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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: long-gone who wrote (9474)	1/22/2001 12:04:57 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Go McCain! Straight Out of the Chute, President Pressing Agenda By JANET HOOK, ALISSA J. RUBIN, Times Staff Writers Excerpts from above article January 22,2001 "There are elements of Bush's platform reminiscent of the Reagan administration--big tax cuts and a rapid defense buildup. Reagan was the last Republican to take over the White House from a Democrat. But the political circumstances of Bush's ascension to the Oval Office are dramatically different. Reagan took power in a commanding political position. He won in a landslide. Republicans rode his coattails to gain control of the Senate. Democrats were cowed by his popularity, which propelled his economic program quickly through Congress. Bush won without even winning the popular vote. Republicans almost lost control of the Senate in his wake. Many Democrats still question his legitimacy and are angling to win control of the House and Senate in 2002. And far from being able to jam his priorities through Congress, Bush may see his first 100 days scrambled by erstwhile presidential rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who intends to introduce today his latest version of campaign finance reform legislation. In a sign of the sensitivity of the situation, Bush has summoned McCain for a meeting Wednesday. Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," McCain insisted that a vote on his bill must take place by the end of March. "I believe we can work together on this," he said, "but we know that delay is death." On the regulatory front, Bush has said that he will review and possibly reverse many of the last-minute regulations and executive orders Clinton issued in the waning days of his administration, such as rules to block development of millions of acres of forest land. Laying the groundwork for such a review, his first act as president Saturday was to issue an order freezing some rules for Medicare, the environment and other programs that had not taken effect." latimes.com