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| GOP Wants House Hopeful to Withdraw |
| 3/31/2000 7:54 AM |
Greene County Republican leaders are asking a Republican candidate for the Missouri House, Jerry M. Riley, to withdraw after learning about an order of protection and a criminal conviction against him. In an unusual move, some Greene County Republicans have endorsed B.J. Marsh, a Republican who filed for the office Wednesday. “We simply don’t endorse anyone in a primary situation, but in this instance we are united in supporting B.J. Marsh,” said Timothy Trower, the party’s legislation chairman for the 136th District.
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| Republicans Raise $9.5 Million in March |
| 3/30/2000 11:38 PM |
The national Republican Party recorded its best fund-raising month so far this year in March, taking in more than $9.5 million as GOP donors began turning to broader giving after the hotly contested presidential primaries.
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| Bush Headlining Party's Dinner |
| 3/30/2000 11:37 PM |
George W. Bush, the likely Republican presidential nominee, has agreed to speak at the New York Conservative Party's annual dinner, its chairman said Thursday. Michael Long also said the Texas governor's decision to speak at the May 17 event in New York was "a clear signal" that his campaign isn't writing off the heavily Democratic state.
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| McCain Giving Some Delegates to Bush |
| 3/30/2000 11:36 PM |
John McCain is giving former GOP presidential primary rival George W. Bush six of the Michigan delegates he won and has similar deals or is close to agreement in several New England states the Arizona senator won before suspending his campaign.
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| Fund-Raising in New York Sets Record Pace |
| 3/30/2000 11:35 PM |
"Dear Republican friend," a New Yorker writes. "Does Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sound good to you?"
Apparently not. A blizzard of letters like that helped New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani raise $7 million for his Senate race in the first quarter of this year, while the first lady pulled in $4 million.
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| Bush, Education Secretary Trade Barbs |
| 3/29/2000 8:28 PM |
George W. Bush and Education Secretary Richard Riley traded charges over education Wednesday, with Bush accusing the department of spending taxpayer dollars to campaign against him and Riley saying Bush had manipulated his words for political gain.
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| Gop Rivals Ready Final Battle Plans For Gettysburg's Seat |
| 3/29/2000 8:26 PM |
With just a week to go before the primary in Pennsylvania's 19th Congressional District, the outcome in the all-important Republican contest appears too close to call. The district -- a mainly rural south-central Pennsylvania area that includes the city of York and the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg -- has a strong Republican bent.
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| GOP May Add To Its Majority, Hastert Says |
| 3/29/2000 8:25 PM |
Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) delivered an upbeat assessment yesterday of the Republicans' chances of retaining control of the House, contending that a modest but workmanlike approach to legislating has revived the GOP's image and could help the party expand its House majority in the fall.
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| Record Number of Candidates File; Term Limit Challenge Afoot |
| 3/29/2000 8:24 PM |
Incumbents freed from surprise challenges sighed with relief, while hopefuls stepped up at the last minute, setting a record for candidates seeking Missouri offices. When filing closed at 5 p.m. Tuesday, 608 candidates had jumped into the Aug. 8 primaries. Seven have already withdrawn, but the remaining 601 candidates still set a record, said Secretary of State Bekki Cook.
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| Missouri Senate Defeats Measure to Shrink Missouri House |
| 3/29/2000 8:22 PM |
By a narrow margin, the Senate resisted the temptation to shrink the Missouri House and increase its own ranks. A constitutional amendment sponsored by Sen. Ed Quick, D-Liberty, would have asked voters to drop the number of House members from 163 to 105 while increasing the size of the 34-member Senate by one. It was defeated 17-12 Tuesday.
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| Giuliani Raises $100,000 |
| 3/28/2000 10:22 PM |
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani raked in more than $100,000 for his U.S. Senate bid at a Capitol Hill fund-raiser Tuesday night. Sen. John McCain put in a brief appearance and nearly stole the limelight from the mayor. The former GOP presidential candidate said he expects to campaign with Giuliani in New York next week.
