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| With Friends in Higher Places, GOP Lobbyists Arrive in Maryland |
| 3/31/2003 3:07 PM |
Chasing a powerful committee chairman up the State House steps, Lee Cowen is one of dozens of lobbyists hoping to impart a few persuasive words before the Maryland General Assembly convenes. But in the world of Annapolis politics, Cowen is a rare breed indeed: He is a proud member of the Republican Party. Until this year, that's a designation most lobbyists might have kept a closely held secret. But on the heels of Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s ascension to power as Maryland's first GOP governor in almost four decades, the label is now a lucrative symbol of the most valuable commodity a lobbyist can offer: access.
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| GOP Stands by Frist Amid Senate Setbacks |
| 3/31/2003 2:52 PM |
Despite setbacks on President Bush's tax cuts and a high-profile judicial nominee, Republicans voice strong support for Majority Leader Bill Frist's first months in control of the sharply divided Senate. In recent weeks, Senate Republicans have lost half of Mr. Bush's tax cuts, failed to allow for oil drilling in Alaska and haven't been able to overcome a filibuster against Miguel Estrada, the president's nominee to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Despite these setbacks, the Tennessee Republican continues to retain the support of leading members of his party. "Our leader is Bill Frist and we respect him and we listen to him," said Sen. Richard C. Shelby, Alabama Republican.
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| Gunshot Incident Bonds Senate Leader, 101st Leader |
| 3/30/2003 9:11 PM |
When Maj. Gen. David Petraeus first met Sen. Bill Frist they were in an operating room. One man was a patient felled by a M-16 gunshot wound to the chest; the other the surgeon who would save him. The life-threatening episode in 1991 helped forge a friendship that today stretches across the globe, where Petraeus commands the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq and Frist leads the Senate as Republican majority leader. The two talked as recently as last Wednesday, the start of the Iraq war.
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| Fleischer on Front Lines in Wartime |
| 3/30/2003 9:04 PM |
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer has been seeking expert advice on how to brief reporters on developments in the Iraq war. "Ari asked me to come and see him about a week and a half ago," said Marlin Fitzwater, who had Fleischer's job during the 1991 Gulf War. "He had reviewed all my transcripts, and we went over everything that happened each day of Desert Storm. He's shown ... great patience and stability. That's very important when there's a war going on." Fitzwater added, "The hard part is making sure that whatever you say reflects the current policy."
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| Lott Maintains Clout Despite Losing Post |
| 3/30/2003 9:01 PM |
Four months after he was forced to relinquish his Senate leadership post, Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is recasting himself and trying to reemerge as an inside player in the GOP Conference. Despite his diminished role, the former majority leader continues to consult with key White House staff on floor strategy, provides frequent counsel to GOP leaders, and has even resumed his unguarded and offbeat interactions with the press. "He still has a lot of clout," said Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the new majority whip, a longtime ally. "Having been a leader, he enjoys the respect of the vast majority of the conference. He's a major player. He may not have the title anymore, but he's a major player." Added Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), "He will be a force to be reckoned with."
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| Bush Returns to D.C. by Car Due to Snow |
| 3/30/2003 8:54 PM |
A storm that dumped several inches of snow Sunday forced President Bush to make the trip from Camp David to the White House in a motorcade rather than by helicopter. Bush usually returns from weekends at the presidential retreat in Maryland with a 20-minute flight aboard Marine One. But rain and snow grounded the helicopter and added an hour to the trip. He rode through winding mountain roads and freeways in a sport-utility vehicle; a dozen or so other vehicles trailed, most of them vans without four-wheel drive.
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| GOP Hispanics Form Congressional Group |
| 3/18/2003 10:06 PM |
Republican Hispanic and Portuguese House members have formed their own congressional group to support President Bush's policies and counter the Democrats' Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The five lawmakers say their group, the Congressional Hispanic Conference, will "promote principles of real importance to Hispanic and Portuguese communities." They were to introduce the group at a news conference Wednesday. By forming the group the Republican members are officially snubbing the existing Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which formed in 1976 as a bipartisan organization but only has Democratic membership. There are 24 Hispanics in Congress; 20 are Democrats.
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| Coors, Conservative Causes Financier, Dies |
| 3/18/2003 2:48 PM |
Joseph Coors, the Colorado brewer and hero of the conservative movement who used his money and influence to support President Reagan and start the Heritage Foundation, died Saturday in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a battle with cancer. He was 85. Mr. Coors, whose grandfather founded the Colorado-based Adolph Coors Co. in 1873, was a successful businessman who became a linchpin in the conservative movement. Admirers called him a "visionary." He was a friend of Mr. Reagan's and helped finance his political career, serving on the "kitchen Cabinet" of advisers who backed Mr. Reagan from his California governorship to the White House.
