The Democrats: still dead

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 23 15:38:17 PST 2001


[From today's Financial Times]

On the Democratic side [in the new Senate], the emerging powerbrokers include Joe Lieberman, who has recovered from his vice-presidential defeat to reclaim his Senate role as a coalition-builder on such issues as education and Mr Bush's faith-based initiative. In a move that drew double-takes among Capitol Hill watchers, Mr Lieberman this week teamed up with Rick Santorum, a Republican senator better known for being a footsoldier in the conservative revolution of Newt Gingrich.

The two, Mr Lieberman a Jew and Mr Santorum a devout Catholic, are offering legislation containing the tax components of Mr Bush's faith-based policies.

[Full text: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?id=010323001839&query=%22capitol+hill%22#docAnchor010323001839]

Carl

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