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| Bush Reaches Out to McCain |
| 3/28/2000 10:22 PM |
George W. Bush reached out to vanquished presidential rival John McCain on Tuesday, declaring "the past is the past" and it's time for them to meet. Another former rival, Steve Forbes, endorsed Bush as the Republicans moved toward reconciliation after a bruising primary season. Bush telephoned McCain from his car in Virginia, where he laid out a $5 billion plan to address illiteracy among young school students, declaring the problem a "national emergency."
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| Steve Forbes To Endorse Bush |
| 3/28/2000 2:28 PM |
George W. Bush is gaining the endorsement of former rival Steve Forbes in the latest move toward reconciliation within the Republican Party after a bruising primary contest. Forbes, the millionaire magazine publisher, planned to announce his support tonight at an appearance with Bush in Manville, N.J., said Bush aides, commenting only on condition of anonymity. New Jersey is Forbes' home state.
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| California Republicans Attack Gore |
| 3/28/2000 2:27 PM |
A group led by some prominent California Republicans has a new ad campaign against Al Gore and hopes to raise millions of dollars more to keep up the attack. The first ads began airing Monday across California, and in New York and Washington, accusing the vice president of hypocrisy on campaign finance reform and other issues.
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| Will Hillary Make Presidential Bid? |
| 3/28/2000 2:25 PM |
President Hillary Rodham Clinton? The very notion is helping New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, his allies and conservative groups raise money in their effort to keep her out of the U.S. Senate. It's even helping to sell books for former Ronald Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan.
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| Bush To Outline Education Proposals |
| 3/27/2000 10:58 PM |
New plans for reading and teacher recruitment and retention are part of an expanded education focus for George W. Bush this week, aides to the presumed Republican presidential nominee said Monday.
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| GOP May Add $4 Billion for Defense Spending |
| 3/27/2000 10:58 PM |
House Republican leaders have opened the door to tacking $4 billion for additional Pentagon spending to a $9 billion bill to finance U.S. efforts in Colombia and Kosovo, House aides said Monday.
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| Bush's Money Men Scramble to Refill Coffers |
| 3/27/2000 10:57 PM |
John Collins has been rereading his old diaries %u2013 in quest of money, not memories. Collins, 52, has been thumbing through the big black day planners that American Express sends him every year, looking for names with a star beside them. Those are people Collins has met in the course of business who are potential political donors.
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| George W. Bush Gets Advice From Dad |
| 3/26/2000 9:19 PM |
Former President Bush says he gives his son George W. plenty of advice -- but not about politics. "I don't do politics anymore," the elder Bush told a group of innkeepers Saturday. "I don't go to Washington. I don't do press conferences. ... I had my shot. In our family the baton is passed to two sons who are giving it their very best in the political arena. My political days are over."
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| Term Limits Are Giving Lawsmakers a Chance to Shrink Missouri's House |
| 3/26/2000 9:12 PM |
With term limits promising turnover, some representatives say now is the time to downsize the chamber. A measure aimed at making government more efficient would reduce the number of representatives to 105 from 163. The change could save the state $4 million a year.
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| Everyone Has Angle in VP Search |
| 3/26/2000 9:07 PM |
Though Americans elect their president and vice president as a team, polls consistently show the No. 2 has little or no effect on the voters' choice. In local areas, there are bouquets of boosterism. The Columbus Dispatch is sure it senses VP credentials in Ohio Sen. George V. Voinovich. The Knoxville News-Sentinel is just as high on Sen. Fred Thompson. The stories out of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia talk up Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge; in Oklahoma, Gov. Frank Keating seems an obvious choice.
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| McCain Michigan Delegates Up for Grabs |
| 3/23/2000 11:03 PM |
As Michigan Republicans begin meeting to choose delegates for the Republican National Convention, some backers of John McCain worry that George W. Bush's supporters will get the seats that should go to them.
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| House Gets 1st Catholic Chaplain |
| 3/23/2000 11:02 PM |
Speaker J. Dennis Hastert named a Roman Catholic priest from Chicago as the new House chaplain yesterday in a bid to end a controversy that has bitterly divided Republicans and Democrats and helped propel religion into the forefront of political campaigns this year. "I am a patient man," he said to the hushed chamber. "But even I do not easily take in stride carelessly tossed accusations of bigotry."
