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�REMARKS BY FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE JEFFERSON-JACKSON DINNER
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
DECEMBER 8, 1995
[Acknowledgments: Let me start by thanking all of you who have
made my visit here so enjoyable.
I can go home and tell the
President that he's not only loved in Ireland. New Hampshire
loves him too.
I want to say a special thanks to Joe Keefe,
State Party Chair, who I understand has also become something of
a media star up here; Mary Chambers, ·Party Vice-Chair; and let me
acknowledge the two strong potential_candidates for u.s. Senate
who are here tonight. With candidates like John Rauh and Dick
Swett in the running, we have a good chance of winning the seat
in November.]
This has been an absolutely amazing day for me.
I can't tell you
how much it means to come back to the state that made Bill
· Clinton the comeback kid. Thank you for that and thank you for
your support these past three years.
As you know,. I came here for several "primary" reasons. And for
one in particular.
Earlier today, I was proud to return to
Concorde to file Bill Clinton's name on the first-primary ballot.
As the first-primary state for the 1996 presidential election,
New Hampshire could be called the birthplace of the 21st century.
And with your help, we're going to make sure we enter the new
century stronger and more prosperous than ever before.
On primary night in Merrimack in 1992, the then future president
said something which bears repeating today. He said that the
people of New Hampshire deserved a president who would fight to
help them get and keep good jobs, who would fight to educate
their children, to provide for health care, for a decent
environment, to restore the middle class and reduce poverty and
reclaim the future for all our children. And most important, he
said the people of New Hampshire and the people of America
deserve a president who will fight to bring this country together
again.
This country and this state are in far better shape than when my
husband came here two-and-a-half years ago because the President
has worked hard to honor our values and to do what he said he
would do. And he's done it by being true to the core American
values that have made New Hampshire and this country strong for
more than 200 years: responsibility and opportunity for all, the
value of work, the understanding that we have to help families
stay strong and stick together, and the understanding that we are
all stronger when we work together. We have obligations to our
parents, our children and each other.
We still have real challenges, but, without a doubt, America is
1
�on the move.
Since taking office, the President's economic
policies ha~e reduced the deficit in three consecutive years.
It's now been cut in half.
In his first term, seven million jobs
have been c~~eated --more than 34,000 of them right here in New
Hampshire. We have 2.5 million more homeowners. Home sales in
New Hampshi~e have increased 25 percent each year. We've seen a
record number of new small businesses. New business
incorporatidns in this state have increased 17 percent per year.
And we are riow experiencing the lowest combined rate of inflation
and unemplo1ment in 25 years.
Everybody talks about family values these days, but the President
is putting bur values into action. He is doing everything he can
to strengthen families ... to grow the middle class and shrink the
underclass.~.to keep America moving toward a better and brighter
future.
Bill Clinton is the President who acted to pass and then
sign the Fa~ily and Medical Leave Act so that people don't lose
their jobs ~hen their children get sick. He's the President who
is fighting/now to protect Medicare for the seniors of today and
for future generations. He's the President who stood up to the
gun lobby on behalf of our children to get assault weapons off
the street ~nd put more cops on the beat. He's the President who
is fighting/for safe and drug-free schools, for clean water and
clean air and to keep the doors of college open for the next
generation./ That's putting values into action.
Do we have to do more? Of course we do. We've got to do more in
education ahd training so all Americans can compete for the highwage jobs of the information age. We've got to do more in health
car7 so tha~ all Americans have access to quality, affordable
med1cal care. We've got to do more for rural areas and urban
areas so th~t, no matter where you're born in America, you have a
chance to g:et a first-class, 21st century education. We have to
build on the successes of the last two-and-a-half years -- but
we must notl turn back the clock.
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The other slide complains about government year in and year out.
Well, this !Administration is doing something about it. There are
163,000 few er people working for the national government than the
1
day Bill C]inton
took office. Next year it will be the smallest
federal go~ernment since President Kennedy. The Federal
Emergency Management Agency used to be the most criticized agency
in governm~nt. But after the work they did in the Midwest during
the 500-yecir flood, in the South after the hurricanes, in
California /after the earthquake, in Oklahoma City ... Americans
know that ~EMA is on their side. The Clinton Administration is
making government work better for the first time in decades. Of
course, th~re's a lot more to do, but we're not just complaining,
we're changing things.
1
America is/safer and stronger today. For the first time since
the dawn of the nuclear age, there is not a single nuclear
2
�missile pointed at an American child. And the President's
leadership is fostering peace and reconciliation all over the
world.
From Northern Ireland to the Middle East to Haiti to
Bosnia, the United States is leading the world to peace. We are
playing the kind of role in world affairs that all Americans can
be proud of, and we are all safer because of it.
But, most important of all, this country is coming together
around our values again.
In almost every state, the welfare
rolls are down, the food stamp rolls-are down. Teen pregnancy
has qropped for two years in a row, and the poverty rate is down.
America is coming back together and we are moving forward
together. We are moving in the right direction.
Now we have to make some decisions that keep us on the right
track. That's what this budget debate is really all about.
It
isn't just about dollars and sense.
It goes to the heart of who
we are as a people, what we believe, what we stand for, and what
kind of America we want our children and grandchildren to live in
in the 21st century.
A few days ago, using the pen that Lyndon Johnson used to sign
Medicare into law in 1965, the President vetoed the GOP budget.
He did it to preserve our commitment to our parents, to protect
opportunity for our children, to defend our public health and
environment, and to stop a tax increase that undercuts the value
of work.
The very next day after the veto, the President submitted a plan
to balance the budget within seven years while protecting our
priorities and honoring our values.
The President's budget secures the Medicare Trust Fund into the
future without imposing new costs on seniors, like the wonderful
women I talked to earlier today at a senior citizen apartment
complex in Portsmouth.
It preserves the guarantee of quality
health care for poor children, pregnant women, and older and
disabled Americans. And, as I told the students at the
University of New Hampshire when I spoke to them this morning,
the President's budget increases our investment in education and
protects the environment. The President's budget also gives
working families a tax cut, targeted to education and childrearing.
It does not increase taxes on working families as the
Republican budget does.
The President's budget shows that you don't have to violate our
values, hurt our people and gut our priority programs in order to
balance the budget in seven years.
We are going to win this battle. Nothing less than the heart and
soul of this nation is at stake. That's why we need to send Bill
Clinton back to Washington in 1996 to finish the important job
3
�you sent him to do.
I am so proud that our President will be the first Democrat to
run unopposed in the primary since 1964. Give us your votes and
give us your support in the important work ahead. We need your
energy and enthusiasm to send a message to the other candidates
who have been up here: No to cuts in education. No to roll backs
in environmental protection. No to gutting Medicare and
Medicaid. The best way to do that is to get out the vote for
Bill Clinton in February.
Let me close by reminding all of you of how far we have come.
We're in· better shape than we were two-and-a-half years ago, and
you deserve the lion's share of the credit. But we can't stop
now. We need a vision and policies that prepare our children for
the vast challenges and opportunities of the 21st century; that
promote life-long learning so our workers can meet the demands of
change; that empower communities to solve their own problems;
that ensure the safety of our citizens on our streets, in our
schools and in our homes; that help us come together as a
community. That's the vision Bill Clinton shares with all
Americans.
America is a very great country. We are in the best position to
lead the world in the 21st century. Now what we have to do is
put our values into action and come together in the spirit of
community.
I want you to promise yourself that when you walk out of this
room tonight, and for the next year, you are going to engage your
fellow Americans in talking about th~se fundamental values and
the shared vision we have for our future, and for our children.
Thank you and God bless you all.
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�REMARKS BY FIRST LADY IDLLARY RODHAM CLINTON
NEW HAMPSIDRE JEFFERSON-JACKSON RECEPTION
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSIDRE
DECEMBER 8, 1995
[Acknowledgments: Let me start by thanking all of you who have made
my visit here so enjoyable. I can go home and tell the President that he's not
only loved in Ireland. New Hampshire loves him too. I want to say a special
thanks to Joe Keefe, State Party Chair, who I understand has also become
something of a media star up here; Mary Chambers, Party Vice-Chair; and let
me acknowledge the two strong potential candidates for U.S. Senate who are here
tonight. With candidates like John Rauh and Dick Swett in the running, we have
a good chance of winning the seat in November.]
This has been an absolutely amazing day for me. I can't tell you how
much it means to come back to the state that made Bill Clinton the comeback kid.
Thank you for that and thank you for your support these past three years.
As you know, I came here for several "primary" reasons. And for one in
particular. Earlier today, I was proud to return to Concorde to file Bill Clinton's
name on the first-primary ballot.
1
�As the -first-primary state for the 1996 presidential election, New
Hampshire could be called the birthplace of the 21st century. And with your
help, we're going to make sure we enter the new century stronger and more
prosperous than ever before.
On primary night in Merrimack in 1992, the then future president said
something which bears repeating today. He said that the people of New
Hampshire deserved a president who would fight to help them get and keep good
jobs, who would fight to educate their children, to provide for health care, for a
decent environment, to restore the middle class and reduce poverty and reclaim
the future for all our children. And most important, he said the people of New
Hampshire and the people of America deserve a president who will fight to bring
this country together again.
America and New Hampshire are in far better shape than when my
husband came here three years ago because the President has worked hard to
honor our values and to do what he said he would do. And he's done it by being
true to the core American values that have made us strong for more than 200
years: responsibility and opportunity for all, the value of work, the understanding
that we have to help families stay strong and stick together, and the
understanding that we are all stronger when we work together.
We have obligations to our parents, our children and each other.
We still have real challenges, but, without a doubt, America is on the
move.
2
�Since taking office, the President's economic policies have reduced the
deficit in three consecutive years. It's now been cut in half. In his first term,
seven million jobs have been created-- more than 34,000 of them right here in
New Hampshire. We have 2.5 million more homeowners. Home sales in New
Hampshire have increased 25 percent each year. We've seen a record number
of new small businesses .. New business incorporations in this state have
increased 17 percent per year. And we are now experiencing the lowest
combined rate of inflation and unemployment in 25 years.
Everybody talks about family values these days, but the President is putting
our values into action. He is doing everything he can to strengthen families ... to
grow the middle class and shrink the underclass ... to keep America moving
toward a better and brighter future. Bill Clinton is the President who acted to
pass and then sign the Family and Medical Leave Act so that people don't lose
their jobs when their children get sick. He's the President who is fighting now to
protect Medicare for the seniors of today and for future generations.
He's the President who stood up to the gun lobby on behalf of our children to get
assault weapons off the street and put more cops on the beat. He's the President
who is fighting for safe and drug-free schools, for clean water and clean air and
to keep the doors of college open for the next generation. That's putting values
into action.
Do we have to do more? Of course we do. We've got to do more in
education and training so all Americans can compete for the high-wage jobs of
the information age.
3
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We've got to do more in health care. That's why the President is fighting .
so hard to protect Medicare and Medicaid. That's why he's fighting for better
health care for children and better coverage in health insurance. We've also got
to do more for rural areas and urban areas so that, no matter where you're born
in America, you have a chance to get a first-class, 21st century education. We
have to build on the successes of the last three years -- but we must not turn back
the clock.
The other side complains about government year in and year out. Well,
this Administration is doing something about it. There are 163,000 fewer people
working for the national government than the day Bill Clinton took office. Next
year it will be the smallest federal government since President Kennedy.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency used to be the most criticized
agency in government. But after the work they did in the Midwest during the
500-year flood, in the South after the hurricanes, in California after the
earthquake, in Oklahoma City ... Americans know that FEMA is on their side.
The Clinton Administration is making government work better for the first time
in decades. Of course, there's a lot more to do, but we're not just complaining,
we're changing things.
America is safer and stronger today. For the first time since the dawn of
the nuclear age, there is not a single nuclear missile pointed at an American
child. And the President's leadership is fostering peace and reconciliation all
over the world. From Northern Ireland to the Middle East to Haiti to Bosnia, the
United States is leading the world to peace.
4
�We are playing the kind of role in world affairs that all Americans can be
proud of, and we are all safer because of it.
But, most important of all, this country is coming together around our
values again. In almost every state, the welfare rolls are down, the food stamp
rolls are down. Teen pregnancy has dropped for two years in a row, and the
poverty rate is down. America is coming back together and we are moving
\_
forward together. We are moving in the right direction.
Now we have to make some decisions
t~at
keep us on the right track.
That's what this budget debate is really all about. It isn't just about dollars and
-sense. It goes to the heart of who we are as a people, what we believe, what we
stand for, and what kind of America we want our children and grandchildren to
live in in the 21st century.
A few days ago, using the pen that Lyndon Johnson used to sign Medicare
into law in 1965, the President vetoed the GOP budget. He did it to preserve our
commitment to our parents, to protect opportunity for our children, to defend our
public health and environment, and to stop a tax increase that undercuts the value
of work.
The very next day after the veto, the President submitted a plan to balance
the budget within seven years while protecting our priorities and honoring our
values.
5
�The President's budget secures the Medicare Trust Fund into the future
without imposing new costs on seniors, like the wonderful women I talked to
earlier today at a senior citizen apartment complex in Portsmouth. It preserves
the guarantee of quality health care for poor children, pregnant women, and older
and disabled Americans.
And, as I told the students at the University of New Hampshire when I
spoke to them this morning, the President's budget increases our investment in
education and protects the environment. The President's budget also gives
working families a tax cut, targeted to education and child-rearing. It does not
increase taxes on working families as the Republican budget does.
The President's budget shows that you don't have to violate our values,
hurt our people and gut our priority programs in order to balance the budget in
seven years.
We are going to win this battle. Nothing less than the heart and soul of
this nation is at stake. That's why we need to re-elect Bill Clinton and AI Gore.
I am here today to ask you to give us your votes and your support for the
important work ahead. We need your energy and enthusiasm to send a clear
message to the other candidates who have been up here: No to cuts in education.
No to roll backs in environmental protection. No to gutting Medicare and
Medicaid. The best way to do that is to get out the vote for Bill Clinton in
February.
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Let me close by reminding all of you of how far we have come. We're in
better shape than we were two-and-a-half years ago, and you deserve the lion's
share of the credit. But we can't stop now. We need a vision and policies that
prepare our children for the vast challenges and opportunities of the 21st centur):';
that promote life-long learning so our workers can meet the demands of change;
that empower communities to solve their own_problems; that ensure the safety of
our citizens on our streets, in our schools and in our homes; that help us come
together as a community. That's the vision Bill Clinton shares with all
Americans.
America is a very great country. We are in the best position to lead the
world in the 21st century. Now what we have to do is put our values into action
and come together in the spirit of community.
I want you to promise yourself that when you walk out of this room
tonight, and for the next year, you are going to engage your fellow Americans in
talking about these fundamental values and the shared vision we have for our
future, and for our children.
Thank you and God bless you all.
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Fur anyone whn tJcticves that Pres;denl
Clinton, because he aveided the dran In 19fl9,
Jacks the .moraL authority to send troop!! to
·r.~ht am! possibly die in Bnsn io, James Car~
ville has a pie-ce or flaper ror them.
. "I would point oul lo thE"m the Constuulion.'' CaiVille, the flamboyant senior campaign adviser to tne _President, said in
Manchester last night. "The Crmstitution
says lhe President of the United States is the
commander- in-i:hief_"
Ame1kans in 19!12 knew or Clinton's effort
tu 11vnict the Vir.lnam W;n-cra draf\, ami they
ulcdl'tl him, anyway, Carville said. "If Ollie
Nurth or Pitt Buchanan or an'ybody else can't
read thl' ulm;litu1tc1n or the United Slates or
Ameri~:~, I'll be Rlad lo fax them a copy of it
Jr James Madison had wanted that In there,
they wu11ld pullhat in there."
Carville, nicknam~ the "Ragin' Ca.1un,"
made a stop in New Hampshire to officially·
<lpen lhe Clintn11-Gnre 'llft heatlrJUBrtcr.~ on
Snuth C..••nmNdul Strl"t.'t, a-skin11 ai111UI HiD
stJ pflltt\ers lo a n.;wc r · Repuhlica n CUntonbashcrs with reminders that dtrrinK his l'irl!t
h.•rm, 8 milliun new jni.Js have been crealec.J.
the dei'k·it wlis reduced in threE consecutive
years and lhl' Family and Medical uave J\c:t,
the criml' hill arid th~ Goals :woo education
. pmgram be be-came law.
·
"We have made prol{n:ss." Carville said.
"'It's nnt ennul(h, hut it's pn:)~n~ss."
Till! GOP. he said, is nm IJ_v ""riJ~:ht-winl! e:ottrcmists." 11sking the crowd ln '"think .. r N!"wt
Gingrich. lhinli or Je~!IP ftelms, think or Pal have n~ substantial primary opposition, he
Rt~hcrts<ln" in t:HITlJ13ring lhe GOP's vision or hnpes U1e staff wiU "provide some b.lsis of
the L"OIJntry wilh the llemucnits"factual accuracy_..
·
.
Earlie( Carville handicapped the GOP rece
New Hampshire, he said. "has an entirely
ror re,,.•r\ers. GOP. fruntrunncr Bnb llnle, he . different f~"l 'tn il lhan in Ul91 and 1992.
sai•t. "lu1s gnl tn wiu !his state hy sE.>ven, 10 "Pecple have a bounce. Times are beller up
1mints, I.Jut that cm1hi t:hllnKe·... Corvllle said.
here. Irs in the air_"
Retired 1.1. Col. Olivet North
Sunday
''Many people's pay checlu have not ril'li'O.
called CHnlnn a "'phllandl'rel"' and ··a male as the et'Onomy goes up,'' Carville sdmitl<'d.
version nr Jane F'ond;t," who, like Clinton; up- "'That's one uf the thiJlJi:S we· want tn work
posed Amer!c:an invulvemeut in Vietnam.
on."
