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| Giuliani Says He Expects to Re-Enter Politics |
| 9/30/2002 10:33 PM |
Many firefighters died at the World Trade Center because they ignored orders to evacuate, not because of lapses in training or communication, former mayor Rudolph Giuliani contends. "They weren't going to abandon ship," Giuliani said in an interview to promote his new book, Leadership.
Giuliani also said he expected to re-enter politics, saying another run for mayor was out but campaigns for president, U.S. senator or New York governor were possible.
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| Gap Narrows in New York Governor's Race |
| 9/30/2002 10:31 PM |
Gov. George Pataki is facing an increasingly competitive race for a third term after riding a post-Sept. 11 wave of popularity for months and successfully courting traditionally Democratic interest groups. The Republican governor has mounted an aggressive attack on Democratic challenger H. Carl McCall. McCall, the state comptroller, says Pataki is running scared. The Pataki camp says it's just smart politics. In the past week, Pataki has launched several geographically and ethnically based television advertisements against McCall, the first black candidate to win a major party nomination for governor of New York.
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| South Dakota Race Bends on Politics |
| 9/30/2002 10:26 PM |
Stephanie Herseth recalls the time not too many years ago when Gov. Bill Janklow gave her a few minutes of his time, answering questions for a high school report she was writing. They're political rivals now, the 63-year old fourth-term governor and the 31-year-old fourth-generation South Dakotan, battling across a chasm of personal styles more than issues. In a race with national implications, the winner gets a ticket to Congress. Janklow is the veteran, seasoned yet scarred. "I've had a lot of years of public service, which you can criticize or you can acknowledge,'' he told one audience this summer.
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| GOP: No Torricelli Replacement |
| 9/30/2002 10:23 PM |
Two years ago, New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli raised $100 million to help Democrats in their drive to win control of the Senate. Now, he's giving up his own tattered re-election campaign before he becomes the reason they lose it. But preventing the loss of his seat to Republicans will be a challenge for the famously combative senator, brought down by an ethics controversy, and his party. The Republicans are one obstacle. The election calendar is another. Even before Torricelli announced his withdrawal Monday at a news conference in Trenton, N.J., GOP officials said they were ready to go to court to block Democrats from fielding a replacement candidate so close to the election.
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| Torricelli Quits New Jersey Senate Race |
| 9/30/2002 10:20 PM |
Dogged by questions about his ethics and falling in the polls, Democratic Sen. Robert Torricelli abruptly dropped his bid for a second term Monday, throwing a twist into the battle for the Senate just five weeks before Election Day. Democratic officials said they would announce a new candidate within 48 hours. The Republicans said they would file an immediate court challenge to block any attempt to replace Torricelli this close to the election.
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| GOP Hopes Brighten in Fierce Fight For Senate |
| 9/30/2002 1:51 PM |
Democrats face an uphill battle to recapture control of the House in November's midterm elections, while Republicans have marginally improved their position in what remains a tense and wide-open fight for control of the Senate, according to party strategists, independent analysts and current polls. Eight Senate races remain too close to call, with several others also competitive, and many of these races have been within the margin of error in polls all year. Currently, there are 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans, with one independent (Sen. James M. Jeffords of Vermont) who votes Democratic, meaning that a net gain of one seat by the Republicans would put them in control of the chamber, with Vice President Cheney the tie-breaking vote. In the House, there are about 40 competitive races. Democrats need to win a net of six more seats to recapture control of the House. But with five weeks of campaigning left, a snapshot suggests that only a few seats may change hands and that Republican gains are not out of the question.
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| Iowa Senate Hopefuls Clash in Debate |
| 9/30/2002 1:46 PM |
In their first debate, Sen. Tom Harkin and Republican challenger Greg Ganske sparred Sunday over the Harkin campaign's role in secretly taping a Ganske strategy session. Ganske repeatedly compared the taping to Watergate: "You know what a string of lies is? It's a cover-up. ... What did Tom Harkin know and when did he know it? "You can't sweep under the rug that there is a criminal investigation going on," Ganske said. "This is a crime and it is fortunate that they were caught."