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| White House Is Probed On E-Mails |
| 3/23/2000 11:00 PM |
The Justice Department has launched a criminal inquiry into the White House's mishandling of e-mail correspondence that may have been relevant to congressional and independent counsel subpoenas on matters ranging from campaign fund-raising to the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal, according to court papers.
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| McCain Says Depth of His Support Is Up to Bush |
| 3/23/2000 10:59 PM |
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said yesterday that he hopes to meet with Texas Gov. George W. Bush "sooner rather than later" to try to reach a consensus on some of their differences that could determine how strongly he supports the presumptive Republican presidential nominee in the general election campaign.
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| GOP Raps 'Air Hillary' Costs |
| 3/23/2000 10:58 PM |
House Republicans said yesterday that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's trips to New York on military aircraft last year for her Senate campaign cost more than $182,000 -- with taxpayers footing 80 percent of the bills.
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| McCain to Campaign for House Republicans this Fall |
| 3/22/2000 11:01 PM |
Arizona Sen. John McCain, who made campaign finance reform the signature issue of his failed GOP presidential bid, said Wednesday he will stump this fall for House Republicans even if they voted against campaign reform efforts.
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| McCain Shows GOP Loyalty on Hill |
| 3/22/2000 10:39 PM |
Juggling party loyalty with political independence, Sen. John McCain promised House Republicans on Wednesday he will campaign vigorously for them, then prodded former GOP rival George W. Bush to support federal regulation of tobacco.
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| New York's Forbes May Have Difficulty |
| 3/22/2000 10:39 PM |
Three-term New York Rep. Michael Forbes shocked fellow lawmakers on both sides of the aisle last summer when he switched his partisan affiliation from Republican to Democrat.
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| Noriega Poses Threat to Bush, Board Told |
| 3/22/2000 10:36 PM |
A parole examiner was told former president George Bush would be in fear for his life if imprisoned former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega were released from federal prison, Noriega's lawyer said after a hearing today. Bush does not feel the Secret Service could adequately protect him from Noriega, who is seeking parole for the first time on a 30-year drug sentence, defense attorney Frank Rubino said after the hearing.
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| Bush Vows to Keep Pressure on Gore |
| 3/22/2000 10:35 PM |
Texas Gov. George W. Bush launched a sharp attack against Vice President Gore today, calling him "an obstacle to reform" who is too partisan and untrustworthy to fix Social Security or enact campaign finance reform.
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| Bush, Gore Watch Illinois Primary With Interest |
| 3/21/2000 7:01 PM |
Although Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush clinched their respective party nominations last week, both presidential candidates will be watching Tuesday's Illinois primary for an indication of how the crucial battleground state will swing in the general election.
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| Colin Powell Doesn't Rule Out Cabinet Post |
| 3/21/2000 7:00 PM |
Retired Gen. Colin Powell said Tuesday he would consider an offer to take a cabinet position under the next president but again ruled out running for vice president. In a broadcast to the Reserve Officers Association from the studios of Reuters Television, Powell, 62, said he had faced the issue of whether to seek elective office in 1995 after his best-selling autobiography was published.
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| Bush Says Education Stagnant in Clinton-GoreYears |
| 3/20/2000 8:20 PM |
Taking direct aim at Al Gore, George W. Bush is kicking off the general election ad wars with sharp criticism of the Clinton administration's education record in a TV spot in a handful of battleground states. Just days after wrapping up the GOP nomination, Bush is wasting no time in going after Gore over the air, charging that under his watch reading scores have stagnated and U.S. students have continued to rank near the bottom in math tests.
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| McCain Returns to Senate With New Political Clout |
| 3/20/2000 8:19 PM |
Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain returned Monday to the Senate, bringing with him newfound political clout. "It's nice to be back at work and I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends in the Senate," the Arizona senator said Monday morning, adding with a smile, "Republicans and Democrats, libertarians and vegetarians," a reference to a phrase he used on the stump to appeal to voters across the political spectrum.