Carville sai" llislory shows that Clinton
"Democrats everywhere ·ought to talk
was right about Vietnam, just as he will be about the family,'' he said. And, he said,
proven "ri~ht ai-"IUl keeping peAce in Bos- "We've ~~:ot tn remind pt~uple lhRl we don't
-nin." lie 5lti!l that 2!\ll,IHHI ll'!~•ple'lmvP. oc"en want tn turn tht• .dud{ h;ll·k, in lt!m\s tif-•,ur
kiiiL'ti in lhal dvil war, ""imd if you have a programs of social insurance, be il Medicare,
chanC(:' for pt.!are ... llhink lhe President has Social Security .. _"
made a f!utH.l, case. a solid case that this Is-~
Clinton won New Hampshire's rour de!!!'risk wnrth taking."
gate electoral Viltes ln November 1992, the
"I dnn't like to give opponents credit for first Democrat in 28 years to do 5(1 •. He snid
anythlni.'' hut Carville sai~ Senate MQjorily the stat_e win be closely wah:hE'Il Cor lhe PreslLeader Bob O.lle and AJizona Sen·. John dentiaJ race am.t he sees no reason why Re-_
MtoCain have ~n helpful to Clinton on .the publlca11 S('n. Bob Smith can't be rep1~d
issue.
with a llenu~<:rat
Nine rnU-tlmc !llarr.. rs work Rl Clintnn"'lf you see us up here in SeplemLer or Oc-·
Gflre offices in Man~hc.sler, Nashua. Keene, Iober, you know things will IJE goinR pretty
Dm~:urd a.nr! lhmnvcr, thf•lar~£'St slaffnfany good bei:ausc if we hRve a shol in New Jtam pCHntun ~ffort in any stale. said state coorill- shire, you can imagine what we're going to do
natnr Nick Bflldick.
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in Massachusetts end· Vermont or other
First f~uly Hi!101ry Rndharn Clin!un is slat-_ puinls in NPw England."
lu arrive in Nl'W Hnmpshire on Friday lG
Carvme and his wire, GOP activist Mary
me her husiJand's name on the first-primary Matalin, became natinnally known in lS92 fnr
ha!lut. ·~arnraign nn the s~acuasl and address. their high- profile Dl'IKI!IHion in the Clinlnn
the stale Democrats' Jc!TcrsHn·Jacksnn Din- and Gemge Busti ~mJlaigns. "'!'m sure she'll
ner in Manc:heslcr.
Lie_ suppurlirtg whalever right-winger lhat
Carville saitl I ho l all hnu gh Cli nlnn · wi U they nominate," he j~tked.
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Americans will come to
see wisdom of Bosnia
policy.
"The president
Telegraph Staff
MANCHESTER - Americans
will come to agree with President
Bill Ointon that the U.S. must enforce a peace in Bosnia: just
Ointon was right to oppose the
as
Vietnam W:u, said Jirn Carville. a
Clinton senior adviser.
"I think the president has made
case that we
should be there to enforce peace
among a dangerous mix of peo. pie." Carville told reporters before ·
the oftkial opening of Clinton- Gore !tc:a.dquarte.r:; here.
.
Both Republican candidate Patrick· Buchanan -and retired CoL Oliver North have accused Oiriron. of
usurping his power to eater a con·. flict where the U.S. lacks a national interest.
"The president is the command~
er in ch.ief; that's in the U.S. Constitution. If Oli\ler North or Patrick
Buchanan or anyone else can't understand rhat, I would be gfad to
(ax them a copy," Carville said.
Carville praised GOP· front' .r.):'lner Bob Dole and Sen. John
McCain, chairman of Republican .
rival Phil Gramm's campaign, for
a good case, a solid
assisting in suppon of the· Bosnian
policy.
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"I hate giving my opponents a
The group has discussed wheth~
er one of them should offer tho:
voters a .choice between Clinton
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Carville ran the "Wat Room" of
the Clinton campaign in 1992 and
coined the infamollS mantra. ''It's
the economy, stupid,.. which
helped propel the. then-governor of
Arkansaa. to an upset win aver · .
President George BUSh. ·
Catville said it often makes ·his
job harder. but Clinton deserves
high marks for taking
unpop~lar
stands on principle from the Bosnian agreement to a Joan bailout of
Mexico.
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takes courage."
Carville admitted New Hamp- . ·
shire remains a RcpublicanAieaning
. state in 1996, even .though amron
was the first Democrat since 1964
to · win the state's four electoral
votes in the three-way race with
Bush and independent Ros& Pemt.
"I hope· we don't ha~ to come
up here and campaign t~ be hon~st ·
with you. New Hampshire' bas historically been a tough state for a ·
Democrat in a general election,"
CarviUe said.
·
More than likely if Clinton or
Vice President Al Gore arc in tb~
state 10 months from naw itmeans ·
that more winnable states are already on board, CarvjUe said~
"If you see us up here. in September or October, you- know
dungs :ue going well," he added.
· On other subjects, Carville said
.he had respect for> seveta!. of the 1
"secret seven" Democrats, Republicans and independent leaden,
such as .1992 .Democratic I'UIUietup and former U.S. Sen. Paul
Tsongas. ·
·
. "Those are not feUas· to be taken
. hgbtJy, b_ut l don't 1mow what they
;ue Up io," cMvule sa~d. "!olD one I
is saying they are runnmg for pres- \
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ident. All they have.done is set up
conference call."
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. Carville insist~d the U:S. Se~ate .
seat held by first-term Republican
Bob Smith is a winnable one: for
Democrats and on a "close w~tch.
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. family, Stupid.
So :a~yeth James carville,
th~ priJtW'Y arclritect of BiU
Clinton's winning 1992 presi·'
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ad\''iser to the president
"l think that DemiM!r8ts ev·
erywhere need to talk about
the family, and what we ean do
to u-.o to belp keep families together." said carville. "Democrats have not talked about
that enough. ·•
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Carville was in Manchester
yesterday for the official open·
1n~ o! the Clinton-Gore ~am
paUJn lleadquarters. The presi·
dent is beginning an aggressive re-election campaign
much earlier than is typical,
particularly given that no
Democrat .is challenging him.
And with nine people on the
. payroll. the New ~ampshire
campaign office i3 the Largest
· Ill the country,
"The raee in 1992 got defined up bere and it got de·
lined to tbe incumbent's dlsadvantage," said Jake Siewert.
the president's .New H!;imP-
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. In , 1992, as tben·president
George Bush heralded hili foreign
policy a~omplishments. Carville
. kept the Clinton campaign on tracJc
by J)osting the phrase "It's; the
economy. stupid.' over his desk at ·
campaign headquarters.
. It's stiU the economy. but in
1996 Carville said the president has
to make a case about how his own
econom1c policies. like his earned .
income tax break and his stand on
· minimum wages. benefit iamUies.
··we can talk about it in terms of
giving people the means and methods oi staying together." carville
said. "But we should never eecte
that issue."
As he made his way through the
150 or so supporters. that showed
up for the campaign headquarters
opening, carvtlle wa:i"greeted as a
celebriry. People thrust the book
A.J. 'WOU'! I Mllrlt~Qo ,._tl
he wrote with his Republican stral·
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James
carvtlte
goes
tnrougtt
the
croWd
at
opening
of the Clln·
egisr \We. Mary Matalin. lnto his
ton-Gor.e campaign headquarters in Mancnester yesterday.
hands ior auto~ph.s. It's unc:lear
what role Carville will play in the
1996 campaign; political consultant
Dick ~I orris is now the chief cam- protector of the elderly.
. he aslced. "I think the president
paign strategist.
Lille a preacher sending Iris has a solid reputallon. ·maybe bet·
Bur wnen Carvillt stood on a til· lloc:Jt off fD wib2eSS, carvwe lin· ter thaJl l would Uke, of doing un·
hie last night to deUver his speech, ished bis 51)eeeh with tbi3 admcmf. popUlar things."
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he was every inch tbe llery Louisi·
tion;
carvwe laudleG. then added: "1
anian political strategist who is
"Wbea you're here, working la&e mean. it's kina of odd that J'm sit·
credited with not only CUnton's vic· at ni~t. aud if yuu want to !mow ting' he!"l In Manchester saying,
tory, but also a number of Demo- what 15 at stake. think of tbe l!8Jey 'Gee. this guy's really ~ot a reCDrd
en lie upset~ in the U.S. Senate.
of Ameriea aild tbink of what's of doing Wlpopular thm~ts. · But I
."Almost every iasue that is go- been left to IUJ ;usd wtlat we want to think the pre:~ident haS demoning to come up In this campaign is leave to the Dext ~enenatiOn." strated on numerous occasions
gomg to be a fight between today Shouttn_g now, he continued: "And that when it's rieces.sar;;, he will
and tomorTOw," he said. giving a - then think of Newt Glngric:Jl, think salllnto the wind."
carvtlle countered Republican
· glimpse into the 1996 Cllnton-Gcre of Jesse Helmes, think ai Pat Rob- ·
strategy. '.'If. It's tbe way we treat ertson.w
,
charges that Clinton's avoidance of
our elderly m our. retirement sr.~·
Amid cheers and catcaJis. car. the Vietnam draft makes him the
tem, it's the kind of retirement our vtlle threw in a sbot at Republican wnmg man to send troops to Baspeople are going to have tomorrow. New Hampshire SeD. Bob Smith. nia. He said the suppon of Republi·
If it's the student lpa iJ)j;'grarn. It's who is up for re-electlcm next year; can senaton llke Jobn ·McCain,
the education, the 5
, that aur ~And tlllnlt of Bob Smitb, ot whO WBS a prisoner or WBr in Viet·
people are going. to have tomor· course."
. nam. and Republican presidential
row. ·•
Fonner. ccmsressman .Oidt candidate Bob Dole. he!p Clinton.
, Carville hlghllstJted the prmi- ~wett. ~ was~ tbe speech and
To otber Republican detnctors.
dent's. record - JOb growth, busi- IS runrung for Snutb'a seat, said he like ln&n Contra~ and retired
ness creation, budget ile!icit redue· was· imp~ witb the kick4 ArirJy Lieutenant Col Oliver North,
tion. Goalz; 2000 eduation grants event. ''I tbini: that this message is who last night in Manchester blast- and said. it was a record the
one that's going to play well," be ect CliDton's Bosnta poJicy, Carville
presicient can and should cam- said.
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paign on. But he said it was a re- · · One message Republieans hope
'"the Constitution says · the
cord to build on. not to sit on.
wfll ·play ·well is their coutention · Preiridczt of the United States is
"We need to ta1.lt about how a:~
that Clin.~n is .loath to take un~ the commander in chie( It doesn't
the economy goa up, many peo- u!ar poaitions and 1adc!l at c:onvtc:- say be's Ule commander in ehief if
pie's pay ehecils have not risen." lion.
be's liJr.e me and he served as a
he said. "I th!nJt we've got to say
Bur l:alville said reeem events Marine C'Ofl)Oral or he's like Qenerthat's one of the things we WilDt tD will make it tau-· and UIU""er at Powell." he said. ~And it wasn't
work on."
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for people to say tb;~t ~- like the .\meriean people elected .
And the third thing that tbe fie& on &m!JOlUDt policy decisions.
P're5iaent ~ton and this was
president has to tn1k about, Car"'lbl! biggest thmrfin the news some big surpme t.hatwas sprung
ville said. is not turning the dock that the lftSident 1s doiJig ngtlt on tbem. U Ollie Nonh or Pat Bu-•
bac:lt on soc:ial insurance programs
nuw is Baimia. Nmr who toot a poi1 cballan or n.Dyone eJse eau 't read ·
like ;\iedicare .and Soc:ial Security.' · and weat out and said get Into Bas· tbe COilSt.ltution of the United
. ln recent fights O'm' the buciget, n1a! Who took a poll and said give States of Americ:a. I'll be glad to fax
Clinton is positio~ng hims~lf M a the M~.a Joaa guaron&ee?" them a copy of it."
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he. defense budget is built .on
the specious assumption that a
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president might have to wage
· war on two ironts simultaneously and
· independently,. without allies' help. tary as aet:Ountahle ·as other areas o
Little did Bill Clinton suspect that the government for its spending. Insteari
. first theaters of contlict would be the the new Republican power broker:
.Republican-contrOlled Senate and the kept money flowing to defense con
.House.
tractors. just as Democrats did befon
Last week: President .
them.
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Clinton signed a S243
' The budget include~
billion defense · approA rational dethe first installment c
priations bill that is s7
budget
20 mechanically-trOI.:
billion more thaD hls
bled B-2 stealth boml:.
administration and the
WaS the firSt . _ ers, at $2 billion~ apieCE
. Pentagon_
requested,
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and even more billions
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intervention in dudes money for
ing so, he bowed to Re·
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publicans irom defense·
OSnla.
sub that will keep Elet
rich · districts · and the
· tric Boat in Gtotor
weapons lobbies that feed them. He Conn.. in busmess and Newt Gin(
also made p<lSsage of an overall bucf8· rich's favorite member of the Hous
et compromise that restores harsh Ethics Committee, Rep. NaDcy Johr.
cuts in other programs more unlikely. . son. in his comer.
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A rational defense budget was the
When the Senate and ·Hou~
first casualty . of the intervention in cguldn't agree whether to build a ne·
Bosnia. Clinton had ~anted to lever- landing ship or a transportship, the
age rus support of the Republicans' threw in money for both - $2.2 billio
defense buciget for $8 'billion for other the. benefit of senior ~publical'
threatened
domestic
priorities: in Texas and Louisiana.
AmertCorps. his national service' pro- - Tbe budget's passage enincide
gram; Goals :!000 and educational re- with. the revelation. in the wake of th
form: technology development; and Aldrich .-\roes spy ·scandal, that th
money for more local police office~. CIA passed overblown estimates r
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tense
for ..
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to
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Or, he vianted to force Congress to cut the SOviet military capacity to Pres
defense. to lllake way for bis . pro- . dents Reagan. Bush and Clinton. Ttu.
grams. ,
infonnation. wbicb the. CIA knew c
instead. he got Congress to indude suspected was Unreliable, may llav
the S2 billlon it's expected to cost to misled the Pentagon and Congress ;
station 20.000 U.S. troops in Bosnia for ·. decisions on major weapons pw
a year - and nothing more. Given the chases. especially the F-22 fiSttter. It
subswitial Republican opposition to development will cost tax-payers sz.
the i.nter"iention, especially in the billion ~one ne."<t year and $74 billio
· House. Clinton was fortunate to get by the time the ~22 planes aJ""e built.
that mucb.
That disclosure . shouid ha''
·A ha1C-decade .after
Soviet em- prompted Congress to put the F-22 o
the
pire vanished. lbe United. StateS con·
hold. But Lockheed-Martiri; its make·
tiriues to sustain a military for a world is in ·~larietu, Ga.. Gingrich's bac:
. that no longer exists. Even after seal- yard. The plane stayed put.
·.
ing back personnel, the Pentagon con· · _ Congress could pay for the annu':
tinues to spend at C~ld War l_evels. .
health care of 1.3 million Americar
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the first
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Pentagon
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and even more billions
didn't ask for. It inthan they need. In dointervention in eludes money for a .
ing so, he bowed to ReB- I
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pubticans from defense·
OSn a.
sub that will keep Elec·
rich districts and the
Uic Boat -in Groton.
weapom1 lobbies that feed them. He CoM.. in business and Newt G)ngaJsO made passage of an overall budg- . rich's favorite member of the House
et cmnprrunise ·that ~stores harsh ·Ethics Committee, Rep. Nancy John·
cuts in other programs more unlikely. son. ~ his comer.
A rational defense budget was the
When the Senate and House
first casualty of the intervention ln ~uldn't agree whether to build a new
Bosnia. Clinton had wanted to lever· lilnding ship or-a transport ship; they
age his support of the. Republicans' threw in money for both - $2.2 billion
defense budget for S8 billion for other - to the benefit of senior Republicans
threatened
domestic
priorities: in Texas and Louisiana
. AmeriCorps. his national service pro- ,
The budget's passage· coincided
gram; Goals 2000 and educational re- with the revelation. in the wake of the
form; technology development and Aldrich Ames spy scandal, that the ·
money· for more local police officers. CIA passed on overblo~ estimates oi ·
Or, he wanted to force Congress to cut the Soviet milltatj' capacity. to Presidefense to make way for bis pro- dents Reagan, Bush and Clinton. That
· grams.
infonnation. wbieh the CIA lmew or
· · !Dstead. he .got CongreSs to include suspected was unreliable. may have
the S2 billion it's expected to cost to misled the Pentagon and Congress in
statiotl 20,000 U.S. troops in Bosnia fo~ decisions on · major weapons pur· i .
a year - and nothing more. Given. the Chases, especially the F-22 fighter. Its
-substantial Republican opposition to development will cost taxpayers $2.2
the intervention. especially - in the billion alone next year and $74 billion
House, Clinton was fo.rtUnate to get by the time the 422 planes are built. ·
that mueh. _
That , disdosure should have
A half-decade after the Soviet em· prompted Congress tO put the F-22 on
pire vanished. the United States eon· hold. But Lockheed-Martin. its maker.
tinues to sustain a military for a world is in Marietta. Ga., Gingrich's backthot no longer exis~. Even after seal- yard. The plane stayed put.
ing back ~onneL the Pentagon eon·
Congress couJd pay for the annual
anues to spend at Cold War levels.
health care of 1.3 million Americans
Between now and 2001, the nation for the cost of a single stealth bomber.
will spend S2 trillion on the military.· It could fund summer jobs for sso,ooo
The Pentagon's budget aJone equals teenagers till 2002 for the. $1 billion it
what the 10 next mightiest armies added to Clinton's deiel1Se request.
spend together, It is 15 times larger · Clinton and the Republicans clearly
than the combined budgets of its de- weren't referring to defense contrac·
clat'ed potential adVersaries and 20 tors when they talked about painfuJ
times what America spends on foreign spending choices. Rather than move
aid.
them closer together, their agreement ·
This should have been the year that on Pentagon funding has just made a .