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| Carnahan Offered Free Plane Ride to Face Talent on National TV |
| 9/26/2002 9:56 PM |
With backers of Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan and Republican Jim Talent sparring over when they will debate, the Missouri GOP on Tuesday offered Mrs. Carnahan a free plane ticket so she and Talent could spar on NBC's "Meet the Press." Thus far, the two have agreed on only one debate, Oct. 24 in Columbia, co-sponsored by the Associated Press Managing Editors, the Missouri Society of Newspaper Editors and the Columbia Daily Tribune. In all, Talent has accepted invitations to debate from nine potential sponsors, while Mrs. Carnahan has accepted four.
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| Watts Quashes Talk of Return to Gridiron |
| 9/26/2002 3:30 PM |
Contrary to press speculation, Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.), who quarterbacked the University of Oklahoma to two Orange Bowl victories and later starred in the Canadian Football League, won't be returning to the gridiron after he retires from the House in December. Watts' participation in a pre-season practice with the Washington Redskins last month prompted reporters to buzz the offices of the Republican Conference, which Watts chairs, to inquire if he will sign on with a pro team next year. No way, said the 44-year-old Watts, who quipped, "If I was 40, I'd try it."
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| Roll Call: At the Races |
| 9/26/2002 3:16 PM |
Inhofe Poll Shows A Big Advantage; Cheney to Boost Another House Hopeful; Collins Appears Safe In Re-election Bid; Alexander up, but By How Much?; Gerlach, Wofford Run Neck-and-Neck in 6th; Baird Challenger Was on the Dole; and Poll Shows Simmons' Challenger Faltering.
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| Ganske Hopes to Make Hay of Taping Incident |
| 9/26/2002 3:10 PM |
With questions swirling about the depth of involvement by Sen.Tom Harkin's (D-Iowa) campaign in the covert recording of a meeting of top staffers for Rep. Greg Ganske (R-Iowa), Republicans believe this controversy could be the silver bullet they need to defeat the three-term incumbent. Although no definite plans have been made, several GOP sources said that the recent hubbub is likely to be fodder for campaign advertising in the final weeks of the election. "It should be," said one Republican strategist familiar with Iowa politics. "This is not a small story."
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| Massachusetts Governor's Race Hits Sharper Note |
| 9/26/2002 2:58 PM |
This time, Shannon O'Brien now knows, it will not be easy.
One week after she disposed of three capable male opponents in the Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary, state Treasurer O'Brien found that Republican Mitt Romney would pose a tougher challenge -- certainly in debate and likely on Election Day. In their first face-to-face encounter, a one-hour televised forum at Western New England College here on Tuesday night, the former head of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics countered O'Brien's criticisms and managed to sound as knowledgeable on state affairs as the veteran of Beacon Hill, even while claiming to be the face of change.
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| Two Surveys Show Sununu up by 9 |
| 9/23/2002 1:57 PM |
The polling season is under way in the Granite State, where two new surveys of the Senate race - one independent and one Republican - showed Rep. John Sununu (R) leading Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) by 9 points, while a Democratic poll put Sununu's lead at 3 points. One poll, taken by Public Opinion Strategies for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, had Sununu leading 49 percent to 40 percent with just 7 percent undecided. The poll queried 500 likely voters Sept. 16-17 and had a margin of error of 4.4 percent. Another survey, taken by Manchester-based American Research Group, had Sununu leading 47 percent to 38 percent with 15 percent undecided. The survey tested 600 registered voters Sept. 14-18 and had a margin of error of 4 percent.
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| Cornyn Leads by 6 In University Poll |
| 9/23/2002 1:56 PM |
Texas Attorney General John Cornyn (R) held a 6-point lead over former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk (D) in the race to replace retiring Sen.Phil Gramm (R), according to a new independent poll. Cornyn took 37 percent of support to Kirk's 31 percent, but 26 percent of voters either hadn't decided which candidate they favored, refused to say or didn't plan to vote. The poll was conducted by the University of Houston and Rice University for the Houston Chronicle and a local television station.