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| Bush Spends Record Amount to Defeat McCain |
| 3/20/2000 8:16 PM |
February may be the shortest of months, but it proved to be the costliest for Texas Gov. George W. Bush as he sought to quell Sen. John McCain's GOP insurgency and seal up Republican presidential nomination, according to financial reports filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission by the Bush campaign.
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| No Love Lost for Hastert, Gephardt |
| 3/20/2000 8:06 PM |
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) planned to hold a first-ever joint news conference recently, but Hastert was called away at the last minute to tend to a minimum wage fight and Gephardt skipped the event. Aides say it's just as well.
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| Elizabeth Dole For Vice President Petition Launched |
| 3/20/2000 8:03 PM |
Despite her opposition, supporters of Elizabeth Dole launched a petition drive Monday to make her the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate. "We strongly believe that a Bush-Dole ticket is the best chance for a Republican victory in 2000," said Pam Coy, spokeswoman for "The National Petition Drive for Elizabeth Dole for Vice President."
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| Bush Campaign Heavy on Symbolism |
| 3/19/2000 8:10 PM |
When George W. Bush clinched the Republican presidential nomination, he was introduced at his victory rally by the Democratic mayor of El Paso, Texas, a Hispanic. The unmistakable message: the Texas governor boasts an inclusive brand of politics.
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| McCain To Return to the Senate |
| 3/19/2000 8:07 PM |
Nevermind that John McCain often joked with his campaign audiences -- pride, not in sorrow -- about never winning a Miss Congeniality award in the Senate. Public displays of graciousness will mark his return to the Capitol this week, a more formidable political force than when he left it. It's the Senate's way, even though he ran a reform-based presidential campaign that rocked the Republican establishment and used fellow lawmakers as foils.
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| Former President Ford Says GOP Must Make Peace |
| 3/19/2000 8:06 PM |
Former President Ford has some advice for the Republican Party: Make peace, abandon the far right %u2013 or lose. And Ford, a party elder statesman at 86, speculated that Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who conceded to Texas Gov. George W. Bush after a bitter campaign for the GOP's presidential nomination, would be Bush's running mate if the Texan asked properly.
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| Nixon Appeals Ruling Lifting Individual Donation Limits |
| 3/16/2000 12:54 PM |
Late Tuesday, a U.S. District Court judge in St. Louis sided with the Missouri Republican Party in ruling that the state's political parties can donate unlimited sums to favored candidates.
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| McCain's Advisers Prepare PAC |
| 3/16/2000 12:50 PM |
John McCain's advisers expressed disappointment today with Texas Gov. George Bush, who said in an interview he has no intention of making concessions to his formal presidential rival. Bush's remarks make an alliance between the two less likely, the senator's advisers said.
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| McCain Team: Bush Deal Less Likely |
| 3/16/2000 12:49 PM |
John McCain's advisers expressed disappointment today with Texas Gov. George Bush, who said in an interview he has no intention of making concessions to his former presidential rival. Bush's remarks make an alliance between the two less likely, the senator's advisers said.
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| Bush Appointees Win GOP Primaries |
| 3/15/2000 11:53 PM |
Two minority appointees of Gov. George W. Bush won Republican primaries, assuring them of taking office in November and bolstering Bush's effort to broaden his party's appeal. Texas Railroad Commission chairman Michael Williams would be the first black elected in a statewide, non-judicial race in Texas. State Supreme Court Justice Al Gonzales was Bush's general counsel and secretary of state before Bush appointed him to a Supreme Court vacancy last year.
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| Bush Releases Overnight Guests List |
| 3/15/2000 11:51 PM |
Trying to allay a growing controversy, George W. Bush's campaign on Wednesday released a list of all of his overnight guests at the Governor's Mansion in Texas.
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| Bush Allies Lay Claim to PAC |
| 3/15/2000 11:50 PM |
Campaign America, the Republican leadership political action committee (PAC) that has been associated with former GOP presidential candidates Bob Dole and Dan Quayle, has a new home: Austin, Texas. The PAC, which since the 1996 campaign has been located in Quayle's home base of Arizona, recently changed its address to the Lone Star State and listed its treasurer as Wesley T. Foster. The same Foster is listed in Federal Election Commission (FEC) records as being a staffer in the presidential campaign of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the now-certain GOP nominee.
