lip service to minorities, but actually had a "conservative Democrat" voting...
...recent months he has increasingly bypassed Congress, using presidential orders, for instance, to create new national monuments over the complaints of mining interests and off-road-vehicle users, among others. In this case, though, rather than depend on a federal edict to enforce the changes, Clinton will urge each state to implement the revisions over three years. (Hospitals operating Medicare and other government health care programs would be immediately affected, as they are already subject to federal scrutiny). The plan seeks to safeguard patients against the ill effects of everything from doctors' notoriously illegible handwriting to missteps in everyday procedures...
...firewall came tumbling down. George W. Bush's early endorsement by John Engler, the Michigan governor who's hugely popular among the state's Republicans, was hailed as a backstop against any insurgent anti-Bush campaign. But as the Texas governor has learned the hard way, Republican support isn't everything in an open primary. John McCain won Michigan by turning out an unprecedented number of voters, with a majority of them being independents and Democrats. And, as it turns out, Engler's endorsement may have hurt Bush by helping mobilize Democrats who oppose the Michigan governor. "Shame...
...Momentum in this race has been as hard to follow as a bouncing rubber ball. After McCain's decisive win in New Hampshire, he was able to score defections of major Bush supporters in California and New York, the two largest states, delegate-wise, to vote March 7. Even more impressive was his successful campaign to trump New York's convoluted nomination system and get himself on the ballot in all 31 of the state's voting districts. But then came the Bush landslide in South Carolina Saturday, which gave him nearly five times as many delegates as McCain...