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| Suddenly, Jeb Bush in Close Race |
| 9/23/2002 1:53 PM |
What's on the mind of Jeb Bush -- governor of Florida, brother of the president -- when he suddenly finds himself in a tight reelection fight, in some danger of defeat, with the whole world watching? Here's one thing: Bush looks at his opponent, and the guy reminds him of . . . Jeb Bush. And so he worries. It's not simply that both men tend to loom over their surroundings -- they're in the 6-foot-3 range. It is the start-at-the-top audacity. Eight years ago, without ever running for lower office, Bush leveraged his insider connections to win the Republican nomination to challenge the governor of Florida.
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| Women Win Party Primaries For Governor's Race in Hawaii |
| 9/23/2002 1:47 PM |
In a race that could upset the Democratic Party's control of the governor's mansion since the early years of statehood, two women will face off in Hawaii's gubernatorial race in November. In Saturday's primary, traditionally the last in the nation, Linda Lingle, the former mayor of Maui, trounced her Republican rival, capturing more than 88 percent of the vote.
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| Bush Raising Funds for GOP Hopefuls |
| 9/23/2002 1:45 PM |
New Jersey was the nation's prime battleground for control of the Senate on Monday, with President Bush raising money for Republican Douglas Forrester and Majority Leader Tom Daschle seeking to bolster embattled Democratic incumbent Robert Torricelli. Bush's visit to Trenton, N.J., is the opening event of an especially heavy week of fund raising for the president, who has blazed new records by garnering nearly $116 million for GOP candidates this year. Bush, showing no signs of a slowdown six weeks before the November election, scheduled four fund-raisers in three states. Bush is aggressively backing Republican candidates in an effort to recapture the Democratic-run Senate, which has been a graveyard for many of his initiatives.
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| Governor Schwarzenegger? Not Just Yet |
| 9/20/2002 6:02 PM |
Arnold says he can only focus on one thing at a time. And right now, his focus is on raising money for California schools and blowing things up as the Terminator, not on a write-in campaign for governor. Hollywood action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger flirted with a run for California's Republican gubernatorial nomination before the campaign season began, but he decided against it last year. Now, Schwarzenegger is on the stump not for himself, but for an issue %u2013 Proposition 49, a state ballot measure that would pump up to $455 million into after-school programs at all state elementary and middle schools. So what about a write-in candidacy this year? Schwarzenegger has clearly dismissed it, despite an increased buzz of late propelled by pollsters. While gauging support for Prop 49, backers of the ballot measure have been asking voters whether they would support Schwarzenegger as a write-in nominee in this year's governor's race. In addition, Arnold has not been shy about showing his displeasure with Simon and Davis, saying that voters were in a "pitiful situation" with their choice this year.
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| Poll: Voters Trust GOP on Military |
| 9/16/2002 11:14 PM |
Registered voters trust Republicans more than Democrats to handle military matters and the fight against terrorism but are evenly split on which party can best handle the economy, according to an Associated Press poll. Two months before the November elections, the campaign for control of Congress is very close, the poll indicates, with the Democrats eager to keep the focus on domestic matters, even as the debate on attacking Iraq gains more attention.
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| Romney Wades Into Lt. Governor Battle |
| 9/16/2002 11:13 PM |
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mitt Romney has done a lot of campaigning geared to Tuesday's primary, considering he doesn't have an opponent. His target? His own party's choice for lieutenant governor. Romney has launched television ads against GOP activist James Rappaport, accusing him of "negative mudslinging" against Romney's own pick for lieutenant governor, Kerry Healey. In Massachusetts, governor and lieutenant governor candidates campaign separately in the primary, then are paired by party on the same ticket in the general election.
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| Another Ol' Hickory in the White House? |
| 9/16/2002 11:09 PM |
When President Bush travels today to Andrew Jackson's hometown of Nashville, he may wish to stop by the Hermitage and lay a wreath at the grave of the Hero of New Orleans. More and more, Bush has been acting like the seventh president. Superficially, such a comparison is absurd. Jackson led a populist revolt against concentrated wealth in undoing the Bank of the United States; Bush is closely allied with corporate interests. Jackson lost a disputed election in 1824 to the son of a former president; Bush, as son of a former president, won such a disputed election. Jackson was an uneducated war hero and father of the Democratic Party. Bush, of Andover, Yale, Harvard and the Texas National Guard, came to office in hopes of imitating McKinley, who defeated Jacksonian style populism in building the modern Republican Party a century ago. But the White House is convinced of the similarities. Top Bush strategist Karl Rove, in fact, has invited historian Robert Remini to lecture senior officials at the White House Thursday on similarities between Bush and Jackson. "There are a lot of Jackson fans there, including Karl Rove," Remini said.
