HOMENATION
IMPEACHMENT
Nightmare's End
WORKSHEET:
Voices in the
Impeachment Debate
CONGRESS
Capitol Hill Meltdown
LITTLETON
What Can the Schools Do?
CAMPAIGN 2000
The Money Chasm
Y2K
The History and the Hype
WORLD
KOSOVO
Terrain of Terror
Why He Blinked
INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS
Freedom Fighters
WORKSHEET:
Who Gets To Be a State?
RUSSIA
Survival of the Fittest
ASIAN ECONOMY
Has Asia Recovered?
CHINA
China's Arms Race
MIDDLE EAST
Jordan: Dawn of a New Era
Israel: Love at First Wonk
AFRICA
The Heart of Darkness
LATIN AMERICA
Up From the Flood
WORKSHEET: Current Events in Review
Answers
Last week Bush marched through the Democrat-dominated Golden State like a conquering hero, collecting more than $5 million in just three days of sold-out fund raisers. Despite Gore's assiduous cultivation of the high-tech business community in Silicon Valley, Bush drew 500 enthusiastic supporters to a top-dollar breakfast of quiche and sausage at a Palo Alto hotel. Even left-leaning Hollywood turned out for Bush. Piqued by the Clinton Administration's investigation into whether movie executives target children with violent films, more than 100 entertainment industry bigs, including Warren Beatty and Quincy Jones, showed up for a get-to-know-George W. meeting hosted by Terry Semel, co-ceo of Warner Bros. and a longtime active Democrat.
Bush's rivals in both parties are hoping that his prodigious fund raising will spark a backlash by voters convinced that money has corrupted America's political system. McCain, for one, is turning his long-standing fight for campaign-finance reform in Congress into an election issue aimed directly at the front runner. If such tactics bother Bush, he isn't showing it. Appearing at a park in Sacramento for an at-risk youth program last week, the polo-shirted candidate played quarterback with the kids and some beefy Sacramento State football players. On his first play, Bush called out a mischievous audible: "66! 77! ... 36.25!" As in $36.25 million. And then he threw for a touchdown.
Questions
1. Who are the Republican and Democratic front runners for the presidential nomination?
2. How is each candidate faring in his efforts to raise funds for the 2000 campaign?
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