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| Bush Winning McCain's Backers |
| 3/14/2000 9:58 PM |
George W. Bush holds a slight advantage among likely voters in the presidential race against Al Gore and is drawing more of the John McCain supporters that both he and Gore are aggressively trying to attract, according to a poll released Tuesday.
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| Bush's Support More Intense |
| 3/14/2000 9:57 PM |
George W. Bush got more intense support from Southern voters who turned out in Tuesday's GOP primaries than Al Gore got on the Democratic side, and Bush appears to face less of a threat of crossover Southern voters in November, according to exit polls.
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| Bush, Gore Clinch Nominations |
| 3/14/2000 9:54 PM |
Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush clinched their presidential nominations in a series of Southern contests Tuesday night, securing the delegates they needed to ensure a November matchup that quickly turned contentious.
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| Bush Embracing Capitol Hill GOP |
| 3/13/2000 10:30 PM |
George W. Bush, embracing Capitol Hill Republicans after months of keeping his distance, told them Monday: "Be patient, help is on the way." Al Gore wanted to talk campaign tactics, pressing Bush to ditch TV ads "selling candidates the way dog food and soap suds are sold."
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| Governor Huckabee Questions Clinton's Run |
| 3/13/2000 10:29 PM |
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee predicted Monday that Hillary Rodham Clinton will have a hard time winning her campaign for a Senate seat from New York.
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| GOP Proposes Drug Benefit |
| 3/13/2000 10:28 PM |
House Republicans announced yesterday they had decided to devote $40 billion over the next five years to help low-income seniors pay for prescription drugs, as President Clinton and congressional Democrats pressed for a wider drug benefit for the elderly.
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| GOP Fence-Mending Is Proving Elusive |
| 3/13/2000 10:25 PM |
Repairing the damaged relationship between George W. Bush and John McCain, and putting the divided GOP back together, is proving to be no easy task. The Bush campaign is eager to repair the breach without looking desperate for McCain's endorsement. A number of high-profile Bush emissaries are carrying olive branches to the Arizona senator.
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| Heartland May Be Key in Presidential Race |
| 3/13/2000 10:19 PM |
The first look at the electoral college map for 2000 has led strategists in both parties to the same conclusion: It shapes up as a close battle that likely will be decided in the nation's industrial heartland.
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| Bush, Gore Heat Campaign Charges |
| 3/12/2000 6:23 PM |
George W. Bush ate his way through a strawberry festival on Sunday while Al Gore preached against racism, but the placid settings did not deter a biting exchange between the two presidential contenders.
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| New Jersey Governor: GOP Must Court Moderates |
| 3/12/2000 6:23 PM |
New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman said Sunday that the GOP must convince voters that the extreme right wing of the party does not represent the whole. "The reality for us is we have to convince enough of the American people, especially those who are in the center, that our party shares their concerns and shares their ideas," she said at a meeting of the Washington-based based Republican Leadership Council. "There is no time to waste."
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| Dole: McCain Gained Power in Senate |
| 3/12/2000 6:22 PM |
He pummeled fellow Republicans, but John McCain has acquired a potent national following and will return to the Senate more powerful than when he left to challenge George W. Bush for the party's presidential nomination, one congressional veteran said Sunday.
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| Bush Turns Attention to Gore |
| 3/9/2000 2:37 PM |
George W. Bush thanked his vanquished GOP rival John McCain today and immediately turned his fire on Al Gore, accusing the vice president of inconsistencies in his approach to campaign finance reform. The Texas governor, now all but sure to be the Republican presidential nominee, criticized Democrat Gore for talking about eliminating regulated "soft money" in election campaigns while at the same time there are reports that Gore will headline party efforts to raise millions in soft money that will help his presidential campaign.