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| In Iowa, Bush's Other Campaign |
| 9/16/2002 11:08 PM |
President Bush lost Iowa by 4,000 votes -- one-third of 1 percent of all votes cast -- and he isn't waiting for the formality of an opponent to try to change that in 2004. Bush traveled to this cradle of caucuses today for the eighth time as president, just a few weeks after dropping by the Iowa State Fair and a few months after visiting the World Pork Expo. He has watched Iowa animal waste being turned into fuel, spoken next to a thresher at a family farm and toured a Cheerios plant. Even as much of his staff plans for possible war with Iraq, the president continues to devote two or three days a week largely to politics, campaigning for GOP congressional and gubernatorial candidates in states that also happen to be vital to his reelection hopes two years from now. On Tuesday, for example, he'll be in Tennessee, which he snatched from native Al Gore by 4 percentage points in 2000. Bush's aides expect him to increase his trips to three or four days a week in the month before the Nov. 5 elections.
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| California's Bill Simon Dodges A Bullet |
| 9/16/2002 5:27 PM |
A judge Thursday threw out a politically damaging $78 million civil fraud verdict against GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon's family investment firm. Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant, in a written ruling, dismissed the huge compensatory and punitive damages verdict against William E. Simon & Sons and a nearly $20 million verdict also levied by a jury against another investor group. Simon, who faces Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in the November election, had described the July 30 jury verdict as "crazy" and "fundamentally flawed" and maintained that it would not stand. Simon was not personally named in the lawsuit, but with corporate wrongdoing in the spotlight the fraud verdict was political poison that stunned the GOP and struck at a key theme of Simon's first-time candidacy, his boasts of private-sector success.
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| GOP Vice Chair Race Picks Up Momentum |
| 9/16/2002 10:24 AM |
Although the race for the vice chair slot of the Republican Conference promises to be the most competitive House GOP leadership contest of the year, the three-way bid for the No. 5 leadership seat has also been the most low key - at least so far. Late last year, when Majority Leader Dick Armey (Texas) announced his plans to retire, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (Texas) and Chief Deputy Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.)moved with lightning speed to secure the No. 2 and No. 3 leadership jobs, respectively. Current Vice Chairwoman Deborah Pryce (Ohio), Rep. J.D. Hayworth (Ariz.) and Jim Ryun (Kan.) also quickly jumped into campaign mode when current Republican Conference Chairman J.C. Watts (Okla.) announced mid-summer that he too would retire at the end of the session.
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| Republicans Try To Recruit Nelson |
| 9/16/2002 10:21 AM |
Stepping off the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) congratulated Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) for casting "a good vote" that helped scuttle a Democratic attempt to require Senate confirmation for President Bush's homeland security director. It was the latest in a long list of votes where Nelson has sided with Republicans over his Democratic colleagues, but GOP leaders are not satisfied with the conservative Nebraskan's occasional support. For nearly two years, Republican leaders have tried unsuccessfully to convince Nelson to switch parties.
"I think Ben is somebody who would be more comfortable on the Republican side - I really do," said Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.). "He is from a state that is pretty conservative and pretty Republican."
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| Interview Shows an Angry, Intense Bush |
| 9/10/2002 10:34 PM |
CBS' Scott Pelley isn't the first person to observe that in a world of grays, President Bush sees mainly black and white. But Pelley says there are aspects about Bush's personality that might surprise some people during the president's only TV interview this Sept. 11 anniversary week -- on 60 Minutes II Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. ''There are times in the interview where he is pounding the desk, he's so angry,'' Pelley said Monday. ''There are parts where tears are running down his face as he's describing the people he met in New York. Viewers are going to see a man who has a great deal more range of emotion than he betrays in public.''
