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"You can't have it both ways/'
the president told Clinton.
Bush repeatedly hit Clinton for
his stewardship of Arkansas, at
one point calling the state "the
lowest of the low" and asserting
"it's about time I started putting
things in perspective."
"Bush was more passionate.
more pointed, more focused. He
was even clever, which is out of
character for Bush," said Stuart
Rothenberg, a Republican who
publishes a nonpartisan political
newsletter. He said. Bush's per
formance was "not enough now,
with just two weeks to go" to al
ter the likely outcome of the elec
tion. Bush campaign officials
hope that the seeds have now
been planted, and that a lingering
doubt about Clinton's abilities
and his character will sprout in
voters minds come Election Day.
"We never set out to have the
defining moment come during
the debates," said Mary Matalin,
Bush's deputy campaign manag
er. Instead, the debates are a
package deal. "At the end of
them, voters will understand the
nature of the choice they'll be
making," she said.
The four debates did offer vot
ers a chance to get a clearer view
of the differences between the
candidates.
County tax assessor predict
highest voter turnout ever
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HOUSTON — A Harris County official on Monday
predicted more than 1 million county voters — the
largest turnout ever — will go to the polls Nov. 3.
County Tax Assessor-Collector Carl S. Smith,
whose office is responsible for registering voters,
said more than 1.3 million Harris County voters have
registered to vote in the November general election.
And his office was still counting.
"I predict more than one million will vote," Smith
said. "I think it's a reasonable prediction."
His staff has not yet completed its tally of how
many of the county's 2.8 million residents signed up
to vote this fall.
During the registration period his office has re
ceived an average of 15,000 calls daily, an all-time
high. And people are still calling.
"They're calling and asking where do they vote
and checking on their voter's application," he said.
More than 100,000 new applicants met the Oct. 4
deadline for registering to vote, he said.
"We are making a supreme effort to have all appli
cations processed and certificates in the mail by Oct.
21," Smith said.
In comparison, the 1988 presidential race
George Bush and Michael Dukakis generated 1.2tj
lion registered voters. Of that number, 830,778-
about 65 percent — actually voted.
In 1984, 72 percent of Harris County's 1.2rail
registered voters cast ballots in the presidentialt®
“I predict more than one million
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prediction.”
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1968 when Republican Richard Nixon defeatt;
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George Wallace. During that election, 81.2peKen!!
Harris County's 583,721 registered participated.
The highest percentage of county voters cane
the 1960 race between John F. Kennedy and Rick:
Nixon when 82 percent of the 392,621 registeredc
ers went to the polls.
Smith said presidential elections have traditional!
sparked the highest voter turnouts locally.
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Court said Monday it will decide
whether states may commit men
tally retarded people to state facil
ities against their will more easily
than the mentally ill are commit
ted.
Kentucky officials told the court
they want to use a lower standard
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people who suffer from mental re
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the mentally ill.
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court:
— Left intact a Kentucky law
that provides grandparents with
visitation rights to their grandchil
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but Stewart and Anne King said
Kentucky's law stripped themof
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reasonable doubt” evermayk
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88, made a rare
public appear
ance to give his
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blessing to the new leaders, who
he hopes will continue his policies
into the next century.
The appointments capped a
weeklong party congress that
strongly endorsed relaxing state
controls over the economy in fa
vor of free markets.
Deng believes growing pros
perity can best ensure the party
stays in power.
However, the congress ruled
out political liberalization and
made no serious effort to confront
the problems of official corruption
and power abuse that have erod
ed public support and could trig
ger future challenges to party
rule.
"The congress was a great suc
cess," the state-run Xinhua News
Agency quoted Deng as
party General SecretaryJians
Zemin during a 20-minute
ing in the Great Hall of the Peopk
with the congress' more
2,000 delegates.
"Now that the policies arefi!-
cided upon, we'll get downH
work," Xinhua quoted Jiangasre
plying.
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WASHINGTON- At least a
dozen senators likely will win
re-election Nov. 3, using huge
cash advantages to blow away
challengers and defy the much-
ballyhooed anti-incumbent sen
timent nationwide.
One of the probable winners
is Senate Republican leader Bob
Dole of Kansas.
He had $2.2 million stock
piled for his re-election at the
end of September, according to
campaign finance reports, com
pared with no cash reserves for
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sured of re-election, according
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Democrats are poised to add
possibly as many as four seats
to their 57-memfc>er majority in
the 100-member Senate, while
Republicans likely will lose
ground.
If the Democrats increase
their Senate numbers to 60, it
would be their largest advan
tage since they held 61 seats
during the Carter administra’
tion from 1978-1980.
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tage most incumbents havfr
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One of the biggest financial
gaps between incumbent anfi
challenger is in one of the clos
est races — the Oregon battle
between Republican Sen. Bot
Packwood and Democratic Rep
Les AuCoin.
Packwood, senior Republican
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tee, has raised $7.8 million'
more than four times as mucfi
as AuCoin's $1.9 million.
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too close to call.
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Pennsylvania, where Republi
can Sen. Arlen Specter has
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lion for Democratic nominee
Lynn Yeakel.
Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas,
who heads the National Repub
lican Senatorial Committee, re
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would fare Nov. 3.
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new people," Gramm said,
adding that his party hada
chance to win in seven or eight
states.
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from Democrats. The problem
is determining how man)
they're going to take away from
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