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| Bush Camp Has Raised About $50M |
| 8/31/1999 12:28 PM |
Fund raising for Texas Gov. George W. Bush's presidential race is poised to top $50 million and continue its record-breaking pace, according to a published review of contributions and interviews with his campaign associates.
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| GOP candidates jump on Gore ties to Russia |
| 8/31/1999 12:25 PM |
One of Vice President Al Gore's main selling points as he seeks the presidency in 2000, -- his experience with international affairs -- may become a liability.
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| Keyes Wins Alabama Straw Poll |
| 8/28/1999 6:27 PM |
The few who came, prospered, in Alabama's first ever Republican straw poll. Talk show host Alan Keyes won the non-binding ballot with Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah finishing second and Texas Gov. George Bush, front-runner in the national race for the presidential nomination, third.
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| Despite Past, N.Y. GOP Unites for Giuliani |
| 8/28/1999 1:48 PM |
Rudolph W. Giuliani, mayor of New York City, is preaching on the work ethic and welfare, how he has saved hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers from Democrat-induced dependence on the dole. That's his rap; that's how he's raising money. New York today, he is saying, is Republicanism at its best.
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| Bush Backs Some Gun-Control Efforts |
| 8/27/1999 6:49 PM |
Texas Gov. George W. Bush, bringing his GOP presidential campaign to an area stung by episodes of wanton gun violence, today endorsed efforts in Congress to raise the legal age for gun ownership to 21 from 18. Bush also backed proposals in Congress to outlaw certain large ammunition clips and repeated his support for background checks on firearms sales at gun shows.
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| Bush appears unscathed by drug questions |
| 8/27/1999 10:48 AM |
The controversy over rumors of past drug use by Texas Gov. George W. Bush seems to have been like a summer storm: sudden, intense and quickly gone.
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| McCain Ends California Campaign Swing |
| 8/27/1999 10:43 AM |
GOP presidential candidate John McCain ended a 10-day California campaign swing Thursday by listening to social workers describe the burdens on new military enlistees whose low pay forces some to take second jobs, steal or sell belongings to support families.
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| GOP Candidates Decry Voucher Ruling |
| 8/27/1999 10:40 AM |
Far-flung court rulings on school vouchers and abortion are stirring anger in the Republican presidential campaign over what one candidate calls ``judicial activism run amok.''
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| Bush, Gore try bilingual approach |
| 8/26/1999 10:39 AM |
History shows that no president ever got to the White House by chattering to voters in a foreign language. Until now, maybe. The favorites for the Republican and Democratic nominations for president in 2000, Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Gore, are trying to woo Hispanic voters by speaking in Spanish.
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| Bush Pushes Free Trade |
| 8/25/1999 9:59 PM |
Texas Gov. George W. Bush pitched open trade Wednesday to a part of the country where many feel stung by it, declaring, ``We'll be prosperous if this nation does not retreat within its borders.''
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| Bush leads GOP candidates in California |
| 8/25/1999 9:50 PM |
Texas Gov. George W. Bush has built a commanding lead over his GOP rivals in California while running even in the state in a head-to-head presidential matchup with Al Gore, a new poll indicates. The poll, released Wednesday, suggests Bush would garner about half, 49%, of ballots cast by Republicans likely to vote in California's March 7 winner-take-all primary.
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| Bush gets boost on eve of Southern trip |
| 8/25/1999 9:46 PM |
GOP presidential contender George W. Bush claimed the endorsements of Georgia's top Republicans Tuesday on the eve of a three-day Southern swing.
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| Election 2000 briefs -- August 25, 1999 |
| 8/25/1999 9:44 PM |
Bush touts free trade in the South * RNC to run ad in Clintons' vacation area * McCain supports California campaign finance measure
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| McCain takes calculated risk by avoiding Iowa |
| 8/25/1999 12:14 AM |
John McCain avoided the Iowa straw poll, a contest he couldn't have done well in given his stance on ethanol subsidies, sacrificing the early publicity in return for saving some money early and getting a jump on his competitors by campaigning in other states with a bigger sway over the eventual nomination. Will his gamble pay off? Time will tell.
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| Kentucky GOP Gains Unprecedented Majority |
| 8/23/1999 10:46 PM |
Republicans will gain control of the Kentucky Senate for the first time in state history thanks to a Democratic senator's defection to the GOP. State Sen. Bob Leeper announced he will make the switch this week, becoming the second state senator to jump ship in the last six weeks and breaking a 19-19 deadlock.
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| Nancy Reagan talks to Brokaw |
| 8/23/1999 10:44 PM |
At the Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California, an exhibition has opened that reminds us once again what a long, public life it has been for Ronald Reagan, the man from Dixon, Illinois.