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| Smith Defeated in New Hampshire |
| 9/10/2002 10:34 PM |
New Hampshire Sen. Robert C. Smith (R), an idiosyncratic conservative, lost his bid for reelection yesterday to Rep. John E. Sununu (R). Smith, who briefly quit the Republican Party in 1999 in a fit of anger, fell to the son of a former governor and White House chief of staff in the Bush administration, after a campaign rich in generational rivalry. In November, Sununu will face Gov. Jeanne Shaheen in a race Democrats see as a chance to gain a seat.
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| Dole Wins Senate Nomination in North Carolina |
| 9/10/2002 10:09 PM |
Elizabeth Dole swept past six opponents to grab the Republican nomination for Jesse Helms' Senate seat Tuesday, part of the GOP's fall hopes to recapture control of the Senate. Whether she faces Democrat and former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles in the fall remained to be seen -- he was leading eight candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in North Carolina in early returns.
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| Pataki Campaigns to Shore Up Conservative Base |
| 9/9/2002 10:57 PM |
It initially appeared that New York Republican George E. Pataki, a solid favorite for a third term as governor, would be able to sit back and watch as state Democrats engaged in a bruising Sept. 10 primary battle. But a week before Tuesday's vote, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew M. Cuomo unexpectedly dropped his bid for governor, ceding the Democratic nomination to state Comptroller H. Carl McCall -- and leaving Pataki as the major contender facing a primary fight. Though Pataki faces no opposition for the Republican nomination, he is running a full-scale primary campaign to try to prevent billionaire businessman Thomas Golisano from capturing the state's Independence and Conservative party lines.
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| Under the Radar |
| 9/9/2002 10:53 PM |
Decrying Rep.Gene Taylor's (D) "Clintonesque" campaign tactics, bed-and-breakfast owner Karl Mertz (R) is hoping his fifth run for Congress finally yields a victory as he challenges the seven-term Member in Mississippi's 4th district. After failing to win the GOP nomination to face Taylor in 1998 and 2000, Mertz said he was intentionally "quiet for a year" and filed for this race just 15 minutes before the deadline in order to surprise Taylor.
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| Three Men And A Baby |
| 9/9/2002 10:47 PM |
The aftermath of the terrorist attacks produced massive insecurity and great idealism. Most of us re-examined our lives and our relationships to family and community. But the passions of last fall have been tempered by the highs and lows of everyday life. As we remember September 11 and take stock of how our country and our lives have (or have not) changed, the paths of some political figures reflect what we have all gone through.
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| Washington Wrap |
| 9/9/2002 10:44 PM |
Two Kennedys (neither named Ted), a Dole (not Bob) and a McKinney (not Cynthia) get ready to face the voters in Tuesday's primaries. And Janet Reno's celebration plans may be premature. The CBS News Political Unit has the latest.
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| Five of Six New England Governors Definitely on Way Out |
| 9/9/2002 10:42 PM |
At least five New England governors will be gone after the November elections in the biggest such turnover of any region in the country. Some of the governors are prevented by term limits from running again. Among them: Angus King, an independent who has served two four-year terms in Maine. He plans to pack an RV and head toward the sunset, fulfilling a promise to his family to tour the country together. Two other governors are seeking higher office. And if Connecticut's John Rowland loses his re-election bid -- and that is considered unlikely -- all six New England governors -- two Democrats, three Republicans and an independent -- will be gone.
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| North Carolina's Senate Primary Nears End |
| 9/9/2002 10:36 PM |
North Carolina's top Senate candidates made a last pitch for undecided voters Monday and cited the Sept. 11 anniversary in their get-out-the-vote efforts. In Charlotte, Republican Elizabeth Dole emphasized a message of fiscal conservatism and support of President Bush's objectives in the war on terrorism. She also talked about the anniversary. "I think it's important to express your vote in the Democratic process as a way of demonstrating your gratefulness for the freedoms we have," Dole told a group of reporters. Nine Democrats and seven Republicans are seeking the seat held by GOP Sen. Jesse Helms, who is stepping down after 30 years. The winners on Tuesday will advance to the November general election.
