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Saturday November 4 8:20 PM ET Tennessee Hardly Treats Gore As a Favorite Son By Arshad MohammedMEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) - Tennessee, the state Al Gore calls home, is hardly treating him like a favorite son.Three days before the election, the Democratic presidential nominee found himself in the uncomfortable position of working hard to avoid the embarrassment of losing his home state.He returned to Tennessee late on Friday for rallies in Alcoa and Memphis and a prayer breakfast on Saturday -- his second visit in 10 days to overcome the slight edge enjoyed here by his Republican rival, Texas Gov. George ...

11/04/00 1:15 p.m. Everything They Think About Politics is Wrong Some of the dumbest reasons for a Gore victory. By Jonah Goldberg, NRO Editor-----------------------JonahEMail@aol.com   o here we go. You can tell this election is starting to wind down because the clichés are coming out fast and furious. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The fat lady is about to sing. The Blumenthal is about to hit the fan. It ain't over till it's over. Don't sleep with a lot of bacon and Snickers bars in your tent in bear country. Sprinkled amidst all ...

ISSUE 1989Saturday 4 November 2000 TONY BLAIR made his tax policies the main battleground of the next election yesterday, claiming that the public wanted improved public services before tax cuts. As the renewed campaign for a reduction in fuel duty prompted panic buying among motorists, the Prime Minister made it clear that he would not bow to the protesters' demands. He said the 22p cut in duty they were calling for would damage the economy and lead interest rates to rise. In a blunt message, he said the Government had to balance the interests of all, "not just those who ...

The Halloween Coalition Rises Up, Again Sacramento Update || Washington D.C. Update || Columnists & Editorials || Initiative Update The Halloween Coalition Rises Up, Again By Raoul Lowery Contreras October 29, 2000   The ugly anti-Mexican, anti-Hispanic “Halloween Coalition” has risen again to flail away in the Presidential election race between Al Gore – their boy – and George W. Bush, their enemy. Any Hispanic who considers listening to the “Halloween Coalition” and voting for its boy, Al Gore, is committing economic and social suicide. The “Halloween Coalition” was born to fight the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ...

Be sure to watch Rush tonight on CNN's Countdown to the Election 2000 with Wolf Blitzer. Rush will be the lone guest from 8-8:30PM EST. That's 8 minutes from now, folks!

New biography alleges Gore used marijuana regularly for years, Newsweek killed story at last minute The Week Online with DRCNet (stopthedrugwar.org) has learned that Newsweek Magazine decided late Friday (2/4/2000) to postpone publication of an excerpt of a Gore biography featuring eyewitness accounts of Al Gore's regular and continued drug use over a period of years. The drug use covers a period of Gore's life from his days at Harvard up until the very week he declared his candidacy for Congress in 1976, sources told The Week Online. The book, by Bill Turque of Newsweek's Washington bureau, quotes both named ...

November 6, 2000/Vol 6, Number 8 Nothing to Offer But Fear Itself By William Kristol "He now leads the party of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but the only thing he has to offer is fear itself." George W. Bush, acceptance speech at the GOP convention, August 3, 2000 Who knew that, along with his other attributes, George W. Bush had the gift of prophecy? It's an extraordinary spectacle: Al Gore, the incumbent vice president of the United States, at a time of peace and prosperity, closing his presidential campaign with an appeal to pure, unadulterated fear. First, shortly after the ...

TRB FROM WASHINGTON Far Gone by Andrew Sullivan Post date 10.26.00 | Issue date 11.06.00     I have no idea who's going to win this election, but it's telling that Al Gore spent part of last week in Tennessee and Oregon. In this economy, with President Clinton's approval ratings still celestial and a rookie as an opponent, Gore should be a shoo-in. Computer models predict a double-digit win. Instead, the vice president is in his home state, grasping at tiny blips upward in the polls. It doesn't take a genius to figure out why. Gore's candidacy is simply ...

Tuesday October 31 1:48 PM ET Calif. Shuts 'Nader Trader' Vote Swap Web Site SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California authorities have shut down a vote swap web site aimed at so-called ``Nader traders'' -- people in battleground states who agree to vote for Democrat Al Gore if someone in a less contested state votes for the Green Party's Ralph Nader.``We did notify the site manager that they were in violation of California election law and they did need to cease activities on the Web site, and they complied,'' Shad Balch, a spokesman for California Secretary of State Bill Jones, said ...

Independent voters are helping Bush to pull ahead Some of his backers start to waver, beset by concerns about a Bush presidency. By John Dillin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON Boosted by growing suport from independent voters, particularly men, Republican George W. Bush has moved solidly ahead of Democrat Al Gore for the first time this fall. The latest Christian Science Monitor/TIPP poll of the presidential campaign shows Mr. Bush with a 47 percent to 41 percent margin over Mr. Gore. SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor/TIPP poll; TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence. This poll was conducted nationwide by telephone ...