Clinton and Congress held the mill- budget 'compromise harder to reach.·
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message lo the nation and the world."
If elected, Buchanan said he would.atlempt
to have a. Republiclin National Committee
nil~ adopted 5o that any ·stale lhat conducl!i
ib primary within a week of New Hampshire's would not have its delegates sealed at
the national party convention. ·'That would
put an end to aU this foolishness," he said.
GOP Sen.· Bob Dole of Karuias bas a.lready
he will not file in Delaware; Sen. Phil
GrarnmofTexas has not.
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~-·7. _. ·-~ .',;;-·<~C.H~~!Jiw~t! irf_' .o~.n.ed ils P.-~lilidenlhtl prim1u·y dlrend~i~ can~.d.ales· wd hbo s_hare afres~t r~r the !!..~t
:·.t F~l fll!lP. ~Jil~i'. Wlthout havmg a elate ~~ rgr . a lUo~. an_~ pmu enla~e .o 01_ ~ pnmary
~: ·If '" \lH~ . will BD to the polls.
·:r.,,:-,!-~)~l'Jll~''!~ ppe~ed because the state of De~·::~::·~ ;·.~·=sW~~~d~ ~~- ll'lPhng to end QUr 75-year tradt·
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:t,t>~iit•~f~~~~ i~f .·~tilt':, yesterday as camlu.lates
't:~>.,~lln~J f!h P.UJlt!dt: h1s ~ffice ~o set on the ~llot
: ~~L-,l;,:.~i,·i{Jl!S)i~w Uamp:~h.in:! prtma.-y ls tentahvcly
.;!1,,:-il:·\~ ~r J\ll: ¥0. but Delawar~ intends to hold
: i-L :·:: lt.~· fl!Jf~ltlf'l! un _Feb. _24 and infl'inge on New
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At least one RepuiJhcan came out strgngly
yesterday~ honor Gardn-:r's request.
Former Wh1te House ;ulvtser Pat Buch_anan,
who was the firat lo file lo "et on the prunary
baJlot, d~lall!U, "We have not gone to Dcla·
'Ware. We've not campai~ned !.here and J WiU
not campaign in Delaware and I wiU nut be
on the biJ)Iot there if it keeps il.li priinw:y four
days afier New Ham pshlre. 1'1_11 a sl_l'Ong
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going to face at least one strong
·enalltmger and nobody is better
POSitioned than me to bect,me
that challencer on the issues.''
Republican Pat Buchanan told
re110rt.ers yatetday at tbe State
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sicalb> the ~terPri6e z:o~e of the
entire Weslem World by HiVing ·
us the lOWest tax rates on savings.
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· investments and ·income. and
putting an end to trade treaties
that are · unfair· to the Umted
Stones and to American workers."
Buchanan won't. compromise
his anti-abortion, pro-life postuf@.
''nlat's very di!eply engrained in ·
"We ha~ real fire and enerC)' me and it's not snmelhing that
in our campaiiJ%1 and sharper dis- I'm going to chance." he Sllid.
·a,Jeerrients with Senator Dole on . ''We'Ve had three candidates or
his l"eC!!O'd ot raising taxes and polential- candidates wno Were
other issues. I think that 'We.4re strongly pro-choice on. abortion,
going to be the one that emeJ1leS Arlen Specter, Pete Wilsen and
to challenge Bob Dole. This iG not Colin Powell, and. they're gone
going tD be a cakewalk far Boo rww. I th.ink our party is a pro-life
OoJe." Buchan- .
party and I'm
an said.
eoing to keep it
"1 disa1ree ·
a pro-life party
with· Bob Dole
''/ diSagree With
at <the GOP na·
deeply on 8os.
tional conven·
nia. The PreS!ply
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clent made a
Diego." he said.
rooush. otr·tht!What is d.if·
c:utr commit·
;.... f'atricX Bucnanan
fer en t n 0 w .
ment tWo yean
compared with
· aro to put 25..
his campai(;n
000 Americ:an
four years ago, :
. troeps into Bosnia. And now. he according to Buchanan. is that
·is putting the. prestice and ~- ·~w been out campaigning for
bility ot this country and 20.000 almost a full year and we have an .
Americ:ans into that Balkan orgarutation .tnat is broad c.nd
b.loodbatb to redeem that com- deep arui we're
running 50
rnitment." he said.
much ag:Unst President Bush be"We snouJd stand up ana say cause' he had broken a pledge. i
'no' and Bob Dole should help We're now running .for a bold ~
lead the fight but. he is going agenda that l think conservatives •
along. His pasture is not one of are going to rally to.
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leadenhip. It is of acqu.iesence.
''I ·Uunk our opposition is not
. and resignation in a decision that as fomudable and we're stal'tlng
I think that Bob Dole in his heart off much c.loser tD the top. Last
fears could lead to an American time when we came up her!4 one
detlarle. And this is one of those . national poll had us at 5 pert::ent
debacles that ought to be stopped and the President at 85 percent. l
before it begins," he said.
· think this time. thi:iis imminent·
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a conservatiVe. lt s the reeord of .a
Although refusing to predict
moderate. Ptactl'?neer of the poli· the. pet'C@nt.age of the vote he'll
ncs of comprc~~~e, and what we · win in New Hampshire. Buc:han· i
need IJl the Whi~ House IS the an thinks he can bolt out front.
polttlcs of convu:uan.
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''New Harirpshiie. I predict is
"'I~e NAFI'A ~ GATI' trade going to· be our break-through
treaties are the direc:t cause why state. Mer New HamJ)shire. we
America ha:s .1om 3 million ll'Uin· go to A.rizona Where we have a
ufacruring jabs in lhe last 15 very strTJ11g base of suppon..and
·years. why lhe wages of real with the momentum w~ get out of
workini people have fallen· and New HamllShire. l think m a
why company towru; are beocom· strong thl'l!@ or four-way race in .·
ing ghost towns all ac:ross Ameri- Arizona. we ean b~ak throu~th
ca." said Buchanan. who satd he into frontrunner or clearly the
has a plan "to make Amenca ba· .main challenger to Bob Dole."
Bob Dole dee,
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political lite rilbt·now.
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Hampshire co him in a resound!na Presidential pri·
mary vtetmy nat February.
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But on peri)aps the most important, of many
INQor issues that haw- cropped. up d~ thiS Pres. i d " n ·t i a 1 · . p r i m a r y
ca m p a i sn
- the sending or U.S. troops to Bosnia - Dole is on
one side and Reps. ZeWhnd &iss and Sen. Greg
are on another. They're on the. side of Texas Sen.
Phil Gramm and former W!Ute Hau~ adViser Patridt Suchanan.. key Dole rivals for the norrtinauon.
s~ with Dole and. President 8W Clinton
supporting troop deployment is Sen. John McCain.
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comp.lished any ot the three."
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prunary e&mPIUIIl. eapecially if the mission turns
sour and ~ are killed in actiorl? ''We'D just
have to wait and see," Grea said.
Lest nilht. senior Clinton campaign aaviser
James Carville•. in Manchester, called Dole "helP..
ful" ~ the President on ~ matter.
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Zellif bas ~ed the Clinton policy "insane." IUid
yesterday. he said be still believe~rthat.
Dole has been S8Yin& ·that since troop deploymentis inevitable, any candldate. senator or House.
metnber Who does not acree with bim Will show.
l8c:k o_t support fur the troops on the pound. ,
~said he su~rts the ~ on the itQund.
but, I can not conceMt of supporting sending ou.r
troo~ to Bosnia l do not know of anything out
. there m terms of a resolution that I can support."
Zelift' and Bus voted two weeks •10 to oppose
deployment and tQ prohibit the use of Defense r.
~ent funds. to pay for U.S.' ground forees in
a
R·Arix.. Gramm's national . campaign. c:tnai.nnan.
while New York Sen. Alphonse O'Amato, a top Dole
backer. stands with Gramm and Gramm's New
Hampshire chair. Sen. Bob Smith, in apJIOSin8
troOp deployment. -· .
Gregg, Zeliff and Bass are willlng to look the
other way on this one. hawewr.
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conaresaional appi"''Val. Tbe l!le&'nUe may be voted and Grea sal~ be doubts there wi.\1 be now that
on as early u tomonow.
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~..said that ~ a fundin& resolution comes up
the deploYtneftt becauae it was "inevitable'' - did IIIIWk rm not 101111 to l'Ut them of! once they're·
notshw their CQDfi~ mhis ability to be Presi- tbere. But r~ aJ:5o not aoing to put my stamp of ap.
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· "Just the fad that we disagree on spedAc: is&ues"
As for J:?,ole. "Tb~. se_!la~r sup~ th~ troop dedoes not mean DOle shoUld nat be President. Gregg pl~ent. Baas &tlid. Ydi~ with him on that
said. "It allows he's ·willin& to take the path less fol- ~bon ~d on. other 'I)O$lbons. 1 have the right to
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HOUSE REPUBLICANS CUT $137 MILLION IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR NEW
HAMPSHIRE
President Clinton said last Thursday that he would veto the bill approved by the House
Appropriations Committee since it slashes critical education and training initiatives. Republicans have
approved $36 billion in cuts from education and training over seven years. In contrast, the
President's proposal balances the budget while increasing investment in education and training by $40
billion over seven years. In New Hampshire, Republican cuts of $137 million over seven years would
harm working families:
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HEAD START President Clinton proposes to expand Head Start to serve 50,000 additional children
nationwide by 2002. Republicans have approved cuts that would deny Head Start to 180,000 children
nationwide and 280 children in New Hampshire in 2002 compared to 1995.
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IMPROVING BASIC AND ADVANCED SKILLS President Clinton's budget completely protects
Title I, which helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds with reading, writing, mathematics, and
advanced skills. Republicans would cut funding by $1.1 billion in 1996, denying this crucial assistance
to 1.1 million students nationwide and 2,300 students in New Hampshire.
t?:\ SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS While President Clinton strongly supports Safe and Drug-Free
\ '-~--:~ -' Schools, Republicans want to gut the progr!lm, which 156 out of 162 school districts in New Hampshire
use to keep crime, violence, and drugs away from students and out of schools.
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INCREASING ACCESS TO COLLEGE President Clinton would increase annual funding for Pell
Grants by $3.4 billion and raise the top award to a record $3,128 by 2002. The GOP would deny Pell
Grants to 1,100 students in New Hampshire in 1996 alone, possibly forcing them to drop out of college.
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NATIONAL SERVICE AmeriCorps offers young people a hand in paying for their education if they
lend a hand to their communities. Republicans would eliminate AmeriCorps and deny 262 young people
in New Hampshire the chance to serve in 1996.
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JOB TRAINING President Clinton's GI Bill for America's Workers would .streamline federal job
training efforts and provide Skill Grants for dislocated and low-income workers. The President would
provide 800,000 Skill Grants of up to $2,620 in 1996. Republicans would cut funding by $3.4 million
and would deny training opportunities to 1,437 dislocated workers in New Hampshire in 1996.
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SUMMER JOBS Summer jobs are an important first opportunity for many low-income youths to get
work experience. President Clinton wants to finance 600,000 jobs this summer. Republicans would slash
the President's school-to-work initiative and eliminate summer jobs, denying jobs to 1,848 New
Hampshire youths in 1996 and 13,636 New Hampshire youths over 7 years .
. .~.STUDENT LOANS While the President strongly supports the student loan program, Republicans want
i(::·· j to raise student costs for loans by $10 billion over seven years. The GOP cuts could raise the cost of
· · college education by as much as $2. Ill for 31,800 college students and as much as $9,424 for 4,500
graduate students in New Hampshire.
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Increases Medicare Premiums: Each of New Hampshire's over 152,000 Medicare beneficiaries would pay at least
$2,175 more in premiums and copayments over the 7 years; couples would pay at least $4,350 more.
Reduces Medicare and Medicaid Funding: Over the seven-year period, the combined Medicare and Medicaid cuts
would reduce Federal health care dollars to New Hampshire by $975 million.
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impact on the state's current 88,000 recipients. New Hampshire would be forced to eliminate coverage for as many
as 1,100 recipients in 2002, many of whom may be elderly, nursing home residents, or home care recipients.
Impact on Students in New Hampshire
Cuts Head Start: Denies Head Start to I 80,000 children nationwide and 280 children in New Hampshire in 2002
com pared to 199 5.
Cuts Funding for Basic and Advanced Skills: Cuts funding by $I .1 billion in 1996, denying this crucial assistance
to 1. I million students nationwide and 2,300 students in New Hampshire.
Eliminates Safe and Drug Free Schools: Republicans want to gut the program, which 156 out of 162 school districts
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college education by as much as $2, Ill for 31,800 college students and as much as $9,424 for 4,500 graduate students
in New Hampshire. Denies Pell Grants to 1,100 students in New Hampshire in 1996 alone, possibly forcing them to
drop out of college.
Ends National Service: Eliminates AmeriCorps and denies 262 young people in New Hampshire the chance to serve
in 1996.
Slashes Summer Jobs: Eliminates summer jobs, denying meaningful employment to 1,848 New Hampshire youths
in 1996 and 13,636 New Hampshire youths over 7 years. Also drastically cuts the President's school-to-work initiative.
Impact on Working Families in New Hampshire
Increases Taxes For Working Families: Cuts the EITC program, increasing taxes for 37,909 working families in New
. Hampshire by an average of $226 in 1996. For 20,463 families with two or more children, the average tax increase
in 1996 would be $284.
Denies Job Training: Cuts funding by $3.4 million and denies training opportunities to 1,43 7 dislocated workers in
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· President Clinton's Vision for America
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Leadership: Presidential leadership that makes a difference
Standing/up for America: Fighting to open overseas markets to American goods;
standing up for American values overseas; leadership for peace.
Doing what's right-- not because it is easy, but because it should be done:
President Clinton took on the NRA to win the ban on assault weapons;. he took on the
tobacco companies to m~e it harder to hook kids on smoking.
Families: Working to preserve and' strengthen families
·President Clinton is working to give parents' the tools they need: From the Family
and Medical Leave Act to the v-chip in television sets -- he is fighting to be sure· our
families will have clean drinking water and clear air and to preserve the heritage of our
national parks.
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The President is determined to make our schools and communities safe: More
police on. the streets, fewer guns, safer schools and a commitment to ending violence against
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Opportunity and Responsib!lity:
President Clinton believes the American Dream. is for every family and every
child:' His economic policies emphasize jobs, education and trade: creating more high wage,
pJivate sector jobs and -- because' education is the key to higher income -- making computer
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as Americans, we must take responsibility for ourselves, our families and our communities,
:Our national policies should reward responsibility; that's why it is wrong to raise taxes on
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commitment to common ground: leadership and action' based on our highest values. By
·finding co !Timon ground, we can get beyond divisive rhetoric and take real action on. the
issues that iare. before us ..
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working to find the common ground. He reminds us that' we are all in this together -- and
together,. we have the strength' and the wisdom to do what is right
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- you feel bound to embrace? How
do_ you fight a foe among whose leaders you count good friends?
If the White House perforniance
to date and Panetta's comments in a·
recent Globe interview are any measure, the answer is to change the·
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To the amaiement of ·Kasich and
other .Republican leaders who
thought they had forced the administration into the promise of a sevenyear balanced budget, Panetta and
his negotiating team spent last week
talking about what would happen to
Medicare,. Medicaid, education and
enViroriinental programs. They all
but refused to discuss the seven-year
goal.
.t'anetta SBJ!I aunng an mterv1ew last
· week. "But I do think everybody...
ought to keep an open mind.
"It should be an open question"
whether the budget can be balanced
in seven years, he said.
The two· sides broke off talks in a
huff Thursday; they will not return
to the table until tomorrow. They
have until Dec. 16 to settle at least
some of their differences or force a
second government shutdown in two
months, something participants
warn grows more likely each day.
White House aides said hite yesterday that much now turns on a
new economic forecast by the Congressional Budget Office due today.
The more optimistic forecast
could make it easier for both sides to
compromise by requiring shallower
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:gets tough on budget
By Peter G. Gosselin
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GLOB I: STAn'
WASHINGTON - In the bitter
budget· war that now engulfs this
town, the Democrats' point person is
an affable technocrat, an earnest, joVial man with .the manners of a par-_
ish priest. ·
Friends insist Leon Panetta is up
to battling Republicans in talks to
balance the budget. They see a
change coming over the White
House chief of staff and former California congressman: "More piss and
Vinegar," says Rep. George Miller, a
fellow Californian, liberal Democrat
and former Panetta houseniate.