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| Frist sees GOP Capturing Senate |
| 9/8/2002 5:38 PM |
The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee is much more optimistic that the Republican Party will regain control of the Senate this year -- so much so that he now says he can afford to "take risks" in some longshot races. Buoyed by new polls that show two Democratic incumbents trailing their Republican challengers, Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee exudes new optimism about his party´s chances in the Senate races. "I´m optimistic. I believe we´ll have the majority," Mr. Frist said in a briefing this week to reporters. Mr. Frist said the Republican Party´s prospects in the upcoming Senate elections were changed dramatically by the latest polls in two pivotal battleground states that showed the GOP´s candidates leading and with stronger momentum. In Missouri, Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan´s support has plunged seven points over the past several weeks against the Republican Party´s nominee, former Rep. Jim Talent, who now has the edge in the race, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll.
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| New Hampshire to Hold Key GOP Senate Primary |
| 9/8/2002 5:27 PM |
Passionate and blunt, Sen. Bob Smith boasts that he's lost every poll and won every election since 1984 -- and will do it again. Calm and controlled, Rep. John E. Sununu says he just wants to talk about New Hampshire issues and integrity. They face each other Tuesday in the state's Republican primary: Smith, the two-term senator who left the party and then rejoined it; challenger Sununu, the three-term congressman and son of the first President Bush's chief of staff. It's one of the most closely watched contests so far this year, with Democrats targeting Smith's seat as a possible pickup in a Senate now divided by a single vote.
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| Cliffhanger or Blowout? Poll Positions on New Hampshire Race Vary |
| 9/8/2002 5:26 PM |
Those hoping last-minute polls in New Hampshire might give them the inside track on who will win the state's hard-fought Republican senatorial primary Tuesday will have to wait a while longer -- until Tuesday night, at the earliest. Two polls taken over the past two weeks point in decidedly different directions -- either a cliffhanger between Sen. Robert C. Smith and his challenger, Rep. John E. Sununu , or a blowout for Sununu.
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| Missouri Senate Election May Count for a Little Bit Extra |
| 9/8/2002 5:24 PM |
All elections count, but the Senate race in Missouri this fall between Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan and GOP challenger Jim Talent may count for a little bit extra, at least in the short run. Republicans say that if Talent wins, it could return the GOP to power in the Senate in time for an expected post-election session of Congress. Carnahan was appointed to her seat two years ago, after her husband was killed in a plane crash a few days before the election. Under Missouri state law, her appointment is good until "a successor shall have been duly elected and qualified according to law." Which means, Republicans say, that if Talent wins, he would be sworn in quickly -- in time for a lame duck session of Congress expected in November.
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| Carnahan Owes Voters Chance to See her in Action in Debates |
| 9/8/2002 5:18 PM |
As things stand now, Missouri voters will get one chance to see Sen. Jean Carnahan and Republican challenger Jim Talent side by side. While Talent has agreed to debate any time, anywhere, Carnahan has agreed to only two debates, and only one of them televised. This is patently unfair to Missouri voters, who don't know nearly enough about either candidate. Voters ought to have more than 30-second ads and carefully controlled appearances by which to judge these two candidates. Carnahan still has time to do right by voters. Face the Nation's Tim Russert has invited both candidates to sit down with him, probably on Oct. 6. The show is in Washington, on a Sunday morning - making moot the arguments Carnahan has used to avoid in-state debates.
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| Hulshof Spends his Break Helping his Dad on Farm |
| 9/4/2002 6:31 PM |
The joke around Paul Hulshof's farm is that he got taxpayer-subsidized help with the corn harvest this year. That's what neighbors said when they spotted his son, U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, at the local grocery where farmers stop for lunch: Cheap labor, huh? "They're just having a time," Kenny Hulshof, 43, said in a telephone interview. "I said, 'I'm cheap, so long as I don't run the combine through the fence."'