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| Bush Race Spurs Faster Federal Aid |
| 8/23/1999 4:57 PM |
For his opponents, the silver lining to George W. Bush's record-setting fund raising is that their presidential campaigns will get taxpayer aid faster.
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| Domenici uses GOP address to promote tax cuts |
| 8/22/1999 11:46 PM |
Joining the Republican chorus pushing Congress' $792 billion tax cut, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee said Saturday that the 10-year plan is just a way of returning money that citizens overpaid.
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| Dole, McCain seek Washington votes |
| 8/22/1999 1:22 PM |
Elizabeth Dole and John McCain both spoke at the recent Washington state GOP annual picnic. McCain promised he would bring more American troops home from overseas. Dole called for clamping down on drug smuggling across the Mexico border, more discipline in schools, and a bigger military budget.
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| Bush has an advantage in race for president: He's a governor |
| 8/21/1999 10:08 AM |
St. Louis financier and well-known relative William H.T. "Bucky" Bush watched from the corner of the grain-bagging plant in Cape Girardeau, nodding appreciatively as his nephew shook the hands of every worker in sight. The star power of Texas Gov. George W. Bush was obvious. He looked, acted and was treated as the Republican presidential front-runner that he is.
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| Polls: Bush keeping big lead |
| 8/21/1999 10:01 AM |
Republican presidential hopeful George W. Bush has kept a big lead in a new national poll, but has slipped slightly in a survey of New Hampshire voters.
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| Congress taps into e-communication |
| 8/21/1999 9:58 AM |
House and Senate members who used to rely on the postal service and news media to reach constituents are increasingly using e-mail to take their message directly to voters. But no one is predicting the end of taxpayer-financed mail just yet. Nevertheless, some offices now are sending hundreds of messages at a time - with a single push of a button.
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| GOP presidential field too full, poll finds |
| 8/20/1999 11:30 AM |
A USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds that most Republicans want all GOP presidential candidates except Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Elizabeth Dole and Steve Forbes to drop out of the race.
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| GOP candidates ignoring Alabama straw poll |
| 8/19/1999 11:19 PM |
Top Republican presidential candidates are ignoring Alabama's first GOP straw poll next week, despite its billing as the initial test of their strength in the South, and the state party's director is fuming.
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| Is Bush eyeing Dole's support? |
| 8/19/1999 11:15 PM |
The congratulatory fax to Elizabeth Dole came from an old pal who happens to be a top official in rival George W. Bush's campaign. A sign, her husband said, that Dole has something Bush needs. Women voters.
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| A Bush Makes Clinton's China Policy an Issue |
| 8/19/1999 11:08 PM |
Campaigning for the presidency in 1992, Bill Clinton accused his incumbent rival, George Bush, of coddling dictators in China and sending "secret emissaries to raise a toast with those who crushed democracy" in Tiananmen Square. Now the shoe is on the other foot. George W. Bush, son of the former president and front-runner for the GOP nomination next year, has reopened the China issue with a blast at Clinton.
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| Utah GOP Offers Becomes Internet Service Provider |
| 8/19/1999 5:37 PM |
The Utah Republican Party moved to the cutting edge of online organizing with a new program that offers an affinity Internet access service to its donors. The program, similar to efforts by professional sports teams such as the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, gives subscribers unlimited Internet access for $19.99 a month, and gives the state party a dedicated line to its supporters.
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| McCain talks of White House flaws, his candidacy in speech to VFW |
| 8/19/1999 11:28 AM |
The Clinton administration's approach to foreign and military affairs suffers from wild inconsistency that puts the world in peril, Sen. John McCain told about 4,000 fellow veterans Wednesday.
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| Bush-Forbes Tensions Rising |
| 8/19/1999 11:11 AM |
Is the Republican presidential race about to turn ugly? Campaign advisers to Texas Gov. George W. Bush claimed that was the case yesterday after learning that rival Steve Forbes has begun testing possible lines of attack against Bush in a poll of Iowa voters, saying Forbes was preparing "trash-ball" and possibly erroneous ads against the GOP front-runner.
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| Bush circle of advisers diverse |
| 8/18/1999 6:08 PM |
When Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush needs advice these days, he turns to a circle of political professionals, policy wonks and fellow politicians.
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| McCain picks up Thompson's endorsement |
| 8/18/1999 4:09 PM |
Senator Fred Thompson, who had previously endorsed Lamar Alexander's bid for the presidency, announced his support for John McCain today. McCain also spoke to the VFW convention in Kansas City, decrying massive amounts of pork-barrel spending that was taking money away from veterans' benefits.