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| McCain Suspends Presidential Run |
| 3/9/2000 1:35 PM |
John McCain suspended his insurgent presidential campaign today, conceding the Republican presidential nomination to George W. Bush but vowing to remain "a force for change." After absorbing a Super Tuesday drubbing by Bush, the Arizona senator said GOP voters had spoken, "and I respect their decision. I am no longer an active candidate for my party's nomination for president."
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| Missouri Politicians Have Differing Views on Whether State Primary is a Good Idea |
| 3/8/2000 2:26 PM |
Missouri should stick with a presidential primary in 2004 instead of returning to its traditional caucus-only system, say two elected state officials - one a Republican and the other a Democrat. "Having a primary and having it early is the only way to go," Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., said after Tuesday's presidential preference vote, which was the first since 1988 and the second in the state's history.
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| McCain Will Take Time 'To Reflect' |
| 3/8/2000 2:25 PM |
March 7 –– John McCain congratulated Texas Gov. George W. Bush tonight for his victories in their Super Tuesday primary showdown and said that he will "take a little time to reflect on the direction of our campaign."
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| Bush Faithful Happy With Victories |
| 3/8/2000 2:23 PM |
As news of George W. Bush's sweeping primary victories rolled in Tuesday night, several hundred Bush supporters at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Austin celebrated a day they always expected would come if perhaps a little earlier.
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| Bush Showed Grit in Turning Back McCain Challenge |
| 3/8/2000 2:22 PM |
Governor George W. Bush ran his sole serious rival, Arizona Senator John McCain, off the road to the Republican presidential nomination in key electoral contests Tuesday. "Tonight, we have good news from sea to shining sea," Bush said, flush with news of his Super Tuesday primary victories stretching from Maine to Georgia to California.
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| Bush Outpaces McCain in Primaries |
| 3/8/2000 3:16 AM |
George W. Bush's Super Tuesday blowout sent Sen. John McCain to his Arizona retreat to contemplate the future of his presidential campaign, and launched the Texas governor into a general election attack on Vice President Al Gore. A senior McCain aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he expects McCain to depart the GOP contest but cautioned that no firm decision had been made.
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| Gore, Bush Matchup Shaping Up |
| 3/7/2000 10:05 PM |
Eight months to the day from the ticket-shaping verdicts of Super Tuesday, Americans will elect a new president, choosing between Democrat Al Gore and, almost surely, Republican George W. Bush to settle what will be the longest and costliest head-to-head White House campaign ever waged. That, barring some incredible change, is the prospect, with the vice president piling on victories in 10 primaries over Democratic challenger Bill Bradley and the Texas governor capturing states Sen. John McCain couldn't afford to lose.
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| Bush, Gore Campaign on Both Coasts |
| 3/6/2000 11:05 PM |
Hoping for a Super Tuesday worthy of the name, George W. Bush and Al Gore campaigned on opposite coasts Monday in parallel pursuit of the victories needed to settle their parties' nominating struggles.
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| Virginia Representative Won't Seek Term |
| 3/6/2000 11:04 PM |
Rep. Thomas Bliley, an ally of Virginia's tobacco industry and chairman of the powerful committee that handles tobacco legislation, won't seek re-election this year, sources said Monday. The 68-year-old Republican plans to announce Wednesday that he will not seek an eleventh term, according to two sources within the GOP who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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| McCain Files Complaint Over Bush Ad |
| 3/6/2000 11:02 PM |
Sen. John McCain on Monday filed a complaint with federal election officials arguing that $2 million worth of ads by supporters of George W. Bush represent an illegal contribution to the Texas governor's presidential campaign.
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| Bush Planning More Campaign Fund-raisers |
| 3/6/2000 11:01 PM |
George W. Bush or his surrogates will return to the fund-raising circuit this month to replinish coffers drained by heavy spending, his finance chairman said Sunday. Don Evans said the plan all along had been to raise more money, but acknowledged it was made more necessary because of the unexpectedly strong challenge mounted by Sen. John McCain.
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| Super Tuesday Sweeps by Bush, Gore Could Settle Party Contests |
| 3/6/2000 11:00 PM |
As voters in multiple states prepare to head to the polls, presidential hopefuls Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore are poised to sweep the spate of Super Tuesday contests -- where more than half of the delegates needed to win the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are up for grabs.
