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314 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics phein t sRing of 1998, officials from Washington and several other states arrived o ...

‘duMp sLAde 2000’ 315 of 500 overflowed a large hotel ballroom. “Some were forced to stand impatiently behind red velvet ropes.. ...

316 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics Century world of Endangered Species Act listings, private property rights, Supreme ...

‘duMp sLAde 2000’ 317 when it came to sovereignty issues we collided time and again. No one person has caused a stronger unifica ...

318 37 | igh Crimes or H Misdemeanors? W henBo B dyLAn oBseRved that “even the president of the United States sometimes must hav ...

high cRiMes oR MisdeMeAnoRs? 319 the Web, then Starr craftily leaked the story to The Washington Post, with a spin that had the ...

320 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics Now it fell to the United States Senate to conduct a trial to determine if the pres ...

high cRiMes oR MisdeMeAnoRs? 321 it was party time. The arch-conservatives said their majority leader, who had already raised th ...

322 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics one of the most rewarding experiences of my life,” Gorton told reporters. Their fir ...

high cRiMes oR MisdeMeAnoRs? 323 governor’s calculating, moonfaced strategist. “It was a great talk; two or three hours. We talk ...

324 38 | A Dubious Honor A ftee iR MpAchMent wAs put to Bed, the 2000 elections were only 18 months away. Who would challenge Go ...

A duBious honoR 325 vinced her to say no to a bid for the U.S. Senate. “Politics is politics,” Gregoire said, adding that Gorton ...

326 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics “No, no. You don’t understand: You’re going to run my campaign.” “No, no, no. You d ...

A duBious honoR 327 Jellen worked with Tony Williams, Gorton’s chief of staff, to develop a strategy that Tony would oversee dow ...

328 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics Gorton finished drafting the gold mine measure less than an hour before it was appr ...

A duBious honoR 329 ministration asks us to put riders on bills; environmentalists ask us to put riders on bills.” There’d been ...

330 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics area had been appropriated by the federal government in 1943 as a secu- rity buffer ...

A duBious honoR 331 dotz AeAuR dMiRed the “Washington’s next great senator” theme Paul Newman had executed flawlessly for Gorton ...

332 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics Gorton finished first in the primary, with nearly 44 percent of the votes cast. Can ...

A duBious honoR 333 46 percent to 44 percent among women, and respondents who followed politics on the Internet favored Gorton b ...