Some of the change was eVident
yesterday as Republicans fumed
over what they termed Panetta's intransigence at the bargaining table.·
"We have not had any gOOd faith
negotiations yet," Rep. John-R. Ka. sich, chairman of the House Budget
Committee, complained on NBC's
"Meet the Press."
waes swa me uu.r·s enaorsemerit ot
the forecast could, also Signal new
flexibility on the Republican side of
the table.
The bad blood that is eVident between the two sides is not what one
would ex~ct of a nice guy like Panetta.
The 57-year-old Californian has
been at the center of almost every
major budget crisis of the last decade. His rise to prominence, fir!;t as
a congressman and then as an administrstion official, has paralleled
the' emergence of budgets and delicita as issues of national importance
and occasions for recurring government showdowns..
Although he started as a Republican liberal -·he was courted for a
job by Sen: Edward Brooke, a moderate ·blacli Republican from Massachusetts, and was dumped from the
Nixon administration for his zeal in
. enforcing school desegregation rules
- Panetta never forgot the lessons of
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his immigrant father, Carmelo, who
White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta Oeft), Sen. PeteThJmenlcl, Republican of New Mexico, and Rep.
was deadset against credit.
John Kaslch, Republican of Oblo, face reporters Nov. 14 after·a meeting on the federal budget Impasse.
He arrived in Congress in the
late 1970s just as California voters
were signaling their impatience with deal in which Panetts was a key an internship in Washington, he in- ., still fmd a compromise. But he acsisted the young man bunk with him. knowledged last week that Demogovernment by approving th~ anti- player in 1990.
It also was enough to make
Such penny-pinching might be crata are bargaining from a position
tax Proposition 13.. He picked up on
the message faster· than most of his President Clinton appoint Panetta oppressive were it not for Panetta's of some weakness. "We should have
his budget director, set aside his w~ laugh. But f:he Califo~an's been-the ones who asked the toughlegislative elders.
"I got interested in budget issues campaign promises of tax cuts kid ability to crack up With laughter JS so est questions" about costly governat a time when the budget was al- big new public investments and powerfully di~~rr11ing that a col-_ ment programs, he said. "I think we
most a back-bench issue," he said. "I come out with his own budget deal in leagu~ at a pohtic~ roast last _week lost something when we didn't"
The emerging-White House
mean people talked about budgets, 1993. Panetta's success won him pro- descnbed the expene?c~ of tryi~&: to
but the main interest was ... 'How motion to White House chief of staff attsc~ Panetta: ~ven m jest, as like strategy, largely engineered by Panlast year.
roasting Bamb1.
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do you spend money?' "
At each stsge, Panetts played
· Clinton is now relying on his ~ a, s~g~e:r s e ~~:~ ra •.c;;;
Panetta's interest. in where the
the same role as_ technical master
h. f f tsff to
both h' b d t
ears a u - own con n on WI
money came from and whether there
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Hepublicans over the budget at least
was enough of it caught his col- and put a warm face on what many mastery and considerable goodwill in part because, having conceded the
leagues' attentior. although not nec- view as the dismal issue of bringing to wrest a politically acceptsble bud
government income and expenses get compromise from Republicans: GOP's central premise of the need to
essarily their affection.
The big-question is whether Panetta balance it, the adminl.;tration would
The late House Speaker Thomas into line.
In no small'·
his success was can succeed..
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have almost' no maneU\'ering" room in
P. O'Neill Jr. helped derail his 1984
due to a readiness to apply the same.
So much has changed since Pan- negotiations that would follow.
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bid to become House Budget _Committee chairman out of concern that rules to his personal spending as he etta's last big budget fight in 1993 "' Instead of confrontstion, Panetts
Panetta was too enthusiastic about did to the public's, and to do it with that he now risks losing control of and his team appear tO be satisfied
the issue that has been his for so with a series of quick-hit encounters
cutting programs important to' self-deprecating humor.
. Friends invariably describe Pan- ·tong: Newly dominant Republicans with Republicans.
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They have two ainia: to allow the
po- etts a8 n11gal; some say he's ci1eap. · have made erasing the deficit their
But Panetta's reading of
litical force behind the budget issue Until recently, he saved money by goal. And GOP Conservatives· have president to defend some programs
proved acute. It was enough to final- having his. \\ire, SylVia, and three added urgency by portraying gov- from cutbacks, even as he gives
ly win him the budget corrunittee sons stay in California while he ernment overspending 'as only part ground on others; and to comince ·
chairmanship in 1988; It was enough shared an apartment with three law- of a grander national excess, curable GOP leaders that Clinton has
to force President Bush to break his makers, including Miller, on Capitol only by drasticwly shrinking Wash- enough stsying power· on the issue
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that they should negotiate a whole
"no new taxes" pledge for a budget Hill.
When one of the sons, Jim, won
Panetts ·insists both sides can new budget with the White House.
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Takes hard line In talks
But in his sensible-shoe centrism,
Panetta embodies the dilemma of
the Democrstic middle as it tries to
cope with the Republican drive to
rein in Washington: How dci you oppose an opponent whose first princiPANETTA, Page 10
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New ad takes
lighter approach By Michael Rezendes
GLOBE STAFF
Sen. Bob Smith oCNew Hampshire has
taken to the airwaves in a light-hearted ra- ·
dio ad designed to shore up Phil Griunm's
Jagging presidential campaign.
. "Phil is Crom Texas and he sj)eaks a
liWe funny," Smith says in the ad. "So I'm
his New Hampshire iritA!l'preter."
The ad, which began playing in New PHIL GRAMM
Hamphire last week, is winning praise for
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striking a self-deprecating note that many Campill~ see to ehange Image
believe will go over well in the nation's
first primary state.
White Ho118e political director for PresiIt is _also a sign that Gramm and his dent Bush. "He articulates a me!lsage that
handlers believe the time haa come to try 1 should be. attractive to New Hampshire
changing the unfavorable image many vot- voters, but he's clearly not doing as well as
ers have oC the Texas senator - and to he'd like to."
push Bob Dole Crom his front-runner's ·
Tami Buhr, a pollster working at .the
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By any measure, Gramm's standing in ._College, said telephone interviews with
the polls is a disappointment. Despite for-' New Hampshire voters show that
midable fund-raising, impressive showings Gramm's. "funny" way oC talking may be
in the Iowa and Florida straw polls and a part of the problem.
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long rerord aa a-conservative leader in
"People have mentioned his aceent In a
Congress, he has yet to catch on with the negative way," Buhr said. "Some say he's
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a Texan or a Southerner, and they don't
In New Hampshire, Gramm's inilbility like that. •
to distinguish himse!C Crom the other ReGramm grew up in Georgia before
publicans· trying to overtake Dole is note- moving to Texas.
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dard feature at picnics, parades and Ro- pollster with American Research Group,
tary Club lunches for mOIIt of the year.
said Gramm's penchant for parable and
Some analysts had predicted Gramm's his attempts to connect with voters
co~~~~ervative stands on we!Care, a balanced through tales of his boyhood often fall flat.·
budget arid tax cuts would resonate early
"When he says he flunked three grades
with Granite· Stste Republicans and win and went on to get a Ph.D. in economics,
endorsements from key political leaders. people understand he's talking' about perBut with the exception ·oC Smith, almost severance. But they don't get much of an
every high-ranking state official Is with Idea or what he would do if he's elected
Dole.
· president, • Bennett said.
•rm surprfaed by the reception he's reGramm's campaign aides attribute ceived," said ':ton Kaufman, _who was their candidate'~ standing in the polls lo,ll
dearth oC Information about his record.
They also say that aa mOn! votenl
eventually tune In to the Feb. 20 primary
and try to dlft'en!ntiate the candidatea,
·Gi'Bmm's co~~~~ervative views and record In
Congress will make him a leading contend-.
er.
To that end, the Gramm camp last
week began airing a television ad In Nl!w •
Hampshire and lowa.that hlghllghta
Gramm's. support Cor Conner Prt!sident
Reagan and underscores his pledge to bal-ance the federal budget in one term ~as
president.
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_"When you campaign early on, the only
people you reach ·are the activists," said .
Jim Courtovich, Gramm's New Hampshire
campaign manager. "Once we start getting
our message out •.. Gramm will become
the alternative to Dole."
Charles Black, general ch8innan oC the
Gramm campaign, said Gramm is better
· organized and better funded than aD the
candidates except Dole. Blaclt said that organization will allow Gramm to establish
himself :t• th~ sole ckhble challenger to
Dole in' the later stages oC the campaign.
However, some veterans of New
Hampshire presidential primaries say
Gramm' may never recover Crom his mJs.
takes in the operiing stages oC the rare.
Early this year, for example,, Gramm
wail vlewed.aa supporting a move by Arizoria to become the first primary state.
And in May, GI'Blllnt appeared at a Repab-,
Ucan Party convention· in Delaware when!
he did not seem to sufficiently support
: New Hampshire's claim Cor holding its primary at least one week b¢'ore any other.
These incidents cost Gramm the potential support of Gov, Stephen Merrill and
the Manchester Union-Leader.
Some analysts Said Gramm's performance showa he hall a tin ear Cor the language oC New Hampshire politics.
In the new radio ad, Smith tries to
make sw-e New Hampshire voten don't
have a tin ear
Gramm.
"He may _not talk like us," Smith says,
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day of a f:wo.Mek. filing .,..;ad
thet ends Dee. 15. .
. lt ..... ·that atat<t•o tQQat tbroeful.
atternp~ )ret to eabotage· DeJa.
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State law allows. Cook to place
it uy time between Dec.. 15. and
.nan. 5, bUt he expeeta to aet. lt for
l,)ec. 15 by week's end.
. It it an open q~tion whethe:r
' tile _Clinton-Gore .Cattlpaign will
·file. m Delaware.
.. State Democrata are trying to
a.Void. ha\'ing a primary at all;
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P-enalized by the Democratic Na·
State Democrallc.Chalrnian.
tional Committee tor crowding
Gary E.. Hindea
ltew Hampshire. They face a loaa1
tJ!. national delegatee. . . ·
· State. DemC).CT'atic Chairman
(iary E. Hindes said Clinton-GoJ-e the £oUoWtng Saturday.
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won't
hen if no one elae does,
GIIU'Iiner ,apparently. ia wai~
· : saviof the $2,000 filirig fee .. If an for Delaw.n's filing tleadline to._
oppo'n$nt. - such· as party out- pass before he· sets biB date, eo he.
eider Lyndon LaRouehe-. mate- can see how mall! eandidatee
rializes, then Hindes expeeta Clin- . heed hit W&l'bini. His "Wek:ome..
ten . to .partici~te. Le&uche has Cai.tdid.atee" letter read.: ..
~eeted all the paperwork and
"Today ~b the tlrtt time
ef.id ~ intend& to file. · . e-ver that N~w' _Hil!Dpahire hat:
.. "Tliey bton-Gore] do.n't . opened the~ period for pnsi- .·
'$nt to
New Hampsbin, dential ~clatleJ ~t having.
~ l am qaiie c:onfidellt il there A set da~."w~ our ~-!rill·:
la eybOcly ·e~se tm the ballot, the ~ lmld. '!WrAt hal bapl)elled beJireaide!lt will-~ be a candidAte eaUAe th.t lttlte Gf Delawua .ia
!\ere," Hindes·;taid. "Th~ presi··. a~pting .to.en4 9lR '1~~~:
dent rea1tr:ee he a tbe'fJAIIdent· of clition . . ..
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mary solve this dlleuuna by not :
ft~g in the DelawNe primary ....
'·'The P-ribuuy has aerved the na-
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tion we~ and we ask the ~dates now to stand witb ·ua. We
ask all candida~eR' who ~·peet
tbe New Hampahl!'e tradition and
feC08idM the national value to
the presidential nominattn1 proo.
eea not to a,id DelaYi&n, which is
.deliberately .trying to eliminate
our 75-year tradition, by filing in
their presidential prim.vy."
Delawue · political · leaders
aren~t
aympathetie. · .
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Democratic Chairman Hindes
aeid. "'11\eyl'e th~ ones who I(Ot
~1\'eil into ~his· jam by puto ·
~· 'eeven da)'S• into their .law.
They.had to 10 and overreach."
SUte RePubliean Chainnan Da.U R. Batta1lia aaid, "Delaware
w_ill oontinue to respect .New·
Hamps~ire's position ~ be t~e
ftr9t pnmary m the natio~ .This·
letter from the aeeretu7 of statet
it just anoth•r ~x~J•.. of politt..':
CBl ~P(: I .c:af:i o,r1· . all~.
the Candiifaw not to pve In to
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t~ ·Clinton-Go~ cainpaign; sairl:, the. ~deai'i41' ~tee .•JiD ·.
8Ut1P.lY•. ~'Tbare 11 nQbody :elM .filed : tbartt a- ft!lpeet tbr .t;ba tndition .
yet. ~~·~~~·watching f.hij-' oue > )-., . ~~· ·.. ... · ·
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Hampshire wiU~awitds itt IJI'.imarr ·: .
date. ''There"a no 8et time in .u.
law, and 1 don't antiei~· cloi:Dg
it for awhile,"· said GazdDMf.:., · ; ·
The two states hav~ iJlco.mpati- '
ble primary lawS: New Ham.~hire ·
t.w
· it to hold it. primary
on a~y. seven daye Wore'
any other ~e. Delaware, which
is switching .'fro-a caucuaee to a ··
primary
the 5:J'Bil ~e. iri 1996,
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Press Sec.
Field Dlr
Political· Dir
Dep Press Sec.
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Field Staff
Field Staff
Field Staff
Aeld Staff
Field Staff
Field Staff
Field Staff
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Nick Baldlek
Jake Stewart
Don Fowler. Jr
Caroline MCCartey
Patty White
Angalique Pirozzi
,Chrts Shannon.
Ellen Stankiewicz
Craig Shtrmer .
Marc Silvennan
Kart Smith
Peter Greenberger
ScoH Dubow
. Date
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16-Nov
1-Dec
'6-Nov
13-Nov
!-Nov
8-Nov
6-Nov
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13-Nov
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Political Staff
Field Staff
Field Staff
Field Staff
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Field Staff
Aeld Staff
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Dave Netaon
Paul Dioguardi .
Lorrena Ahumada
Milton D'Andrea
Eric Pierce·
Dan Prats
Peter Spanos
Nick Clemons
Rebecca Walldorff ·
Aaron Earta
Clartt Anley
Mike Vlaclch
Stave Pacheco
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Nick Baldick
Jeff Forbes
Karen Hancox
Harold Ickes,
Linda moore
JakeSiewart
Craig Smith
· Wendy Smith
Doug Sosnik
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Date: 12/4/95
Re:
Fun and games with the Primary Calendar
1.
Delaware:
Marilyn Huttmacher (wrote plan) "You can't run in Delaware if you're a convicted felon, so why
should we let Lyndon LaRouche ori the ballot? It's against Delil\vare iaw. I told the AG's
people that, but they said the Constitution supercedes it." ·
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Celia Cohen, Wilmington News Journal: Told me that New Hampshire sent out a "smoking
letter" asking that candidates pledge not to file in Delaware. I told her that - as she knew froin .
our earlier conversation - we were very concerned, watching situation closely; supported efforts ··
by DNC and hoped it could all be worked out.
Gary Hindes; Del Chairman: Told· me had talked with Celia .Cohen, she told hin:t my comments;
they were fine with him. He·told her that "Hopefully there's not going to be a problem ... If there
is a primary. I expects the president to be a candidate-- he is the candidate in all fifty states."
We discussed next steps;· his recommendation was that we put off any action in NH 'until ·as late
as possible.
2.
Iowa:
.'Camille Johnson called to report that Governor Branstad said !insinuated in an interview that the
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President and the· Justice Department were somehow colluding with Louisiana because it was
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the President's political interests, at the expense of African Americans voting rights, etc. (Terry
Branstad, Civil Rights Worker) A local tv station wanted her to respond.'
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. I asked her to issue a strong one sentence written Decisions made by the Department of .
Justice are not- repeat not- influenced by political considerations."
I hope this ends th~ discussion. There is some reason to think it is only one station trying to .
expand the story and it will not recur.
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Who'll Cross the Delaware?
By JOHN
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8Qcbanan won't, either, w.!'ve
I learried, although the omew
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are t'M> key quesUons remalnirll
before be can make a deftnitl.ve
· declaration abo\lt Ute ~·.unllat
1 announcement won't c:ome until
I next Monday, when he fUrs here.
DeJaware
Republleans are sUl1 ·
But tttat's it for the definite
intent on holdlnt a Presidential ! otno" oolwnn.
primary next Feb. 24: jQ.It fo\&t
Lamar 4lemmder~ 1Jst him
days after ours, and the question.
unclectded. ateofdin1 to
or whether it's a true challen1e to
spokesman-Dan Mel.apa.
Strutge. no one hac! been mote
our ftm·IMhe-nation statu& - '
"atmilai' election" ~ il how Gov.
·on board than t.mar. Even his
Steve MerrtD and Seeretary of
New Kampthire eampaip · .
State BW GardaW have recently
cilr'edor. BtU CabUL said on TV a
hmed the tasue.
· couple of Sundays ago that
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If Gardner rules Delaware to be Alexander wan 't ftle in Delaware.
Why the swttclt? The
, similar, he will have to play hit ,
Alexander eunp Ia snwtin1
· trump carc1 and shift the date ot
clearly from what it reels is a slap
the New Hampshire primary to at
. in the face by Merrill after doina
least a tuU week aheacl of
OelaWiln!.