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| Mrs. Dole Voices Support for Bush |
| 3/5/2000 10:11 PM |
With the critical "Super Tuesday" primaries looming this week, Elizabeth Dole is helping George W. Bush put the heat on Republican presidential rival John McCain. Dole spoke Saturday night on behalf of Bush at the Callaway County Lincoln Day dinner in the multipurpose building at St. Peter's Catholic Church. After sweeping through a crowd of nearly 400, Dole took the stage and voiced her support for the Texas governor.
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| Presidential Primary Missouri's First in 12 Years |
| 3/5/2000 10:07 PM |
Who are David Lynn Hollist, John Hagelin and Lawrence L. Hornung, and what do they have in common? They're all presidential candidates, and Missourians will have the uncommon opportunity Tuesday to vote for them -- or not.
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| Ballots, Candidates in Order of Appearance |
| 3/5/2000 10:04 PM |
Voters on Tuesday will be asked to pick one of five party ballots, then vote for one candidate on the ballot. Some ballots contain candidates who have ended their campaigns, but missed the deadline for withdrawing from Missouri's ballot. "Uncommitted" also is a choice on each ballot.
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| Bradley, McCain Battling Long Odds Missouri Primary Approaches |
| 3/5/2000 10:00 PM |
Polls in this Midwestern bellwether suggest that especially among people most likely to vote Tuesday -- the core of activists in the respective parties -- Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush reflect the sheen of probable victors.
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| Super Tuesday May End Races |
| 3/5/2000 9:54 PM |
Vice President Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush have taken command of the "Super Tuesday" lineup of 16 presidential primaries and caucuses and could win enough delegates virtually to shut down the nomination race in both parties, an analysis by The Washington Post shows.
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| Laura Bush: 'The Calm in George W.'s Storm' |
| 3/3/2000 5:20 PM |
Laura Bush's closets and sock drawers are as orderly as the Dewey Decimal System. She wipes her kitchen counters reflexively, goes by a typed schedule, mentally files new faces and names with quiet efficiency. Yet a whirlwind romance changed her life. Just three months after meeting George W. Bush, she quit her school library job in midyear to marry the eldest son of a political family as he was beginning a run for Congress.
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| Bush, McCain Bring Raucous GOP Fight to New York |
| 3/3/2000 5:18 PM |
Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain took their raucous GOP presidential nomination fight to New York on Friday, where polls show they are in an increasingly tight race just days before the state's crucial Super Tuesday primary.
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| Mildred 'Millie' Limbaugh Dies |
| 3/3/2000 3:04 PM |
Mildred 'Millie' Limbaugh, the mother of talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, died Thursday at her home. She was 74. Limbaugh was the matriarch of the prominent Cape Girardeau Limbaugh family. She was the wife of attorney Rush H. Limbaugh Jr., who died in 1990. She is survived by two sons, Rush Limbaugh III and David Scott Limbaugh.
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| McCain, Bush Debate Politely |
| 3/2/2000 10:51 PM |
In their 10th and final debate before next week's Super Tuesday primaries, the two leading rivals for the Republican nomination differed politely over which man could better lead the GOP to the White House this fall. Bush said he could attract the independents and Democrats whose votes have been going to McCain in the early primaries. And McCain said "Christian conservatives all over America" will support him despite his sharp and continuing criticism of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.
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| Poll: Giuliani Leads Clinton |
| 3/2/2000 5:41 PM |
Rudolph Giuliani, riding support from white women and Jewish voters, has taken the lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton in their Senate race, a statewide poll reported Thursday.
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| McCain Protests Bush Ads |
| 3/2/2000 4:53 PM |
Protesting ads suggesting he opposes breast cancer research, John McCain said the negative tenor of the Republican presidential race could hurt the party. He called on rival George W. Bush to "get out of the gutter." Bush said, "It sounds like Senator McCain is becoming increasingly angry as the campaign goes on."