Gay Rights Law Starts Civil War in VermontA state divided expects political leaders to feel the heat at ballot box on election day Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau Monday, October 30, 2000 ©2000 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/30/MN43018.DTL Washington -- Step off a plane in Vermont, and the visceral backlash against the state's groundbreaking civil union law granting gays and lesbians the legal rights of marriage is already palpable. ``Coward Dean'' reads the lighted sign atop a taxi waiting outside the Burlington airport, a reference to Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, the Democrat who signed the civil union measure into law ...

fresnobee.com The Fresno Bee Tonight's rally in Fresno is expected to draw up to 8,000 Bush supporters By Lesli A. Maxwell The Fresno Bee (Published October 30, 2000) With only eight days remaining to capitalize on Al Gore's dwindling lead in California, Valley Republicans -- Grand Old Party stalwarts and newly recruited volunteers alike -- worked at a breakneck pace Sunday to prepare for a crowd of thousands at a George W. Bush rally here tonight. Bush organizers announced Saturday that the Texas governor will appear with Arizona Sen. John McCain at Fresno's downtown Exhibit Hall in what is ...

Monday October 30 3:02 PM ET Greens' Nader on a Tear in Toss-Up States By Michael CarneyPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Ralph Nader of the Green Party is on track to influence the U.S. presidential election, and given the similarities of the candidates, the gadfly said he would not have it any other way.``It's a Tweedle-Dee, Tweedle-Dum vote,'' Nader said of Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore as he rallied supporters at a series of events in the Northeast over the weekend.``Both parties are selling our government to big business paymasters,'' Nader told more than 700 students, activists and aged ...

Monday October 30 4:59 PM ET Bush Sees Choice As Between Hope And Fear By Steve HollandALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) - Republican George W. Bush on Monday cast the presidential election as the choice between hope and fear, saying Democratic rival Al Gore's campaign was based on spreading ``falsehood and cynicism.''``If you try to win at any cost, the price is too high -- you lose your ability to inspire our people and lead a nation,'' Bush said of the vice president.The Texas governor was in a confident, upbeat mood as he headed into the final week of campaigning, holding a ...

Risky Strategy for House Democrats Sacramento Update || Washington D.C. Update || Columnists & Editorials || Initiative Update Risky Strategy for House Democrats By Christopher Wysocki October 28, 2000 Every seasoned poker player knows it's risky to draw to an inside straight, so it is somewhat surprising that Congressional Democrats and the Clinton/Gore Administration are using the same strategy in their effort pick up at least six seats in the House, which would give Democrats control of Congress next year. The rhetoric being used by Congressional Democrats is strikingly similar to their Presidential nominee, Al Gore.  On Thursday, House ...

Democrats' Election Nightmare Louis Freedberg Sunday, October 29, 2000 ©2000 San Francisco Chronicle URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/29/SC90883.DTL DEMOCRATS these days are having a recurring nightmare. It's that they will wake up on Nov. 8 and find that Washington is completely controlled by Republicans. Gone are the euphoric predictions that in addition to the House and the White House, Democrats even had an outside chance of winning back the Senate. Now a more realistic scenario is that they could lose the White House, and Congress will remain in Republican hands. Just the thought of it sends Democrats into a state of anxiety verging ...

The woman who undid the peace James Lafferty is an independent journalist in Washington. E-mail: jameslafferty@usa.net. By James Lafferty A leading U.S. newspaper recently carried a commentary titled "The Men Who Undid The Mideast Peace," which placed the blame squarely on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's predecessor. A more accurate version might well have read "The Woman Who Undid The Mideast Peace." It would have placed the blame squarely on the person who persuaded her close friend Sandy Berger and her husband, Bill Clinton, to push Barak into concessions that have triggered the ...

Editorial: For president: George W. Bush ENDORSEMENT: Texas governor is a better choice than the vice president. Sunday October 29, 2000 George W. Bush has a practical, principled view that the federal government's role in American life should be restrained. He wants Washington to help raise up the poorest among us and to solve such problems as guaranteeing the future of Social Security. But through the device of tax cuts, he also wants to further liberate the American people and to make government less like a shadow that follows everyone everywhere. That is among the primary reasons the Star believes ...

Sunday, October 29, 2000 Bush for president This election year has been an odd one. Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush won their party's primaries early and have been campaigning for months. Both have issued detailed papers on spending plans, tax cuts, protecting Social Security, tinkering with Medicare, improving education. Yet neither, according to the polls, has electrified the public, leaving the race very close. Make no mistake about it, this election is an important one, with many critical issues unresolved because of gridlock in the nation's capital -- Social Security, Medicare, tax rates, the ...