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everyU1inl he asked esrty and
ofttn i.n this men.
But if-he Nles lt·not a 11 siniilar
Allo undtdded, meanwhile.
election,'' the key phrue in our
ftrst·prtmary law, then.we- and _are Inc:llana Sen. Rlallu'CI Lupr
and IlUnois bustneaman lloirJ
presumably the-world- wW ·
Tar!or.
acnore Delaware-. Oelawant
Who wt11 deftnitely ftJe in
simply goes away.
Dela\lnue~.'l'~s Sen. PllO
With New Hampshire's ~linl
Gnmm. or ®ure. who a& least
period openfnll next v.oeek. the
neom t\1d hil intentionl.
obvious question to the
Masazine pubUiher Slfte Femes
. canc:Udates: Are you fiUnl in
:\ will tue there, too, althoulh. Like
DelaW~N?
Gtamm. he say~ he suppcma New
Simple question, rllht? And
Hampahile by S8VI!Il r:iayiiU!d
one that's betln headiftl their~
hopes thblll can be ~Wrked out.
for about 10 mon\N now.
. Also ftllna in Delaware wt11 be
Turns out to be interest:tnl
fonfter Ambassador .\lad Jt8yft
who's in Delaware. who's out and
Who Nddenly doam't know.
- Cali1bmta Rep. Bell o.ru..
Senate M;QoritJ Leider Sob
Dote won :t fUe In Delaware (he
already dlcl hil UUie dance on
\hia nwtWI' a few weeks week
qo).
· AND THB PRISmBN'l'! .
Gardner said yesterday that there
Former White ~se
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electioa'~
issue.
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One: WlU Alexander file? Two:
Wtll there be a Democradc
primary In Delaware?
The Democ-ratic .National
Commi~ has sam:t1oned \he
Del~
Democrat. ror breakinl
tts.rules on delegate selection by
trying to go too early. And,
Delaware law sara that it only one
'candidate fllea, there lll no
pri~ildent CUDtoa
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obviously wouldn't file in a
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primary that his own DNC finds
Ulegal under its nates, ritht1 Re
love9 New Hampsbire, rilhtf· A
no-brainer. rilhl?
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Strancely, loeal CUnton-Oore
spokesman Jake Siewert aaid he
personallY expects CUntan won't.
but - after eheekins with
. WuhinJ\Oft -he came back
) with, ''Tha& dedsion haln't ~
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"
~ us? You meiUl there's a
~hance Clinton mi&ttt .actuallY
ftle there? Or are )'GUJ\I&t hoJdlng
to give the scoop to the
Podunk Pilot or come such?
"'11\e White House and thiD
DNC have expressed til no
uneertain terms tha1 theY expeet
DelaW111'8 Demaeratl ta ~
with the DNC rule," he Mid. .
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Karen Hancox
Harold Ickes
Jake. Siewart
Craig Smith
Doug Sosnik
From: Ann Lewis
Date:
11130/95
As I understand the current situation, we are faced with a decision whether to file in Delaware
and if we-have decided to file, when.to do so. Our friends-in NewHampshire will not ~ant us to file;
but our general election prospects argue for making every effort in Delaware.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is traveling to New Hampshire on December 8 to file an.d ~tar at the
J-J Dinner. She should not have to· spend this time explaining or reacting to local media about this
decision.
Finally, we do not need conflicting statements on this- or any- issue of campaign strategy or _
tactics. Thus, I suggest:
1. As a rule, we say that decisions about out-of-state strategies are on!y made by the national
campaign and can only -be communicated by the national campaign. People in Iowa are the best source
of information about what is going on in Iowa; people in New Hampshire know what is going to happen
in New Hampshire; and people i'n the Washington office keep track of what is happening across state.
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lines. ·
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We should make clear that this is a general rule, not just in this one instance ..
2. Mrs. Clinton's visit to New Hampshire is a big deal and a great opportunity. We should not
step on this story or allow it to be hijacked into a rules debate. This suggests that whatever decision is
made about Delaware should be held until after the visit.
Meanwhile, questions about Delaware should. be answered by the New Hampshire campaign for
the next week as "We've talked with the national campaign. They have '!-uthorized us to say that they
are aware of the situation; and are very concerned. The Clinton-Gore campaign appreciates theposition
of the Democratic Party in trying to enforce the party rules and they will be discussing this- with the
DNC." "'
- Mrs. Clinton should say that she has come to New Hampshire to _talk with our wond~rful friends
and supporters; to express the President's appreciation and high regard for th~ state that, made him the
Comeback Kid, to talk about the differencethe President has made and the values that are at stake in the
next election. She has heard that there is some concern about the rules ~d that the campaign is talking
.with the DNC. Meanwhile, she is here to talk about --,--etc.
'
�Americans believe that education means opportunity, and opportunity is the key to the
American dream. But this budget cuts education by $30 billion. It would essentially end the
Direct Student Loan program. It would deny college scholarships to 360,000 deserving
students. And it would deny preschool to 180,000 children in the Head Start program.
Americans believe we must protect the earth that God gave us, and guarantee for our
children safe food and clean water. But this budget would give oil companies the right to
drill in the last unspoiled Arctic wilderness in Alaska. It is loaded with special interest
provisions that squander natural resources. And already, short-term budget cuts have forced
us to pull back enforcement of clean water, clean air, even inspections of toxic waste sites in
our neighborhoods.
Americans believe that people who work hard and save for retirement should be able
to retire with dignity. But this bill would give companies the green light to raid their
pension funds.
Americans believe that we must reform our broken welfare system. But cutting child
care that helps mothers move from welfare to work, cutting help for abused and disabled
children, and cutting school lunch isn't welfare reform. Real welfare reform should be tough
on work and tough on responsibility, not tough on children. Let's not lose this historic
chance to end welfare as we know it.
And Americans believe that no one who works hard should be taxed into poverty.
But this budget raises taxes on our hardest pressed working people, even as it gives
unnecessarily large tax relief to those who need it least. Eight million working families
would pay more in new taxes than they would receive from any tax cut.
With my veto today, this Republican effort to balance the budget through extreme
cuts and misplaced principles is now over. Now it is up to all of us to show we can balance
the budget and be true to our values and our priorities.
Tomorrow, I will present to the congressional leadership a plan to balance the budget
in seven .years, while protecting health care, education, and the environment -- and without
raising taxes on hard-pressed working families. It is up to the Republicans to show that they
will protect these principles, as they pledged to do.
America is on the move. Our economy is the envy of the world. Our country is a
beacon for peace, reconciliation and community for all nations. Now we must reflect those
same virtues as we finish the job of balancing the budget.
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Meeting re: New Hampshire
New Hampshire made BC the comeback kid in '92
we have a good relationship with our people there; they requested
HRC to come up because she filed for him in '92
For bckgrnd: call Terry Shumaker (603)228-1181, Jake Seiwart
(603)644-1996
issue of note: Delaware wants primary four days after NH -sacrelige! NH wants candidates to sign pledge not to campaign in
Delaware, we are not signing that pledge.
Bullet: "We love NH. We believe it should remain first in the
nation. And we support the efforts of the DNC to work this issue
out."
UNH:
talk POTUS achievements, esp. education stuff
In context of: WE'RE PUTTING VALUES INTO ACTION
"People talk about family values, but who went ahead and signed
Family and Medical Leave Act? People talk about importance of
education, but who did xyz on education?"
"Education has been important to this president since day 1"
For Fundraising reception-- maybe some talking points if she's
tired, get acknowledgements from Terry
JJ dinner (Iowa JJ dinner as guide)
l)putting values into action -- litany of accomplishments
2)optimism -- things are better because POTUS made them better
3)this is an historic event-- first president to be unopposed in
a primary since LBJ in 1964
4)a call to action-- need to organize grassroots for the fall
now.
need our friends to tell the President's story. ie Arkansas
Travelers' impact in '92 -- ambassadors on behalf of Clinton
5) "it's interesting to see Republicans competing for approval of
their party's right wing"
6)Ireland trip-- POTUS as leader in peace process-- peace today
in troubled spots throughout the world. POTUS doing the right
thing, not the easy thing. Ask Terry if anyone from NH went on
trip to Europe
"
7)NH -- the state that made BC the comeback kid
UNH speech -- sponsored by Student Senate (ck with Terry, get
local color)
Karen Atwood -- Ann Lewis assistant
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603.644 ·1996
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To:
From:
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Date:·
Jennifer Klein and Patti Solis
Jake Siewert
·Proposed Portsmouth Stop
December 2,,1995 '
This memo provides more details abour the proposed event in Portsmouth on the morning of
, December 8, 1995.
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The:! Margeson Apartments is a seniors residence with about 140 apartme,nts. None ofrhe
residents receives Medicaid, but vir:tuaHy all ofthem receive Medicare/several are disabled and
eligible for SSI. The manager ofMargeson estimates that 9oro of the residents are senior women.
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7 The Margeson Apartments ~complex is extremely well run by the Portsmouth Housing Authority,
which has· won a wards from HUD the last three years for its outstanding management. This year,.
the management of Margeson Apartments received a 100% management rating trom HU:O and ·
will win another award. For more information about the·Margeson Apartments. you should feel
fre·e to contact its manager, Mr. Ted Connors:
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(W)
603/431.6891
603/436-43 J0
The WOf!1en who suggested the venue for this seniors event is Anita Freedmanwho is a l~gend in
New Hampshire politics and was an a Co-Chair of the Clinton primary campaign in 1991 and
19~)2. She serves on the board of the Portsmouth Housing Authority and met with the President
· ar .the White .House last month.'\___; ·
In short. the message of this event could be focused on Medicare aQd the concerns of seniors,
particularly of senior women. Medicaid is not an issue at all,. although we may need tq consider
what effect HUD cuts might have on the apanments. Seniors ~~~ be an abso!utely critical voting
bloc in an uncontested primary, and the Administration has not sent a representative to rhe
Seacoast in more than two years.
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Please feel tJet! to call me for any, additional information.
(W).
603/644-1996
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New Hampshire Talking Points
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lfyou support the New Hampshire primary, wiU you pledge not to flle in Delaware?· If the.
President' did ..Un in Delaware, wouldn't he be breaking his word to the people of New
Hampshire? .
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The President and.! are strong supporters of the New Hampshire primary. We will never
forget our ow~ experience here. in 1992 -- how this state gave us the opportUnity to meet people,
. to talk with them individually, so the they could.get to know us. I ~gree with our friends in New
Hampshire that this is the way the primary process should work. Arid so we support the efforts
of the DNC to keep the current primary calendar.
Will you take the pledge?
I know this issue is under serious discussion, including'at the DNc.· That would be the·
best way to settle this question, and I hope that it can be worked out.
Repeat Will you sign the pledge?
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· I came'hereto file for our. campaign-- that's the only document I have the authority to
sign today. (But I can assure you.that we take this issue very seriously: we support the New
Hampshire primary and we supJ)ort the efforts - and the authori~- of the DNC to settle' this
matter.)
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Hnw many votes do you expect to receiVe/have to receive in New Ha,..pshire? Will turnout
be a problem?
I expect the.President to win this primary and win the support of the New Hampshire
· deJegates to the Democratic convention.· We don't have particular nwneric.goals .
. President Bush is the last incumbent who ran in New Hampshire and people feel he did not
get .his campaign going soon· enough. Ar~ you concerned aabou.t the Bush precedent?
I .think our New Hampshire campaign has gotten off to a fine start. I wish the President
9ould spend more time here - and I know he would like it too. But our campaign team here is
doing a good job ·representing the President. .And I believe people understand that he is workin2
for them in Washington.
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, How is the campaign going?
The campaign is going very well. We are so pleased by the strong support for the
President throughout the Democratic pany. ,(It now seems that he will be the first Democratic
President to. run for re.:etection without major primary opposition since Lyndon Johnson in
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fighting for their values. They apprechite his leadership in making a difference for them and
their families, and they want his leadership to continue.
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; We have ·good friends and supponers here New Hampshire, ~ho have put together a
strong state effort - and while New Hampshire is special, it is also an example of the support that
is out there for the President. · We are hearing from people across the country who want to be part
of the campaign in their.states. In New York and Illinois, we're getting great response to signing
the Clinton-Gore delegate petitions. People are enthusiastic about the chance to show their.
support for the President.
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And our fundraising has a] so gone very well, which is another demonstration of
widespread support. We have.more than 185,000 contribute~ to the Clinton-Gore campaign. So
I'm very pleased by the response, and I'm optimistic that this strong spirit of unity and
enthusiasm is going to continue through to the President's re-election.·
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What will be the strategy/theme/menage of the campaign?
I think our most importaQt message will be to tell people about, the President's record;
about h_i.s commitment to our values and to putting those values into aetion. We-will talk about
his record of leadership: about making th~ tough decision that reduced the deficit in half over
three years, while he has increased support for education; keeping the doors to college open.
because he knows that education is the key to the future for young people and for our national
. economy.
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The Clinton~Gore Administration is dedicated to strengthening families and protecting
family health
safety: from making sure that we can· count on Medicare and safe.nursing
homes, to clean water and safe_ schools. We are going to talk about the.record, and about the
. future - because this eJection\ is a choice
between very different visions
of the future.
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The President elected in 1996 ~ill be the leader ofow- country in the year 2000. What
· will that choice mean for our child~n. and their future? That's what this election will be ~bout.
H~w much have you raised? How much' will you spend?
l don't have exact fibrures. I .believe that we raised about $26 million~ those figures are
. still being compiled for the next FEC report. And we have applied for nearly $10 million in
matching funds.
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55-60%).
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F~nd-raising: Who ~ontributes? Lawyers/Lobbyists?
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. We hav~ gotten suppC>rt for the campaign from people acr6ss the country and from every ,
occupation~ The fact that we have so many contributions -- with ,an average contribution of-~- is
a demonstration ofthat.widespread support. · ·
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What about the fact (complaint) that your report did not list many oc~upations? Were you
trying to hide information?
Actually, o~ most recent report to the FEC listed all information for 95% of the
contributors. I understand there was a problem with a much earlier report. but that has now been
.. corrected to show complete contributor information for over 80% of contributions received.
· If the President is unopposed why do you
. need so· much .money?
want to be sure that we have met
every legal anq party rule about delegate selection, from filing here in New Hampshire to
We have several goals during this period. First, we
collecting thousands of signatures on petitions in other states. Second, to build grassroots.
campaign structures in every sta~ so rhat we have a campaign in place for the primary, and be
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ready .to organize for ~e fall.
Arid then, to be able to tell the facts about the Presiqent' s record and how he has made a
. difference-- because even thoue;h he won't have primary opposition. we do have quite a few
opponents in the other party. We want to be sure that we are able to communicate directly with.
·the public during this time if we think it's necessary. The President has a great record; we want
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to be sure people know what he has achieved and'what he is fighting for.
What states are you going to target? Doesn't the electoral college .make it tough for you'l
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I know that the campaign staff is beginning to look at targeting information, but it is very
early to make final decisions. (Right now we are getting very positive reports from so many
states- states we carried in 1992' like: Michigan, and states vve almost carried, like Florida.)
I am very optimistic about the electio~ next fall -- and that includes the Electoral College.
When will the President announce he is a candidate? ·
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i don't think that he has set the date yet. We know that the best way to run for re-election
as President is to do the very best job you can. And he's doing that, with his leadership at home,
and now in helping to bring about peace. So I think people see the job he is doing as President .
and they know he is really fighting for their ~alues and their' famiJies.
The President will announce sometime before the early primaries next year. (Note:
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was criticized becal:!Se he had a primary opponent - Pat Buchanan • and did not get active soon
enough.)·
Who wUI be the campaign manager? When will
we know?
The campaign structure will be coming together soon ... It's already in place here in New
Hamp~hire, and ~e all know that this is where·the campaign begins.
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(The most importantpart ofthls campaign is alr~dy in place, and that is the President's re~ord.)
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What about: liberal disaffection. problems with Democrats in Con1ress, the so-called
"triangulation" theory; Dick Morris,
etc.
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The fact that the President is running for re·election without serious opposition in the ·
primaries first time a Democratic President has received tqis kind ofparty wide support
since 1964··· That's a pretty strong statement of party unity. Everywhere I go, I hear from
Democrats who are enthusiastic about this campaign, are strongly in suppon of the President and
look. forward to working together. (Our campaign press P=Qple tell me their biggest problem is
the
trying to make harmony interesting!) Watch this campaign: we're going to make Democratic
· history.
T~angulation: This campaign is not about geometry; it's about v~ues, and families, and
what kind of future our children will have. ~ose are uniting issues for Democrats.
What about your book?
. What will your role be in· the campaign? Does this mean you are going to be more aetive ·
(again?)
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videotape au.d caDDOt, for that reason. be· that muat occur. They re going to be talking about fo~eign
guarSDteed as to accuracy of speakers and spelliug. policy as part of a domestic strategy. And they are going to
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both sides, however, are going to have to keep their eye on
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people ready 'for the next centUry. And I think the President, although it's lonr .overdue for him' to have the back~
Panel Discussion: Clinton's
bone that he has been finally. showing in foreign policy, I
Prospects in '96
think there is a huge risk for him in the Bosnia moves.
DICK THORNBURGH: Paul Begala, in Texas, you are a
. ANNOUNCER: The President may be getting rave nuts and .bolts man when it 'comes to campaigning. We've
. reviews ·in Europe, but allis not quiet on America's politi, heard a .lot of t8Ik· about the issues and values and things,
cal front. Top strategists give their predictions just .ahead what do you think about strategy for the Clin,ton-Gore
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campaign next year?