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| Susan Sarandon's 'Rabid' Republican Mom |
| 3/18/2003 2:46 PM |
Guests at Mark and Ali Russell's annual St. Patrick's Day house party were charmed Sunday by 79-year-old Lenora Tomalin, a feisty supporter of President Bush and his take-no-prisoners stance toward Iraq's Saddam Hussein. But they were shocked when Tomalin identified herself -- to the likes of Tim Russert and Maureen Orth, Chris and Kathleen Matthews, and Joe diGenovan and Victoria Toensing -- as the mother of Susan Sarandon. That Susan Sarandon -- who has been leading the charge of the Hollywood left against Bush and the pending military action (claiming it will simply further American imperial designs and appropriate Iraqi oil) and who shares three of Tomalin's 19 grandchildren with actor Tim Robbins. "I am a conservative. I voted for George W. Bush and I simply agree with most everything he has said," Tomalin told us yesterday from the Northern Virginia home of keyboardist John Carroll, her son-in-law, and daughter Meredith Carroll, one of Sarandon's eight siblings. "It's not that I'm pro-war. It's just that I think that I trust my government more than I would empathize with the government of Iraq."
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| Cornering the Political Market in Florida, Rove-Style |
| 3/11/2003 9:27 AM |
President Bush's political architect, Karl Rove, is trying to talk Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel R. Martinez into running for the Senate against veteran Democratic Sen. Bob Graham of Florida. Word is that Rove has been urging Martinez to run, and the two men are due to sit down to discuss the matter on Wednesday. Yesterday, when a reporter asked Martinez about the matter, he congratulated her on her sources and said "good scoop." As for a Senate run, Martinez said: "I'm thinking about it but not inclined." The White House is eager to have a strong Senate candidate on the ticket with Bush in 2004 in Florida, which gave new meaning to the term "swing state" in the 2000 election. And Martinez, who has served as an envoy for Bush to the Hispanic community and is close to Florida's Cuban American voters, could be a strong candidate. Martinez also is rumored as a Florida gubernatorial candidate in 2006 to succeed Jeb Bush. The Cuban-born Martinez was the elected chief executive of Orange County, Fla.
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| Bush Stays Out of Start of '04 Presidential Race |
| 3/10/2003 10:30 AM |
The White House has clamped a lid on President Bush's re-election campaign efforts until after the Iraq crisis is solved, a strategy that will place the president above the political fray in the early months of the 2004 presidential-election cycle and leave Democrats with only one another to debate. Although the national election is 20 months away, a field of nine Democrats has less than 10 months before the presidential caucuses and primaries officially begin. But the Democrats' early campaign start could be a disadvantage as war looms in Iraq, said Republican strategist Frank Luntz. "Nobody wants to talk about electoral politics right now," Mr. Luntz said. "The country's just not interested, and that actually makes it tougher for the Democrats. They have no choice but to talk about it. Their primaries are going to happen regardless of the war. They're forced to talk about politics, which is a disadvantage."
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| Mexican-Born Treasurer Becomes U.S. Icon |
| 3/10/2003 9:39 AM |
If money is power, Rosario Marin has a whole lot of it. It's not her own cash, actually, but the nation's. As treasurer of the United States, the Mexican-born Marin sits atop the money heap, overseeing the makers of America's greenbacks and its coins - the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Mint. Marin's is not a household name, but her autograph, along with that of the treasury secretary, is carried on billions of U.S. notes, tucked inside the wallets and pocketbooks of many Americans. The treasurer and the treasury secretary are the only two people who get to put their signatures on U.S. dollars.
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| White House's Roving Eye for Politics |
| 3/10/2003 9:37 AM |
Karl Rove, the most powerful adviser in the White House, serves as President Bush's eyes and ears. But who serves as Rove's eyes and ears while he toils in the bubble of the West Wing? Methodically and ambitiously, Rove has developed a web of contacts in Washington and across the country to give him the latest intelligence on politics and policy -- which he then synthesizes and forwards to the president in private meetings. From California to New Hampshire and from think tanks to Wall Street, Rove's network of 150 politicians, lobbyists, strategists, academics and executives -- the most influential among the many Rove speaks with, according to those familiar with his thinking -- have so far helped him to help Bush exceed expectations about his political power. In an administration that is highly centralized and highly secretive, Rove's network of informal advisers explains much about how the White House decides on politics and policy.
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| Ridge's Rise from Adviser to 'Mr. Secretary' |
| 3/2/2003 9:57 PM |
Last spring, Tom Ridge was so eager to start earning a private-sector salary after decades in government, and so frustrated by perceptions of his bureaucratic impotence as homeland security adviser to President Bush, that he came close to quitting and returning to Pennsylvania. This week, as nearly 180,000 employees join the new Department of Homeland Security that he has directed since Jan. 24, Ridge has become one of the four or five most powerful figures in the Bush administration, a man in charge of the president's most crucial domestic initiative. Bush has staked considerable credibility and some of his political fortune on his old friend's success in protecting Americans from terrorist attacks. The president has given Ridge enormous clout that is comparable to the sway commanded by the heads of the Justice, Defense and State departments, administration officials and government experts said.
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| Lott Says He's Adjusting to New Role |
| 3/2/2003 9:39 PM |
Sen. Trent Lott, the former Senate majority leader, says his work on the Intelligence Committee is helping him adjust to life outside the Republican Senate's leadership. "It's preferable to be majority leader, but life goes on, and you try to find a niche where you can make a contribution to the people who elected you and to your country," Lott said Sunday on CNN's "Late Edition."
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