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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104699)12/7/2000 6:12:02 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Respond to of 769670
 
The public didn't want to proceed with the impeachment hearings but the Congress went ahead anyway. Now, a majority of the public don't want the election contest but the Gore campaign proceeds anyway. At times, the politicians can proceed in spite of the polls because there is a larger interest at stake.

And also, because the politicians don't have to ask, "Does the country support this?", only "Does my base support this?"