· Now, sitting in for Larry King, here's Dick Thornburgh.
PAUL BE~ Democratic Party ~trategist: Well;
.. DICK THORNBURGH, Guest ,Host: Welcome. The it's basically what Ann Lewis said. If in 1992 our mternal
President is many miles away from the placards, buttons slogan wi~ the campaign structure was "'t's the eco·and bumper stickers of Campaign '96, but every move he nomy stupid," in 1996 I suspect that it's the record, folks.
makes while in Europe will be scrutinized. and weighed in And this is a record of real accomplishment. · Think about
terms ofhis reelection tampaign.
what' Bill Clinton campaigned on with AI Gore in 1992. He
H~re to diseuss this and JllOre are former Labor Secre- · promised 8 million new jobs, mission _aecomplished. He
ta.ry, Lynn Martin, Democratic strategist, Paul Begala, promised 100,000 new c:Ops on the' streets, mission ac·
Clinton-Gore Deputy Campaign Manager, Ann Lewis, and
·Family Research Council President, Gary Bauer.
' We begin with Ann Lewis. You are in the corner of the
incumbent, Ann, so we will kick it off with you and ask you
·:·. state as succinctly as you can, what's the best case, this
year before the election, for the reelection of the president ..
ANN LEWIS,. CliDtoD Deputy Campaign Manager:
Bill Clinton is a leader who is moving America in the right
direction. In the last three years he's cut the deficit~ half
from what it was when he took office. As a result the .
America economy has taken~e've seen .7 .5 million new
jobs. We're moving forward. We've got a ways to go•. but
this President, with his-economic policies, with his leadership is moving forward) Second, this President is a~ting
aggressively using his leadership on behalf of the values
.and principles that make America great. Working to
strengthen families: the President who acted to pass and
then sign the Family Medieal Leave Act. Is fighting now
around issues like Medieare for future generations .. Clean
water, clean air, keeping the doors of college open for the
next generation.· This is abo-ut our future, it's about the
path to high wage jobs. Bill Clinton has got the vision, .he's
got the leadersrup, he knows. what we need to do to get
there.
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DICK mORNBURGH: Republican Lynn Martin in New
York.· Former Bush Cabinet member, leading Republican,
what do you have U> say to that?
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LYNN MARTIN, former Labor Secretary: Well, I
think that is · ~bviously the scenario they will tty. Although: it'.s a year away and so the economy can ebb an~
flow. But I think what you are going to see from Repubhcans is reeogni~ing a time of change. And you are going to
·be talking about leadership into the year 2000. Although
we don't 'Precisely know yet, whom the candidatl! will be.
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eomplished. · He promised 100,000 fewer bureaucrats.
Well he and Vice President Gore have cut 270,000
bure~ucrats. ·He promised to cut the deficit in half and he's,
done more than that. So he's kept his promises. and he's
working to trY to make sure that middle class working
families do better. That's the strategy because it is those
middle class families who decide these national elections.,
And I beileve that people are a good deal better off than
they were four years ago ~d I think they will answer that
question favorably for he President in 1996.
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tion. I suspect you ha"e a somewhat different view? ·
GARY BAUER,· President, Family Research ColWcil:
Yeah, Dick, it sounds like it's all over, doesn't it. Look, II understand why both of our friends sound optimistic
tonight. They've had a couple of gQod weeks here on t~
budget debate and the polling data would at least short
terin indicate that Bill Clinton has scored some points. .
But I think 1996 is going to be
about what 1994
about, that is, the size of government, how big Washington
ought to be, how far Washington ought to have ita hands in
your pocket. AnCi '1 think that the American people are ·
ultimately going to decide to go for small government and
lower taz:es just as they did in. 1994 and this temporary
b~p for the P!'esidenfjust isn't going to work.
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DICK THORNBURGH: Gary, you are very mueh concerned about the issue of values in politics.· De;~ you see this ·
as an all encompassing issue in the 1996 presidential
campaign?
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values as really a key issue. The President- ·
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different people but r~ you know, l think the polls are DICK THORNBURGH: We will be back with more when
pretty clear on this: 60, about 65 percent of the American Larry King Live continues. · .
people say that the country is headed in the wrong direc- [Commereia.l b1'f!tz.k]
noil. They said that when Georre Bush was president,
they'are saying it when Bill ClintOn is president. And they DICK THORNBURGH: President Bill Clinton is overa peace seeking mission. Here in Washington we
say it no matter who controls the Congress.. I think what . seas
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Americans are thinking about when they give that answer discuss battles of ,the politicil kind.
To Lynn Martin, in New York, as we went to break,·
·is what I call the values meltdown, the virtue deficit. And
I think politicians from both parties are going to be trying Lynn, I feel I stepped on your line;
very hard to signal to the American people that they
LYNNMABTIN: Well. derstand the anxiety there is in the country about what we DICK mORNBURGH: So, the floor is yours.
see happening to our children, the increasing crime in the LYNN MARTIN: -chm't worry about it. Hosts get to do
streets, the "failures of our- the fail'llres in our schools. things like that. But I- I am going to take an· odd- I
· And the sort of values meltdown that this country is ex- know I am supposed to be here 8'5 another Republican, Re.publicans are always right, Democrats are always wrong. I
periencing every day in the headlines in the newspapers.
DICK THORNBURGH: Ann Lewis, is President Clinton think America has gotten very sick of both of that. I think
vulnerable when it cames ~ a discussion of values?
Pre5ident Clinton for instariee is going to have problems .
ANN LEWIS:. No, I look forward to· that discussion be-- and we all know that,
we know, that Ann and Paul will
cause we· have two questions. We're going to talk about say of.course he won't, on the character issues. Those will
our values. are. and I will be happy to give my definition. be there. ·You know, where is he and does he have princ:i~
Our values are our principles. T,hey are that which guides. . pies? And which principles are they? And it will be up
They are the larger issues, the framework which guide and the Democrats and for his people to talk about this.
motiv_ate the laTger end of everything else we do.
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On the other hand, I would also say that all politiciaus I
Su, we're going to talk about what those values are. We think-are going to be, ·ought to be.a lot more careful about
· are also g~ing to talk abou~ what it means to put ~ose what they're promising. And that is, if you talk- for invalues in action. Strengthening and protecting families is stance, Ann you mentioned we're going to have drug free
a value. That's why it was putting values in action when schoolS. Not one politician has been able to produce drug
.President Clinton acted and moved to sign, to help pass free schools. So, I don't think they are going to· believe a
and then sign the Family and Medical· Leave Act, because Republican· or a Democrat that just does the usual ''We're ·
families shouldn't have to choose between a job and a sick for drug-'' I mean, who is for a 'drug loaded school? I
mean, you have to- I think we- l think w~'ve got to be a ·
.kid. That's putting values in action
.?/e ~talk about keeping our children safe.
is the little .careful. And here U; .what I suspect. Maybe I am
\"ii~sFPersen who had the intestinal fortit:ude, if you like, to spending, thank goodiless, more time in the Midwest, there
stand up to The National Rifle Assoc:iation and say "No are practical people here. They are saying what exactly is
more assault weapons, get them off the streets.!' .Fewer it you are going to do and haw are you going to get there.
guns, more c:op~s. safer schools, drug free schools, make And I think the time of the big promises may really be
our children safe. That's again- putting those values in over. I think that will accrue to help Repu9licans but I
· action, and so I look forward to a discussion about both think they have to be careful of it~ toe.
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For instance, I teach at Northwestern. Since I've been
what our values are and how we stand up for those values
and live up to them., I think that can be a very educational there the football team is doing better, but no one gives me·
credit, nor ought they for that. So, I think politicians are
campaign and it is one I will look forward to.
DICK THORNBURGH: Gary, is that the menu ofvalues going to have to be careful what the promise and what they
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DICK mORNBURGH: - Paul Begala, in Texas,. you've
GARY BAUER: Well, Dick, those are obviously interest~ seen more than your share· of hyperbole both for and
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ing issues and I ai:n sure we will hear a lot.·about them. But against in your career, how do you assess-I
I don't think that is what Americans are thinking about. I PAUL BEGALA: _I've generated more than my share ..
don't think that when Americans talk about the crisis ·over DICK mORNBURGH: -how do you assess that?
values that they are thinking about family leave. I think PAUL BEGALA: Well, I think Lynn's got a point, that ev·
they're thinkin~t about some of the headlines .we've seen in erybody in America right now has . a very finely tuned
the last few months: a 10- an eight year old boy being·· 'baloney indieatnr,' as we say hel"e in Texas. And so, what
throwri out of a window in Chieago, because he woulchl't they want to look for is beyond the promises and look to
for his friends, or mother being brutally murder-ed performance which is why the first ·thing I said ie 'it's the.
·in lllinois and having, literally, her baby cut out of her.
record 'folks.' And look at, not- not the promises, but
Something is hap~ning in the cultme, something is match the promises from 1992 up tci the performance in
and· then look back at the other aide, •t the
happening AJJ:lODi' America's children and I think 1996
politicians more and more are going to be pressed to de~ Republican side and look at what they. promised. They
didn't witi in 1994 saying "If you put us in Office w·e will
with those issues, not only in 1996 but in the years 'ahead.
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of n··1rsing humesto the fo~ that we're' going to save it for the· long term.
. LYNN MARTIN: Oh, Paul, stop.
PAUL· BEGALA; -so that we can give a tax break to Any time either ·aide loses the focus and the message, in ·
wealthy.A.mericans. They didn~t promise that but that is .the next year, I assure you the opposition is going to be
what in (act they ate trying to deliver. And the President slavering to get at them. .
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is holding firm and strong against that and I think that is DICK THORNBURGH: Time for a break. We will return
. the kind of action, proven record, that people want. Not injust·amoment.
the rhetoric, they want the record.- ·
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GARY BA"UER: Dic:k, I- I tell you, I think that not only
is Lynn right, but. the American people are pretty skeptical DICK THORNBURGH: Welcome back to Larry King·
about big promises. I think they. are also going to be;_ aver Li!Je. Our guests tonight are Lynn Martin in New York,
time, pretty skeptical about the big lie technique. And in Paul Be,ala in Austin, Texas, and in Washington with me
ell due respect to Paul, to call a $5 change or a $6 change are Ann Lewis and G&ry Bauer.
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in the monthly Medicare premium, 'savaging Medicare/ or.
~Ann Lewis let me ask you about the Medicare, Medicaid
· . to suggest that Blowing down .the growth of Medicar&·question. The question of dealing with the threat to these
PAUL BEGALA: They :want to double the premiums, killers ofbe8Ith eare. Do you think that we are reaching
Gary. Newt Gingrich wants to double the. Medicare the pomt where that is a kind of a. tired issue of scaring
premium.
the elderly andGARY. BAUER: -is to put, is to kick people- is to kick ANN LEWIS: There- there is nothing tired. For every ·
people out of nUr-sing homes. I think it is exactly the kind f8:mily out there who is watching, who has an elderly relaofrhetorie that going to bac~re on Republicans or Dem- tive on Medicare, who is 'reeeiving their health care today
. ocrats. And I know Paul has a hard time restraining him- beCause of Medicare, who has a relative who is maybe in a
nursing home- for millions of Americans for whoni
self but I ho}ie he can do it by the time 1996.roles around.
DICK THORNBURGH: Paul,'let me see if I can ask you Medicare and Medicaid have meant a chance to grow old
what I hope is an impartial question because it relies on with dignity and respect and better health care, these ~
the record. but, do you thilik that President Clinton will sues
not tired. And if those of us. who are still young
suffer :fro:in the fact that he was unable to get a health care enough and in good health that we don't need it, if we
·reform plan and end welfare as we know it, as he.promised 'think it is partisan, or if we think we're tired, shame on us.
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during the campaign when he had a Democratic Congress. Because this is really about lives, Dick.
Is that going to hurt?'
Now, I hear people saying, "Oh, we're not trying to cut
PAUL BEGALA: I think it already has hurt, Governor. ·Medicare." But, in fact, I will give you one very specific cut:
In all candor, it hurt in 1994, it hurt desperately. He is right now the Medicaid. program pays the Medicare
trying to work with this Republican Congress to pass a premiums, and we. know that in Medicare, Part B, individwelfare reform bill th~t in fact puts our values into action uals pay theil- own:preiniums, to pay for certain services.
and requires people. to work and also gives things .like edu· Well, Medicaid helps ·underWrite the cost of those
cation and training and that requires people to work, and premiums, for those very elderly, very frail, those of the
. it also gives things like education and training. It requires lowest income who cannot make it on their own.
people to be responsible instead of just giving them a DICK moRNBURGH: . And we all have them in our eheek. He's trying to work with Republicans on that, but family.
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you are right. On health care, the Democrsts I think paid ANN LEWIS: The Republicans- that'a_righta tetnble price for being unable to pass a health care bill.
DICK mORNBURGB: Yeah.
Now, if the Republicans don't do something about ANN LEWIS: ·-the Republican Congress takes away,
healtll care costs that are skyrocketing and spiraling out of zeroes out that program, pulls.away tbat·prop and again,
-control, they will pay. a price. All they want to do· as the who is at stake? Those people. right now on Medicare who
health care· costs go through the roof is just spend less on are. the J11ost vulnerable, the would get no help with their
Medicare, as though putting more and more elderly people premiums. There is something wrong-· we can talk a lot
at risk- Gary, you don't want to admit it, but it is true about values, but there is something wrong- with our counand it is real - health- care costs
out or control and trY if we really think that it made- makes any sense,
cutting Medicare is exactly the wrong thing to do right given what we say-we value and believe in to mave backnow. And that's what the·Republic:ans·want to_do.
wards like that. I have to think that it's just an act of
. DICK THORNBURGH: Paul.
cruelty.
LYNN MARTIN: . Dick, the Democrats lucked out on this DICK TBORNBURGB: Is it as ea.By as saying- ia it as
one. In the short term the health care fiasco certainly hurt easy as :saying Democrats are for Medieare and forthem, but, in the long term, had they passed it, they would - elderly and Republieane are against them.
be in much worse shape. Because you would have the ANN LEWIS: No, it's never that easy.
bureaucratUation of medical history as we know it, '~o it DICK THORNBURGH: Of course not.
would h~ve been much worse. On the other hand, they've ANN LEWIS: And we both- you k:D.ow, I think we were
got an issue in the Medicare and Medi~aid. The faCt that it both ecying many thin~. That's why I eaid to me this isis avem~ted and wrong is in'elevant. People f'tre eon· sue is 'not just what are you values, but bow do you put
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·your values ii· action. So when I look at, again, a
'Republican Congressional budget right' now that ·would
pull away :from those frail elderly, those, again, who need
that help the most, end the practice of m'ing to help them
meet their Medicare premiwne, there is something very
wrong about that.
DICK THORNBURGH: G&IY. we're baek to values again.
. GARY BAUER: WeU, we- look we are. And I tell yriu,
Ann, if
partY tried to destroy Medicare it would be
political suicide. I mean, within one election cycle that
party would be turned out of office in America forever. So
for the- for the National Democratic Party and for the
President and his political advisers. to suggest that there is
some sort of secret plan here to ~estray this important program has really done nothing but spread fear among the
elderly. And quite frankly, I woUld look to Florida as an
example of what has.bappened here. ~ernor Chiles, the
Democratic Govemor of Florida, has just had to apologize
statewide, in the last couple of weeks beeause he finally
has admitted that the Democratic party ~ the state of
Florida, used phorie c:all banks to s.care the elderly voters of
Florida into believing that the Republican party in that
state planned to ·devastate those programs. This was the
same tactic we saw used in the Kentucky election a few
weeks ago. And we're going .to see it right up until Novem,
·
ber of 1996.
ANN LEWIS: I can at least correct you that it was notit is not a seeret, and it was not the nationa.l Democratic
party~ it was Speaker Newt.GingrichGARY BAVER: That's right.:
ANN LEWIS: --who announced to a group of insurance
executives that his plan for Medicare was to let it wither
on, the vine, because it wouldn't be politically smart to attack it right away. So, I agree With you that no political
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forward. of this. We're going to have our nominee by the
· ·second week in March, and that is because we front--end
loaded th~ primaries. ·
·
DICK THORNBURGH: AndLYNN MARTIN: You ean argue now if tha~ was a good
· idea or not, but that's what it is. So, I think we have them.
.The one thing that worries me a little again, a little objeetive on this,is that I do bear from Americans across every
political stripe: you know, "'President Clinton isn't good
encmgh," or, "Bob Dole .isn't good enough,.. or "Gee, I don't
like Lamar or Phil." You know, we B.re not electing a god.
· We are electing a president, they are goii:lg to be human
beinp with failings and with strengths. And I'.d like to say
something nice ,before we all deteriorate into nothingness.
A lot of these, on both sides, they think President
Clinton and the Republicans are a l~t better than the press
continually makes them out to be. Bob Dole is a war hero,.
and a distinguished leader; Lamar Alexander was a dis·
tinguiahed governor and Cabinet member. Phil Gramm illmost single handedly changed how. we budget in the
United States of America. President Clinton is getting exeellent reviews and deserves them in Ireland and has help·
ed to pu~ a peace process along. Let's, once in a while, on ·
either side, congratUlate and. say something good, so
Americana, rebuild their confidence in one of these people, .
one of these men is going to be oUr leader and we can't sud· denly say "He's our president, and grand," if all we have
· done is tear them down from· both aides. So 1- I'd say I
wish Colin Powell bad entered the race, to finish this off.