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| GOP revs up tax cut campaign |
| 8/17/1999 11:02 PM |
Congressional Republicans are revving up their public relations campaign to drum up support for their 10-year, $792 billion tax-cut package.
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| Audit: Gore program overstated savings |
| 8/17/1999 10:56 PM |
Vice President Al Gore's project to improve government overstated some claims of cost savings and can't substantiate others, according to auditors who looked at reforms in three agencies. Gore's "reinventing government" project claimed $21.8 billion in savings it lacked evidence to support, inflated savings by double-counting cost cuts, and took credit for savings that may have been the result of other efforts to streamline government, the General Accounting Office said in a report.
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| McCain: Gun Violence Sign of 'Problems' in Society |
| 8/17/1999 10:53 PM |
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday told a meeting of the Anti-Defamation League in Los Angeles that gun control legislation would not be as effective in preventing violence as tackling broad social issues such as hate Web sites and media violence. McCain said that attacks such as last week's shooting spree at a Los Angeles-area community center is "the manifestation of some very serious illnesses and problems in American society."
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| GOP Congressman Touts Tax Cuts |
| 8/17/1999 3:30 PM |
Americans can find retirement security for themselves and their children in the GOP tax bill that emphasizes personal savings, a Republican congressman said Saturday.
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| GOP Battle Lines Growing Sharper |
| 8/17/1999 3:15 PM |
The victory of Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the Iowa straw poll has ushered in a new phase in the Republican presidential contest that will be marked by his rivals' efforts to weaken him with increasingly strident attacks, several GOP officials said yesterday.
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| Election 2000 briefs |
| 8/17/1999 10:58 AM |
Quayle confident despite disappointing finish -- Dole on the road in New Hampshire -- Bauer plans to take on Forbes -- Hatch pleased with poll results
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| Quayle campaign reorganizes after poor Iowa showing, staff defections |
| 8/17/1999 10:52 AM |
Coming off a poor finish in last weekend's Iowa Republican straw poll and the loss of several South Carolina campaign workers to rival candidate John McCain, former Vice President Dan Quayle's presidential campaign plans a major reorganization of staff and resources for the coming months.
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| Businessman sentenced to probation for DNC campaign contributions |
| 8/17/1999 10:51 AM |
A businessman was sentenced Monday to three years of probation for violating federal elections laws by giving the Democratic National Committee an illegal $150,000 donation drawn from a South Korean corporation.
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| Elated Dole says 'invisible army' put her in top three |
| 8/17/1999 8:45 AM |
Elizabeth Dole's third-place finish at the Republican presidential straw poll injected her campaign with a shot of fresh enthusiasm Sunday, snuffing out rumors that her candidacy was on the verge of suffocating.
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| Alexander quits presidential race |
| 8/17/1999 8:43 AM |
After faring poorly over the weekend in the Iowa Republican Party straw poll, former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander ended Monday what he called his last campaign, withdrawing from the race for the 2000 GOP presidential nomination.
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| Bush easily wins Iowa straw poll |
| 8/15/1999 7:06 PM |
George W. Bush scored a convincing victory in an Iowa straw poll Saturday, passing an early test of political potency that could unravel other Republican presidential campaigns. Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Dole finished second and third.
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| Ames Hosting a Grand, Opulent Party |
| 8/13/1999 11:25 PM |
The rumors have been rampaging through the state all week, incredible tales, peddled with mischief by dueling campaigns with much at stake. Makes you wonder: Is there anything the Republican presidential candidates won't do to win Saturday's $25-per-vote beauty contest known as the Iowa straw poll?
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| Straw Poll Could Be Win-Win for Bush |
| 8/13/1999 11:18 PM |
When George W. Bush declared in June that he would compete to win in the Iowa Republican straw poll in Ames, his GOP opponents for the 2000 presidential nomination were gleeful: The Texas governor, in their view, had put his front-runner status on the line to compete in a meaningless event in a state that had rebuked his father. But their tune is changing...
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| Geroge W. Bush: The Making of a Candidate |
| 8/13/1999 11:09 PM |
A seven-part series on Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush traces the Texas governor's lifelong effort to reconcile the expectations placed on him with the success he sought.
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| Bush Moves to Keep Conservatives Happy |
| 8/13/1999 10:37 PM |
George W. Bush has quietly assembled a cadre of prominent religious and social conservatives to blunt, if not mute, complaints from a segment of the Christian right that his presidential bid threatens the antiabortion and traditional family values movements.
