91. Education ranks high as a campaign issue. 92. Earlier this year, House Speaker Newt Gingrich tried to dispense quickly with the campaign finance issue under rules that never allowed the bipartisan bill to the floor. 93. Even so, Clinton seized the chance to make political hay, saying he now believes it will become a campaign issue next year. 94. Even when he lost, which he occasionally did, the president managed to turn the differences between the parties into campaign issues that worked. 95. Ever since he started running for US Senate, William F. Weld has pinpointed crime, welfare reform and taxes as the major campaign issues. 96. Failing that, they would prefer using tobacco as a campaign issue rather than compromising on legislation. 97. Even before the move, the issue of oil has been a major campaign issue. 98. Feingold, in raising the campaign reform issue, knew that simply pointing out what everyone knows is true would be embarrassing. 99. Filling court vacancies, as a campaign issue, has not yet attained the status of fighting drugs, strengthening the economy, cutting taxes or boosting family values. 100. For all the congressional hearings that are to come on the campaign spending issue, the imagery of Dodd is revealing in its own way. |