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| Carnahan Camp says Two Debates Accepted; Talent Pushing for More |
| 9/4/2002 6:29 PM |
U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan's campaign said Tuesday she has agreed to two late-October debates with Republican challenger Jim Talent. Talent's campaign pressed for more and earlier faceoffs. Talent, a former congressman from St. Louis County, has accepted eight debate invitations and would consider more, said campaign manager Lloyd Smith. Mrs. Carnahan said she might agree to more debates so long as they don't conflict with the Senate's schedule, which calls for the chamber to be in session at least until Oct. 4.
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| Smith and Sununu Neck and Neck in New Hampshire |
| 9/3/2002 11:37 PM |
Sen. Bob Smith, once trailing badly in his battle for re-election, has pulled even with Rep. John E. Sununu in their Republican primary race, a poll shows. As the two did radio talk shows and greeted voters during the final week before the Sept. 10 primary, a poll showed that whoever wins will be in a close race with popular Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen. Sununu had 46 percent to Smith's 45 percent in the Concord Monitor poll published over the weekend. Nine percent were undecided in the survey, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.
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| Washington Wrap |
| 9/3/2002 11:35 PM |
Next Tuesday's primaries could mark the day the upstart, long-shot candidates upset the establishment applecart. An incumbent Republican senator, a former U.S. Attorney General and the son of a Democratic Party icon all are running the risk of being defeated by lesser-known opponents.
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| GOP Nominee Dropped From Fund-Raiser |
| 9/3/2002 11:27 PM |
A Republican group dropped GOP gubernatorial nominee Bill Simon from a fund-raiser with Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, saying Tuesday he had reneged on promises to support a variety of gay issues. The Republican Unity Coalition, which was formed to promote ties between gays and non-homosexuals, said Simon would not be welcome at Thursday's fund-raiser in Los Angeles. He had been scheduled to speak along with Mary Cheney.
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| Nevada Voters Pick Nominees |
| 9/3/2002 11:25 PM |
A state senator who favors raising casino taxes to close Nevada's $180 million budget deficit was expected to win the Democratic nomination Tuesday and take on popular Republican Gov. Kenny Guinn this fall. State Sen. Joe Neal was favored over a former stripper and two other Democrats, while Guinn faced six little-known opponents in the GOP primary. Voters also had the option of choosing "none of the above." Guinn has reported raising nearly $3 million to win a second term, and polls have shown him with a commanding 3-1 lead over Neal in a potential fall matchup.
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| Osborne Among many Congressmen Coasting Through Campaign |
| 9/2/2002 9:00 PM |
Shaded by a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses, a tall, slender man casts for trout below Lake McConaughy's Kingsley Dam. After catching his limit of four, he packs up his rod and reel and strolls away. Other fishermen take no notice of perhaps the best-known man in Nebraska. This is how Rep. Tom Osborne spends a summer weekend this election year. Instead of looking for votes, the freshman congressman and former University of Nebraska football coach is looking for rainbow trout. "Campaigning isn't necessarily serving the people," he says. "People have had a chance to take a look at me as a representative. They will decide if I am doing a good job or not."
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| Congress Returns To Its Roots |
| 9/2/2002 8:25 PM |
The last time Congress met in New York City it rejected royal titles, established the federal judiciary, approved the Bill of Rights and infused the new government with the breath of life. Members of the Senate and House of Representatives also learned they enjoyed wrangling but could, when pressed, craft a compromise. Returning this week for the first time in 202 years, Congress convenes at Federal Hall in Manhattan just five days before the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The special meeting Friday represents a show of support for the city and a demonstration of resolve in the war against terrorism.
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| Illinois Governor's Race Sees Name Confusion |
| 9/2/2002 8:21 PM |
Democrat Rod Blagojevich is leading in the Illinois governor's race, his advantage boosted in part by voters who have confused the incumbent governor with the Republican candidate who shares his surname. According to a poll released Monday, Blagojevich leads Jim Ryan, 49 percent to 32 percent, with 14 percent undecided. About 4 percent support Libertarian candidate Cal Skinner, and 3 percent back someone else. The poll, conducted by the Chicago Tribune/WGN-Channel 9, shows that some voters are apparently confusing the name of Jim Ryan, the state's attorney general, with that of incumbent Gov. George Ryan.
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