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| They're up, they're down, they're all around Iowa |
| 8/13/1999 10:33 PM |
The nine candidates actively campaigning in the Iowa GOP straw poll spent Friday moving around the state in different directions -- and their campaigns might head metaphorically in different paths once Saturday night's votes are counted.
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| Republican rivals focus on farm crisis |
| 8/12/1999 11:28 PM |
Republican presidential candidates turned Wednesday into something of a "Farm Day" in Iowa as they crisscrossed the state promising help for Iowa's largest and most economically troubled industry.
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| Former Democratic fund-raiser John Huang pleads guilty |
| 8/12/1999 11:19 PM |
Former Democratic fund-raiser John Huang pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony conspiracy charge for violating campaign finance laws and was sentenced to one year of probation, the Justice Department announced.
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| Reagan family dismisses near-death rumors |
| 8/12/1999 11:12 PM |
Ronald Reagan's family says there is no truth to rumors that the former president's health is rapidly deteriorating. Reagan is in slow decline from Alzheimer's disease, but there has been no sudden change in his condition, his wife Nancy said Wednesday in an effort to put to rest rumors that he is near death.
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| Candidates pushing hard for straw poll |
| 8/12/1999 11:09 PM |
Virtually all of the Republican rivals have built substantial organizational efforts for Iowa's straw poll, which takes place Saturday night. It is being portrayed as a turning point in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination - and the candidates are responding in kind.
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| Would be Reagan assassin takes hospital leave |
| 8/12/1999 11:04 PM |
Under a recent court ruling the man who shot President Reagan and three others in 1981 can take short, supervised outings from the hospital. He was found innocent by reason of insanity in the shootings.
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| Bob Smith to run under USTP |
| 8/10/1999 3:31 PM |
Former Republican Bob Smith has announced that he will run for President as the candidate of
the U.S. Taxpayers Party. Smith believes the Republican Party is not conservative enough and
was frustrated with the lack of support he felt he was getting.
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| Couples fare best in GOP's tax cut |
| 8/9/1999 11:01 PM |
An analysis by Deloitte and Touche reveals that the Republican tax bill recently passed by both houses of Congress will benefit married couples earning less than $100,000 the most in percentage terms. The bill is threatened by a sure presidential veto.
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| GOP presidential hopefuls take aim at Iowa |
| 8/9/1999 10:50 PM |
In preparation for Saturday's straw poll, the amount of time each candidate has spent in the state seems to reflect the amount of catching up they feel they need to do. Lamar Alexander, the candidate with the least amount of raised funds, has spent 73 days in Iowa since 1997. On the other end of the spectrum, George W. Bush, the current favorite, has only spent six days in the state.
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| McCain may bypass Iowa |
| 8/5/1999 4:09 PM |
Senator John McCain, who is not competing in next week's GOP straw poll in Iowa, is downplaying the importance of that state, and may decide not to campaign there at all. A good showing in the Iowa caucus has not necessarily led to victory, and McCain is focusing on New Hampshire, South Carolina, and his home state of Arizona.
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| Buchanan may leave Republican Party |
| 8/5/1999 8:20 AM |
After weeks of rumors, sources close to Pat Buchanan say he may leave the Republican Party to run with some third party, possibly the Reform Party. A key factor in his decision will be the results of the Iowa straw poll on August 14. Buchanan is reportedly worried that GOP voters have already accepted George W. Bush as their candidate and that he needs to leave the party to get the financial support he needs to compete.
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| Springer Considers Senate Race in Ohio |
| 8/4/1999 7:46 AM |
Jerry Springer, host of the controverial Jerry Springer Show, has announced that he will run for the Senate in Ohio on the Democratic ticket. Fellow Democrats, such as Senator Robert Torricelli, are obviously not pleased saying, "I do not think that his contributions to American culture and what he has brought before the nation typifies the Democratic Party." Springer, who was once mayor of Cincinnati, would face Republican incumbent Mike DeWine.
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| Bush: The Making of a Candidate |
| 8/4/1999 7:24 AM |
This seven-part series from the Washington Post examines the major events, successes, and failures in the life of George W. Bush on his way to becoming a major competitor in the presidential race of 2000. The feature also includes profiles of his campaign staff and a photo gallery.
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| Republicans agree on tax cut plan |
| 8/4/1999 7:08 AM |
The $792 billion plan calls for a reduction in the individual tax rate and the individual capital gains tax rate, a reduction of the marriage penalty, and the elimination of the inheritance tax over time. The differences between the House and Senate versions have been worked out, although lawmakers are expected to wait to pass the bill until after their summer break, during which time they plan to raise support for the plan with the local taxpayers. President Clinton has promised to veto any tax cut over $300 billion.
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