But ·I will tell yoU, we've got a good group on the
Republican side of tough, feisty, eager, able. people and
they are going to fate an able opponent.
DICK THORNBURGH: All right. A positive note for a
. change. We will have more from
guests and your
out
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DICK mORNBURGB: Do you think that's the plan of [ComTM~T:i.al break}
the Republican party?
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ANN LEWIS: No, well, let me say it's not a secret. And . DICK THORNBURGH: We're back and I ~ant to pick up
the Speaker aimounced it and he has told us that he is the on. the positive comment made earlier by Lynn Martin. A
leader of the Republican revolution. .
·
recent Times-Mirror Poll produced the following results
GARY BAUER: Now, now see, Ann- Ann, that is thatand I'd like to get.each.ofyou:r reactions to this: 44 percent
of the respondents say there
ANN LEWIS: So I take him at his word.
no cllance .that they
GARY BAUER: -that is that big lie technique again. would .vote for President Clinton and 48 percent said of·
Everybody has looked at that transcriptSenate Majority Leader Bob Dole, that there was no
ANN LEWIS: He said it, we beard it.
chance that they would vote for him ..
GARY ·BAUER: · -and he was not talking about the
Ia it aliy surprise that the Group of .7 and other groups~
Medicare program.
·
· including Ross Perot's new independent party are out
ANN LEWIS: OfClJursehe was.·
there foraging for support with that kind of an attitude on
GARY BAUER: And no matter how times you say itthe part of the American voteni? Ann?
DICK, TBORSBURGB: Medicare will go on and on ANN LEWIS: No, it's no surprise. This i8 a great country,
forever.
it's a' big country there are a lot of smart, capable p.ople in
GARY BAUER: -that doesn't make it so.
it who look .at public policy' and have strong opinions. about .
ANN LEWIS: ~No, we didn't.
it. But~ ultimately, a year from now when voters go to de· DICK mORNBURGB: I want to get to another question cide, their choices will be just those- people who wept in,
with ·my friend, Lynn Martin, in New York. Lynn, do you who ran and who campaigned. So·
was
think there ai-e
goin~
to be any mare candidates entering
DICK TDORNBVRG:O:: Is there going to bo a third party
on the Republican aide?
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candidate? Yea, or no?
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LYNN MARTIN: No. I don't see it. You know, it's .so. ANN LEWIS: Well, Ross Perot says his party is going. to
~hard to run for President ,and now it is hite. We've passed have a candidate on the ball~t, I take Mr. Perot at his
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DICK THORNBURGH: Gazy?
DICK THORNBURGH: An.n, what do you think about
ANN LEWIS: Because he does what he says he is going to the third party? Is that going to have an effeet. on Presid.o.
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·dent Clinton's reelection effort? · GARY BAUER: Dick, I- I think that there is a great ANN LEWIS: Well, it is hard to know this far in advance.
deal of cynicism among the public and some of it is legiti- Again,. as .we started to say before the break, it is cleSJ' ·
mate. There has been a lot of disappointment the last 25 when you aak people "Do you want more c:h.oices,.. they said
. or 30 years, abOut. big promises made by politicians. that ye&- they say· yes. And we shouldn't be 5UrpriBe. That
weren't fulfilled. And I think we see some of that cynicism true throughout American life, people want more choices. /
today~. I ~ the media plays into it. I think that's a long CNN ia the kind of choice that didn't_ exist 20 years ago. A ·.
term problem for the eountry. I did a memo today urging talk show like this one on which so many political decisions . \
that the budget negotiations be condueted with the door are made this it a format that didn't exist 10 years age.
open, instead of the door closed. I am afraid that there ;s DICE moRNBUBGB: And we're going ta hear from
so much cynicism around the country, that no matter what some of thosedeal is made, people will feel that theylve been taken ANN LEWIS; So many- Righ~
again.
DICK mORNBVRGH: -decision makers out there.
DICK THORNBURGH: Let the sunshine in. .
· ANN LEwis: .-we're goirig to hear from some of those
GARY BAUER: Absolutely.
people who are the decision makers and their choices. And
DICK THORNBURGH: - Third party candidate a year so I have to assume that if people want to go on making
. from now?
.
more individual decisions, having a wider range of choices,
GARY BAUER: 1 think there will be a third, and perhaps that ia also going to have its impact on politics.
a fourth party. I think Jesse Jackson might get in there. I DICK THORNBURGH: Third party impact?
think we're going to see a Balkanization of American GARY BAUER: Well, I- I think it would have a negative
pOLitics.
·
impact from the standpoint of the Republiclllls. I mean,
DICK THORNBURGH: P.aul Begi.la in Austin, what is ~hen you see White House political opera_tives offering to
your view?
_ ,
_ help Ross Perot get on the ballot in California. I certainly
PAUL BEGALA: I, YQU kn'Ow, I think Pat Buchanan is think they understand that anything that can be done to
the most likely third party candidate, in ·addition to Ro,ss split the· anti-Clinton vote· that y~u referred to, ·Dick, is
Perot. Either one, or both of those guys are going to b~ in, good for the President and good for his reelection-effort. I'd
Governor.
·
hate to see Perot play the spoiler again.
·
DICK THORNBURGH: Lynn Martin?
DICK THORNBURGH: Let's hear from the folks on the
LYNN MARTIN: Well, either of those alternatives, I lines. We have Ashtabula, Ohio. Axe you there?
think, help President Clinton. I think Rev. Jackson is ac- 1st CALLER,{Ashtabula, Ohio}: Yes. ,
tu8lly less likely to run because the winning- his son won DICK mORNBURGH: Good evening.
has the potential tQ win a general 1st CALLER: Hi. I heard
Bauer inake a passing
a primary and iselection. And 1 think that that will actually change Rev. referenee to an Wlfortunate situation in Chicago where a
J:ackson'e views slightly, on challenging after just saying yoWlg lady was murdered and had 'her child stole~ from
how, you know, he'd been a good loyal Democratic.
her. womb by a bunch of inner.Cty lcids. Mr. Gingrich .
I wotly about the Balkariization, but, I will tell you this: made lots or noise about it. and it was the failing of the
in the long run, the people make the right choice. If, how- welfare &YJtem, the education system and whatever else
ever, the nasty boys,· I think they are called, -from the. they could drag out of the closet. How in the· world di>es
Clinton camp and any group of Republicans continue - I Mr. Ginglich and JW-. Bauer explain away a situation like
really mean this- to just totally savage each other, at the the Menendez brothers,~ how.do you blaine that on the
end they WI have bones all over the graveyard. Regret- - welfare state?- Or, Mr. O.J. Simpson, bow is education
.tably the people who would have paid the highest price Will ,s~m and welfare statebe the' citizens.
GARY BAUER: Well, Ohio, I didn't- 1 didn't bring up
DICK moRNBURGH: Third or fo~ party candidate, the incident and BBY that it was because of the welfare
yes or no?
·
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&tate. I don't believe that murders take place·~use of$i.
LY.Nl'l MARTIN: Sixth, seventh and eighth.
billion in this program, or less money in another program.
DICK THORNBURGH: Okay_ We will have much more I think what we see in _the beadlihes, is from what used to··
ahead iliduding your phone calls, so stay with us.
be called sin. But there is a lot of hesitancy tDday in Amer. [Commercial break}
ica tO use the word. I wasn't suggesting that it was the
· fault of one party or another. But I am surgesting that as
DICk: THORNBURGH: Welcome b~ck to Larry King a nation, when· these sort of horrible incidents become·
Live, discussing politics from the left, right and in between· more and more frequent, that is a sign of something that is
are former Labor Secretary, Lynn Martin in New York, desperately wrong and it ought tAl make all of liS think
Democratic strategist Paul Begala in Austin, Texas, about how we balance the concepts of virtue and liberty
Clinton-GOre Deputy Camp8ign Manager Ann Lewis, and and that's a. key issue t.bls country ha.a to face if it wanta to
Family Researth Ccuricili President, Gacy Bauer, here in survive in the next century.
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DICK THORNJlURGH: What signs ·~ a president send ly, among yo~ge; kids, but also on that marijuana abuse.
to deal with those kinds of problems,· Gary?
· Arid· l think the gentleman calling has an interesting ques·
GARY BAUER: I thinkit would be a mistake for a presi.,. tion.
dent or a presidential. eandidate to suggest. as was said
It has been a long time since we've seen the kind of high
earlier, that somehow Waehington can pass a law and stop profile publicity that I can recall under a previous Attorney
these sort of things. But I think all political figur~as, being General, on a war on drugs. And I stl'ongly sureest on be·
public figures and being men and women that are in pos~· half of Americans that this administration focus on that·
tiona· of leadership. can guide the eountry to think about again. I think we desperately have to do so for our young
these issues and to make us reflect about what it is we people. It isn't just a question of, how- you know,
ought to be doing as citizens, with our own children and in should-·1 mean, all the big ariument now is should you •
our own homes and in our own families. And I' think even put people in jail longer {or crack Cocaine,_ or for powder
that would be a m&jor step forward.
eoeaine? ·
Our culture says, "'f it feels gnoci, do it," "different Guess what? We are seeine young children, again,; instrokes for different folkS," people take those ,messages in aeasingly using drugs. And we had better start, as a
· and unfortunately I think it haS led to a lot of pain and a country, retalking and refocusing on that.
. _
lot of suffering.
PAUL BEGALA: But Lynn, what- what we_ need to do .
DICK THORNBURGH: Next call is from Portland, is- Yes, it is important to tell the people .u the Reagan
Oregon, where they are having a big Senate election, the administration did, "Just say no." But what you also need
primuy out there.
to do is what Presi~ent Clinton is trying to do: give these
· ·
·
· young people something to say yes to. And if we follow this
Good evening. . ·
2nd
[Portlcmd. Oregon]: Hi, how are you doing? Gingrich agenda, this radical Republican agenda of less
DICK THORNBURGH: Fine thanks.
public: education, 'less support for yoWJg people, less job.
2nd CALLER: It seemed like when· Reagan was in office, training, less opportunities, fewer chances for the Amer·
we had soma kind .of war on drugs with. those other coun- ican dream they won't have anything to say yes totries, but now it seems like we have just let those countries ANN LEWIS: Paul, these are 11 and 12 year olds. '
just pour all kinds of drugs into our country. And we stop PAUL BEGALA: -It has to be connected up and if we
Cuba importing and exporting to us but we let those other don•t give these folks in our society, a chance at the Amercountries keep importing and exporting to us. What's th~ ican dream, well, of course, they are going to tum to some-' .
strategy on the war on drugs, now.
·
_ thing self-destructive like drugs. ,
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ANN LEWIS: ~t me very clear: I am not an exper:t on ~: But the federal government' is not involvedthe particular policies of this-administration, ~t isn't my and iS not going to be involved with 11 and ~2 year olds.
field. But I do know, and I regularly read both in docu-' This iS going to have to come-- what the federal governments 'coming from the White House and in regular news mentis involved in, however, and appropriately so, is drug
· reporta, ~e have a very strict policy on drugs. We have, I interdiction. And I am suggesting that that has taken a.
think, an excell~nt drug office, headed by Lee Brown, who inuch lower profile.' And if great things· are happening the
is a former police officer. The President has said again and gentleman caller·who was just sayinJ "Hey, if they are,
again that he take this VezY seriously. He spoke at an as- . how come we never hear about them?n And that i~ seems tlJ
sociation of, I think, community drug centers, people who·· · rne is a good question and one .you ought to go back to the
are fighting drugs, drug addiction at the grass roots level ·White House and say, "Hey, we had better be doing more.''
last month and made a very strong statement on a ~mmit- DICK THORNBURGH: I've got tO do. some interdiction
ment to it, so in no way is there any backsliding. And let myself here, we need to take a break. W71":J King Live will
me add, when we are talking about drugs, that I am also · be right back.
· ··very proud that this is the president who took on the tobae· [CJmmereicl break}
co comp8.nies and said, UWe ought not be marketing to
young peOple." There is a whole series of things we ought DICK THORNBURGH: Welcome, back. Paul Begala, in
tOdo.
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Texu, I have a strategy question for· you. OfJate, the
LYNN MARTIN: Mr. Brown actually has said, that he . Presidenfs major trilimphs, that are being' reported from
has felt - and I hope I am not misquoting him- but the White House seeJU to be in the foreign policy field. And
abandoned by
administration. And certainly there that may well· provide another theme for those of you who ·
doesn't seem to be a focus on this .. Again, I- Qlat is not-- are Democratic strategists, · but we hark back to 1992,
.. we don~ it's not, is it a Democrat/Republican thing. I when George Bush was fe~llowing some of the most
mean I am just sayirig. that we>re seeing again marijuana ch:amatic foreign policy successes and yet it didn't do much
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usage up in oui high schools. And I think we have. this for his reelection.
idea that, you know, th8t we will just educate them. Well, I
How are you going to handle that?
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would bet if you aBk.ed evelj 10 year old in the country, PAUL BEGALA: Well, this president, actually, wilike his
they know that using drugs is not a good plan. Somehow,· predecessors hu not tried to mix domestic politics with forboy. that junior high school age, being cool and whatever eign policy. What he has done in foreign J:!Oliey- ·
else starts happening is happening again, especially with DICX TBOmmURGB: 'What?
marijuana. There is an increase in alcohol abuse, certain· PAUL BEGALA: Well, I c:an tell you this, Governor, and
CALLER.
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.if you aek my predecesso:s who worked for F'residents i.ng the. debates, and maybe there will be movement, but I
Bush or Reagan, who were political hacks like I am? They do not ezPect to see moVement, over the next 30 days
were involved in these f'oreign policy discussions. In t.he through the holiday season. ·
three years I worked for Bill Clinton I never once discussed DICK THORNBURGH: You mentioned Colin Powell, let
foreign policy with him: Maybe that is .why his foreign me put a question to Gary Bauer. · There is a lot of specula·
policy_:.
tion about a running mate, let's-let's assume that, for the
DICK THORNBURGH: Tha_t's good judgment on his momen,t, beeawse nothing ever is positi.v~ that Bob Dole
part, then.
is the Republican candidate and he chooses a Colin Powell,
PAUL BEGA.I.:.k That's very good and all of us ~·sleep m he chooses a Governor Christy Whitman, or a Lynn ·
easier at rught,. knowing that the m~ with his finger on Martin. .All p~choice Republicans as a ·ru.nning mate.
, , the :auclear trigger, wasn't asking me if he should push it.
How would that affect the values issues ae you see them? ·
DICK TBORNBURGB:-No, I guess not.
GARY -BAUER: Well, first, Dick; let me say something
PAUL BEGALA: But the successes that he has bad, have about Colin Powell. I think the same reason that I thought
shawn strengdl, resolve
courage. And I think that is he would be a bad presidential candidate would lead me to
very important in a president.
say he's going to ~ he would be a bad vice presidential
DICK THORNBURGH: , Good. We've got a caller here. c:andidate. And that is that the general himself says that
that I want to get to from Seattle, Washington, on the he hasn't formed his views on the major issues of the day ..
other coast.
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A presidential campaign,. or a · vice presidential
So, good evening? ,
campaign is ·no place to be if you are still trying to figure
.3rd. ·CALLER. I Seattle, WtJ.Shiligton]: Good evening. Can out what you believe.·· On the overall question about balanc·
you hear me?
ing the Qcket, I think it would be a mistake to put some· ·
DICK THORNBURGH: Sure can.
body that is so-ealled. pro-choice ori the abortion issue. I
3rd CALLER: All right, my question was about. the think it would signal that the party wasn't serious about
Louisiana, moving their primary up to 6th?
that issue. They wouldn't put a person at the top who was
DICK THORNBURGH: Yeah.
for lower tues and then put a person as vice president
3rd CALLER: How is that going to affect Dole in Iowa?
· who was for higher tues, in order to balance the issue beDICK THORNBURGH:. Let's ask Lynri Martin .. She's cauae that would mean that we weren't serious about
the expert on Iowa, it's right next door to niinois.
taxes. So I hope whoever the nominee. is and whoever rus .
- LYNN MARTIN: Right. Right, right. Iowa is quickly running mate is that they· are consistent on the major is·
moving so it can offset Louisiana. I don't really think ~at sues of the day.
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that will have mueh effect, whatever the final denouement J)ICK. THORNBURGH: Well, it wouldn't be the first
of this ia on the presidential candidates. I must say that, time if it wasn't.
as. ·of now~ the majority leader, Senator Dole, still LYNN MARTIN: Yes, and here is one case where Gary is
maintains a very h~althy lead. . Now, we're going into the absolutely and totally wrong. If Colin Powell agrees to be
Christmas season, and the holiday seasori- Christmas , on the ticket, a Dol&-Powell ~cket would be spectacular.
· arid Hanukkah, I think most Americans just tum off Christy Whitman as done an incredible job in New Jersey.
· politics, they are normalThere i8 .G1!orge Voinivicb who happens to be pro·life. I .
DICK THORNBURGH: Yeah.
.would argue that h&-:- and we have governors from nlinois,
, LYNN MARTIN: -and .they just say, "Hey, what's going from Wisconsin, frOm California - . 70 percent of
on?" And that really is an advantage for Dole right now. Republican national committee women, ·a very conservative
And so, unless there are some· massive changes through group, which the abortion issue were not specifically ad·
January, I don't see that a slight shift, whether it's Iowa, dressed in the- in the- in theor Louisiana I mean,: Iowa h'ates it, but in terms of the GARY BAUER:. The party platform.
candidates, will have a real substantial effect. ..