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| Californians Could Know New York Outcome Before Polls Close |
| 3/2/2000 4:52 PM |
Because of the time difference, Californians may see balloons falling and supporters cheering the victory of one or another of the presidential candidates in New York next week before primary polls close in the Golden State.
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| Bush Ads Hit McCain on Breast Cancer Programs |
| 3/2/2000 4:50 PM |
Fresh off a three-state sweep on Tuesday, George W. Bush looked today toward a Super Tuesday victory next week that could effectively end John McCain's presidential hopes, while a disappointed McCain tried to fend off controversies over his attack on religious conservative leaders. With 613 delegates at stake on Tuesday, Bush and McCain campaigned on opposite sides of the country and prepared for a Thursday night debate in Los Angeles.
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| McCain Tries to Erase His 'Evil' Accusation |
| 3/2/2000 4:49 PM |
Arizona Sen. John McCain loves to compare himself to Luke Skywalker at the end of "Star Wars," piloting his spaceship from the clutches of the Death Star. He usually leaves unsaid what happens next: An enormous explosion.
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| Bush's Past Roles Offer Clues to How He Might Lead Country |
| 3/2/2000 4:48 PM |
Gov. George W. Bush had ample reason to crow in the fall of 1995, as the first state laws carrying his signature began to take effect. Welfare reform. A crackdown on juvenile offenders. Curbs on frivolous lawsuits. An education overhaul. "Four for Four," a Texas Monthly headline proclaimed that June. Buoyed, the new Republican governor said he'd like to use his "political capital" to tackle a tougher issue: tax reform. "I don't have enough to do it on my own," Bush cautioned. "It's not a one-man job."
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| Timing Takes Attention Away From Missouri Primary |
| 3/2/2000 4:46 PM |
Super Tuesday isn't looking quite so super in Missouri. With California, New York and Ohio primaries taking place on the same day as Missouri's March 7 voting -- and with big-prize Texas and Florida to follow a week later -- presidential candidates and their advertising dollars are rarely seen in the Show Me State.
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| NY Bush Supporters Attack McCain |
| 3/1/2000 11:58 PM |
Hoping to blunt growing momentum for presidential candidate John McCain in New York, top state Republicans accused him Wednesday of being against the state. Gov. George Pataki, who heads George W. Bush's rival campaign in New York, said the GOP primary there next Tuesday will be a "difficult fight."
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| Candidates Look for Laughs, Votes |
| 3/1/2000 11:54 PM |
If politics as usual is too bitter to swallow, how about sugarcoating it with levity? One place the presidential campaign goes down easy is on late-night TV. Republican candidates George W. Bush and John McCain, with appearances on Letterman and Leno respectively Wednesday, were the latest to yuk it up on late night.
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| Bauer Urges McCain To Retract |
| 3/1/2000 11:53 PM |
After first standing by him, conservative activist Gary Bauer urged John McCain on Wednesday to retract and apologize for bitingly critical statements about religious leaders Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. "I am not backing away from the speech," McCain said.
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| House Lifts Earnings Cap for Retirees |
| 3/1/2000 11:42 PM |
In a rare display of unanimity, the House voted yesterday to knock down a pillar of the nation's retirement system by allowing Americans who reach 65 to keep working, no matter how much money they earn, without sacrificing the size of their Social Security checks.
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| Bush Hopes to End McCain's Bid on March 7 |
| 3/1/2000 11:41 PM |
Fresh off a three-state sweep on Tuesday, George W. Bush looked today toward a Super Tuesday victory next week that could effectively end John McCain's presidential hopes, while a disappointed McCain tried to fend off controversies over his attack on religious conservative leaders. With 613 delegates at stake on Tuesday, Bush and McCain campaigned on opposite sides of the country and prepared for a Thursday night debate in Los Angeles.
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| Coast-to-Coast Wins Boost Bush |
| 3/1/2000 9:28 AM |
The coast-to-coast victories tonight by Texas Gov. George W. Bush restore him to the favorite's role in the Republican presidential race and confront rival John McCain with what could be a final test next week of his ability to resurrect his dramatic but daunting bid to upset the establishment favorite.
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