Word: support
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Gore, on other hand, used his years in Congress to become an expert on a broad range of international issues. In 1989 he was intimately involved in bipartisan legislation to stop ballistic missile proliferation. In 1991 he broke with party members to support the Gulf War. But although Gore has proposed a more active military engagement in world affairs, he understands that a successful foreign policy must also include more intimate and subtle forms of diplomacy and negotiation...
...Ariz.) and former Sen. Bill Bradley was their almost idealistic commitment to take special interests out of politics. As McCain has noted, without campaign finance reform, it is difficult to expect that a Congress beholden to special interests will enact any of the other necessary legislation that Americans support. Gore has vowed to make campaign finance reform a top priority and has said the McCain-Feingold would be the first piece of legislation passed under his administration. Bush has been thus far unwilling to make this commitment...
...vagaries of voter turnout, we warn students from casting this kind of electoral protest. Not only does it seem clear that the Nader's potential votes may sway the election in a number of key states, but it is far better to vote for a major candidate than to support the pipe dream of an empowered Green party four years from...
...slugging and scratching for them, Gore insists, Americans will be overtaken by the HMOs, prescription-drug companies and Big Oil. "You've got a lot at stake in this election," he boomed at a rally in Flint, Mich., to a screaming crowd of several thousand. "I ask for your support so I can fight for you, so I can fight for your families, so I can fight for your future." The evil that Gore will fight hardest against in the final weeks? Bush's Social Security and tax-cut plans...
...mention the party, take credit or talk about the past, you lose swing voters," says a Gore partisan of how the Vice President's consultants answer his concerns. "They say that stuff only appeals to the base." Still, Gore could use a little help there. Bush has 88% support from Republicans, while Gore currently has only 83% of Democrats, according to a TIME/CNN poll...