DICK THORNBURGH: The party platform, yeah.
·DICK THORNBURGH: .Lynn, let me put it to you direct· Ll'Mi MARTIN: -party documents.
ly: isn't there a certain air of inevitability about a Bob DICK THORNBURGH: Yeah. Yeah.
Dole nomination?
LYNN MARTIN: So although someone may have a view,
LYNN MARTIN: Is that to me?
please don't say they shouldn't ever be on the ticket.
DICK THORNBURGH: Yes.
.
PAUL BEGALA: Governor, I
going to shock you- I
LYNN :MARTIN: I- I think the numbers keep saying , am going to shock you. Gary Bauer is right.
that. That doesn't mean there can't be changes and . DICK THORNBURGH: Paul Begala ia going to shock ua ·
Certainly the other candidates are not giving up. But, it all the way from Austin, Texas.
would- it would require real ehanges. Colin. Powell was PAUL BEGALA.: And I am going to-- I think Gary Bauer
the.one change that could have occurred I think, and- but is right. I agree with him.
as of now, there does not seem to be giant interest.
LYNN MARTIN: Ha. Sure.
.
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Having won and run and lost, when you are not win- PAUL B~ Because-,. No, but. here's why: it UBM
ning, it is inaedibly frustrating because you are still out to be in the old days that you tried to form balance. ~you
there working. And the candidates are working. Maybe had a- in my party, the Democratic patty, if you had a lib-
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DICK THORNBURGH: We're back. Ann Lewis, I want
to ask you a question. Now, Paul Begala described the
president aa a eentrist, a moderate......; there is a lot of
speculation that the traditional Democratk constituencies,
the liberal left,, the trade union movement, African Amer· . ican voters are less than happy with this administration on
. some of those issues that caused him to be called a moderate or a centrist. How do you assess that?
ANN LEWIS: Not at all; ·And, from where I ait in the
Clinton-Gore campaign, it looks as though Bill Clinton will
be the first Democratic Pres,iaent to run un~pposed ft?r his
party's ~omination since probably Lyndon Johnson in
1964. And the reason is that there is depth of support for
,this J:'resident
the party. We ha4 press eonterenc:es
. in-New York, in New York City and Albany, this week, and
New York is never an easy place to do Democratic politics.
We have unity on those delegate slates, at a time when
the Republican candidates are taking each other. to court.
But I'd like to give an example of what I mean by thathis being a genuine centrist.
·,~we just had a discussion about the RepublJ.can party an.
their anti-choice position. If you think about it, Bill
Clinton and Colin Powell had the same position on the issue of abortion. That is, Colin Powell has said that this dec:ision should be between a woman, her doctor and her.
faith, that is exactly the President's position. That is in
fact the position that is held. by 70 percent ofthe American
public. Now, Gary Bauer and his friendS have a very dif. ferent position, that's why they didn't want Colin Powell to
run for President. That is why there ia a platform in the
Republican party right now, ,which ,is so extreme, which
says that there should be a constitutional amendment that
would make abortion illegal, which calls for the appointznent of judges who wo\J.ld take this position, that's again._
LYNN MABTIN': By
way the main statement in that
docwnent'
DICK THORNBURGH: I think you are going to get some
difference- -.
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conservati~e from the·Southwest. An~. Bill Clinton brake
that mold. He said, "Look,! believe certain things." And he
chose a· fellow moderate, a fellow ·Southerner; a fellow
centrist, a fellow younger American to be his running mate
in 1 Gore. And the two ofthem together, with very, very
. similar principles actually showed what Gary talked about,
' the seriousness of their commitment to these ideas. AncJ I
think it would be a strategic mistake- I don't mean to give
this party. strategic advice, but it would be a strategic mis·
take for the Republicans to try to pretend that an issue of
that magnitude to· their voters was just something to be
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lt'a still there.
LYNN MARTIN: It talks about the sanctity of life.
GARY BA'lmR: Look, Ami, you've got a problem Ann.
You've got- exactly, it sure does. ·
·LYNN MARTIN: Yes, and. she is wrong.
GARY BAUER: .And look Ann, you've got a problem. The ·
way you described the opinion of the American . people
leave. you with a big problemANN LEWIS: What?
GARY BAUER: -which is that just 12 months ago, you
of
all put up candidates .that had that position in favor
abortion on demand, aild in every case your candidates lost
to pro-life Republicans. And I think that-:DICK TBO~URGR: Let's take a break from the abortion issue and plug in~
GARY BAUER: Absolutely.
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DICK mORNBURGH: ..,....Oslo, Norway. Go~ evening.
LYNNMARTIN: Wow._
4th CALLER, [Oslo, Norway}: Hi, .I have a question for
all three of
panelists. What do you think the six day
partialshutdo~ ofthe U.S. government will mean for the
· future directions of the u~s. budget and fiscal policy? And .
in lieu oftonight's discussion, next year's election.
DICK THORNBURGH: Paul Begala, what does it look
like from Austin, Texas?
PAUL BEGALA:. Well, it really looks like, frankly, Newt
Gingrich really took the heat and .the hit for it and he,
deserved to. He told us out here in tlyover country
anyway~ that he was flying over on·Air Force One, with the
President and he didn't like his seating assignment and· so
he shut the government down for six days. And it just- it
made Gingrich look like, frankly, what I know him to be,
an extremist, a radical person. Frailkly, he is just kind of.
reckless and out of control. And it really damaged Speaker
Gingrich so much so, that his negative rating today, ~v
emor, is as high u.Richard Nixon's when Richard .Nixon
resigned under Wate~gate. He is the most unpopular figure
on the AmeriCan. pOlitical landscape since World War II.
DICK THORNBURGH: Lynn MartinPAUL BE GALA:. And· I count Richard Nixon.
LYNN MARTlN: Nice_
DICK THORNBURGH: RadicalLYNN MARTIN: -'-nice try.
DICK THORNBURGH: ~emist. Is that the kind of
langUageLYNN MARTIN: Wow. ,
DICX THORNBURGH: ,-that you are used to in talking
about Republi~?
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*hey- they haven't ~heard that Speaker ·Gingrich has said
he ~ not going to run, and is not going to be a candidate, eo
they might as well take their cheap shots now.
But I am goiDg to give you one that is going to shock
you. First of all, in Dlinois, we didn't notice much that it;
you know, it shut down. So I think this- they had better
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down the government · but then &Verybody agreed they
would be paid for not working. And when- what was it98 Jiercent were c&ned non-essential, and. maybe it was a
little bit satirical, but a lot of people said, .uzt there's that
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going to rebound that if on DeteJnber 15th, people say we
are going to have to shut it down again, a lot or·peop1e are
going to say, "Good. Keep it shut down longer, and this
time don't pay..,
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breaks. But we'll be right. back after this short one. Don't
go away.
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DICK THORNBuRGH: We are out of time. Many
thankS to Lynn Martin in New York, Paul Begala in
Austin, Tezas, as well as Ann Lewis and Gary Bauer here .
iil Washington.
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. Tomorrow mgbt, Larry King returns with lUi encore
presentation of a show that could save a life. Guests include Gen. Norman SchWTankopf. Thanks for watching.
I am Dick Thornburgh. Good night.'
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REMARKS BY
PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
CLINTON/GORE SAXOPHONE CLUB
FUNDRAISER
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 6, 1995
�Good evening. Earlier this evening I attended a big
fundraiser at the Sheraton. I was grateful for the turnout
there and for the support. But, in many ways, this is my
favorite part of the campaign, because you young people
are the reason I ran for President in the first place. And
I know for a lot of you, the contribution you are making
tonight has not come easy. So, I am grateful for your
commitment and I want you to know that I am
committed to you and your future.
My fellow Americans, I come to you tonight with a
simple and straightforward message.
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�We live in a very great country, on the edge of a new
era, a new century, a new millennium, in a time of great
change. We are moving from an industrial age into an
information and technology-driven age. We are moving ·
from the Cold War to a global village where all of us
will be more closely in contact, more closely bound up ..
This is a time of enormous potential, and your country is
ready for it. No nation in the world is remotely as
well-positioned to enable its people to fulfill their dreams
as the United States. No other nation is better-able to
lead the world toward peace and freedom and prosperity
than the United States.
3
�But we must be true to our values, and we must have a
clear vision of that future, in order to realize it.
I ran for President in 1992 to restore the American
Dream for all our people and make sure we went into the
next century still the most powerful country in the world,
the greatest force for peace and freedom and prosperity.
I said I would do it by having. an economic policy that
produced jobs and growth, expanding the middle class
and shrinking the under class; by giving us a modern
government that is smaller, less bureaucratic, and more
entrepreneurial.
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And most important, by being true to old-fashioned
American values: responsibility and opportunity for all,
the value of work, the understanding that we have to
help families stay strong and stick together; and a sense
of community: we are all stronger when we work
together, and we have obligations to each other. We
have obligations to our parents when they need us and
we have obligations to our children. We have an _
obligation to work together to make America a better
place.
·This country is in better shape than it was two and a half
years ago.
5
�We still have real challenges, and we have to keep going
in the right direction, toward a better and brighter
future, but America is on the move.
\
In 1993, when we passed our economic program, the
other side said the world was going to come to an end; a
recession is just around the corner. Well, two and a half
years later we have 7.5 million more jobs, 2.5 million
more homeowners, a record number of new small
businesses, the lowest combined rate of inflation and
unemployment in 25 years. They were wrong and we
were right.
6
�A child born today has a better chance of going to
college and getting a good job. It's a little easier for
people to be good parents and good workers. For the
first time in a very long time, we have seen health care
costs dip. Every day there are more and more
opportunities for Americans to tap into the information
economy and ride it to a prosperous future.
Do we have more to do? Of course, we do. We've got
to do more in education and training so all Americans
can compete for the high-paying jobs of the information
age.
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�We've got to do more for rural areas and urban areas so
that, no matter where you're born in America, you have
a chance to get a first-class, 21st century education. We
have to build on the successes of the last two and a half
years -- but we must not turn back the clock.
The other side complains about government year in and
year out. Well, we did something about it. There are
163,000 fewer people working for the national
government then the day I took office. Next year it will
be the smallest federal government since President
Kennedy. We are making government work better for
the first time in decades.
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�Of course there's a lot more for us to do, but we're not
just complaining, we're changing things.
America .is safer and stronger today. For the first time
since the dawn of the nuclear age, there is not a· single
nuclear missile pointed at an American child. From
Northern Ireland to the Middle East to Haiti to Bosnia,
the United States is leading the world to peace.
Here too, we have more to do. Even as the world comes
together, we see new threats from the forces of religious
and ethnic hatred, as they sow terror in an attempt to
divide people or keep them apart.
9
�The United States must continue to lead the fight against
terrorists, wherever they come from, wherever they go.
We must remain vigilant-- but we are succeeding.
America is playing the kind of role in world affairs that
all Americans should be proud of, and we are all safer
because of it.
But most important of all, this country is coming
together around its values again. In almost every state,
the crime rate is down, the murder rate is down, the
welfare rolls are down, the food stamp rolls are down.
Teen pregnancy has dropped for two years in a row, and
the poverty rate is down.
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America is coming back together and we are moving
forward together. And I believe the commitments we
have had to family-friendly policies and
community-oriented solutions have made a difference.
There are still some troubling problems. The overall
crime rate is down, but violent crime among young
people is on the rise. Overall drug use is down, but drug
use by teenagers is climbing. Too many children are
raising themselves. These young people are the face of
tomorrow. We all have a sacred responsibility to reach
out to them, to teach them right from wrong, and help
them live up to their God-given potential.
11
�I try and make every decision by thinking about their
future, and doing what's right for Americans 10 or 20 or
30 years from now. I knew when we passed the Brady
Bill and the ban on assault weapons the NRA would
terrify a lot of good, honest, American gun owners into
thinking we were trying to take their guns away. Well,
40,000 criminals who would have been able to get guns
didn't because of the Brady Bill. We are taking deadly
assault weapons off our streets so thugs can't show up
with an Uzi anymore and gun down a bunch of innocent
kids. That's worth a little political heat I think. It's the
right thing to do.
12
�The Food and Drug Administration came to me and told
me the records showed that the big tobacco companies
know smoking is hazardous and they are continuing to
advertize to young people. 3,000 young people a day
start smoking, and 1,000 of them will die because of it.
What is that worth? A lot of political heat. We're
fighting against teenage smoking because we want those
kids to be alive in a great America of the 21st century.
So that is the background. This country is on a roll.
We're moving in the right direction. Now we have to
make some decisions that keep us moving forward
together. That's what this budget debate is really about.
13
�It isn t about dollars and cents. It goes to the heart of
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who we are as a people, what we believe, what we stand
for, and what kind of America we want our children and
our grandchildren to live in in the 21st century.
I want to balance the budget. But we have to balance the
budget in a way that is consistent with our values.
I always want America to be a place where we honor our
obligations to our parents and grandparents. My idea of
the future is not one where it s harder for a senior citizen
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to live from month to month because their Medicare
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premiums have been doubled.
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�And we can balance the budget without doing that.
My idea of the future of America is not a country where
we've cut Medicaid so much we're closing rural
hospitals, we're closing inner city hospitals, we're
putting unbearable burdens on our teaching hospitals and
our children's hospitals, and we're making it· harder for
poor little kids to get care.
I don't want to take away the money we give through
Medicaid to help the poor elderly pay their co-pays and
their deductibles. Under the Republican plan, the
poorest seniors get hit the hardest.
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According to one study, as many as 1 million seniors
might drop out of the Medicare system. The America I
want to live in doesn't put a million old people out of the
Medicare system. I don't think that's right, and I will
fight it.
Nothing we can do for the future is more important than
giving every American the chance Jor the best possible
education. We reformed the student loan system so that
college loans cost less, and people get better repayment
terms. The Republicans limit or destroy this direct loan
program. And that's just for starters.
16
�They eliminate somewhere between 150,000 and
380,000 college scholarships.
The 21st century I want to live in does not include
kicking middle class kids out of college and taking
scholarships away from poor kids. I want a future
where every single young American who's willing to
work hard has a chance to go to college and build a good
life. That's the kind of country I want to live in.
I don't believe we ought to go into the 21st century
gutting our ability to protect clean air, clean water, and
safe food.
17
�I don't want a future where the lobbyists for the biggest
polluters in the country write our clean water laws. I
don't want our national parks shut down and sold to the
highest bidder. I want parents to know that the water
their children are drinking is safe. I want their children
to enjoy our rich national heritage.
I don,'t believe we should walk away from our crime
bill, and stop communities from putting police on the
street, and prevention programs in our schools to give
children something to say yes to. I want a future where
kids walking to school recognize the neighborhood
policeman walking his beat.
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�The Wall Street Journal reported that if the Republican
budget passes, the group of people making less than
$30,000 a year -- 51 percent of all Americans -- will
have greater tax hikes than tax cuts. Ronald Reagan said
the working family tax credit was the best antipoverty
program ever devised, but today's Republicans want to
shred it. I do not want to live in a country that throws
people out of the middle class and puts them back in the
underclass, and I don't think you do, either. I want to
live in a country that says to people, if you work 40
hours a week and have children at home, you will not be
taxed into poverty.
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�I don't believe we should refuse to raise the minimum
wage. It will be at a 40-year low in purchasing power
next year if we do that. I want America to always be a
country where work pays.
I don't believe we should abolish AmeriCorps, our
national service program. Young people working with
other people to solve community problems, and earning
money for college. That's a great thing. We should not
eliminate it, and we don't have to.
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�My idea of the 21st century is one where all young
people serve their communities and work together,
building this country from the grass roots up, earning
their way to college and moving forward.
Their budget violates those values. Let me be clear: I
I
will veto any budget that destroys Medicare, turns our
back on the future by cutting education, hamstrings our
ability to protect the environment, or raises taxes on
middle-class Americans.
America is on a roll. We're coming back.
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�We are in better shape than we were two and a half
years ago, and the American people deserve the lion's
share of the credit. We are moving in the right
direction.
We know what we have to do. We need a vision and
policies that prepare our children for the vast challenges
and opportunities of the 21st century; that promote lifelong learning so our workers can meet the demands of
change; that empower communities to solve their own
problems; that ensure the safety of our citizens on our
streets, in our schools and in our homes; that will help us
come together as a community.
22
�That's the vision we share for America.
Old-fashioned American values, the power of American
free enterprise, technology, and ingenuity, along with
our extraordinary diversity, make us the single bestpositioned nation to lead the world in the 21st century.
Bar none. All we have to do is come together, and we
will lead the way.
And our common ground is closer then some might
think. Beyond race and religion, beyond all our
differences, most of us share the same values. That's
what the march in Washington a few weeks ago proved.
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�People showed up saying, we do have to take more
responsibility for ourselves, our families and our
communities, and we are going to do it, and we want to
reach out to you.
We all have to do that. We have to be honest with one
another. We have to listen to one another. And we have
got to find a way to come together. Because, if we do,
there is no stopping this country in the 21st century. It is
ours to lead. It is ours to enjoy. It is ours to make.
This is a very, very great country. This is about
American values, American interests, America's future.
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�I want you to promise yourself that when you walk out
of this room tonight, and for the next year, you are
going to engage your fellow Americans in talking about
these fundamental values and the fundamental. vision we
have for our future.
The 21st century is ours if we will simply be true to our
values and follow our vision, if we will think about our
children and what kind of America we want for them.
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