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Wednesday, June 7, 2000
Bradley casts vote for Gore
The Associated Press
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Two months after dropping out of the presidential race — and out of sight — Bill Bradley quietly cast his vote yesterday for former Al Gore and said he will resume a public role campaigning for Democrats this year.
Bradley said he was negotiating with Gore officials about his role at the Democratic National Convention in August but has not decided what instructions to give his 412 delegates.
"We're in the midst of very productive discussions with the Gore campaign, so I'll leave it at that," Bradley said in a brief interview with The Associated Press after voting in the New Jersey primary in his hometown.
He said he would actively campaign for Democrats this year, including Gore.
To date, Bradley has resisted the Gore camp's eagerness to schedule a joint appearance of the former rivals. Bradley aides said such a campaign event was in the works — and certain to happen before the convention — but not imminent.
Bradley, who did not win a single state in his challenge to Gore, could have expected a victory in New Jersey, the state he served in the U.S. Senate for 18 years.
But he dropped out of the race March 9, two months before the Garden State's primary, and yesterday's ballot offered Democratic voters only one alternative to Gore: Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr., who has run for the Democratic nomination in every presidential election since 1976.
Bradley said he pulled the lever for Gore.
When the former senator dropped out of the race, he said he would support Gore's bid for the White House despite believing Gore has a campaign of "distortions and negativity."
Asked that day whether that meant he was endorsing Gore, Bradley said, "It's your call." Adviser Anita Dunn told reporters the distinction was semantic, not political, because Bradley believes "you support people and you endorse checks."
Since then, Bradley has made no public appearances or public comment on the presidential
race.
The Republican National Committee has tried to use that against Gore, keeping a running count of the number of days "since Bill Bradley refused to endorse Gore March 9th."
Bradley said yesterday he did not believe there was a need for another statement of his backing for Gore.
"I said I'd give him my full support, and that's what I will do," Bradley said.
He said he has spent the past two months "traveling, talking to people, writing, thinking things through." He is also writing a book but declined to describe the topic.
He has caught up on his movie watching, saying a recent favorite was *East-West*, the French film that received an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language picture.
Bradley has sent letters to longtime supporters asking them for a new infusion of money for his political action committee, Time Future Inc. Bradley formed the PAC after leaving the Senate in 1997 and used it in subsequent elections to support Democratic congressional candidates.
"It just gives us flexibility to campaign this fall," he said, "and it gives flexibility to anything else I do politically."
Friends say they do not know if Bradley has decided on a future course in politics — pushing for a Cabinet position should Gore win, for instance, or planning another presidential run should Gore lose.
"He's 56," said Eric Hauser, Bradley's campaign spokesman. "He's got a long time ahead of him. He's taking a look at what all hisOptions might be."
Some voters were disappointed that his name was not on the ballot.
"I would have loved to have seen Bradley for president," said Sari Kramer, a clinical psychologist. "I worked for him, my daughter worked for him. But I guess the country's not really ready for true moral leadership. We still want a politician. We don't want a thoughtful intellectual — yet."
Race for 3rd district seats heat up
Phill Kline files for district GOP nomination in Aug.1 primary
TOPEKA — State Rep. Phill Kline filed Monday for the Republican nomination in the 3rd Congressional District and accused his two GOP opponents of being too much like Democratic U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore.
Associated Press
Kline, of Shawne, faces Gary Morsch, an Olathe physician, and Greg Musil, president of the Overland Park City Council, in the Aug. 1 Republican primary. Kline paid a $1,367 fee in the secretary of state's office to guarantee a spot on the ballot.
Their three-way campaign has been underway for weeks. Musil already has filed
Kline said his eight years in the state House of Representatives make him the only Republican candidate with a record of legislative accomplishment.
"Morsch, Musil and Moore are all singing the same tune," Kline said.
As expected, Kline's comments were disputed by both Morsch and Musil.
Morsch, the founder of a nonprofit charitable group, Heart to Heart International, said he has incredible experience that the country needs and has the same values that the 3rd District holds dear.
"I can understand why Phil Kline would like to lump me in with the other candidates," he said. "The problem is that it's just not true."
David Schlosser, Musil's campaign manager, said Kline and Morsch are ideological clones in their opposition to abortion, and
"Phill can make all the grand claims he wants, but he's still not talking about the issues of most importance to primary voters in the 3rd District."
David Schlosser Musil's campaign manager
Kline's remarks show his sheer terror.
"Phill can make all the grand clamms he wants, but he's still not talking about the issues of most importance to primary voters in the 3rd District," Schlosser said.
Dennis Moore seeks re-election sans labor
The Associated Press
LAWRENCE — U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore kicked off his re-election campaign without the support of one of labor's national leading organizations.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters pulled its endorsement of Moore because the Democratic congressman voted in favor of a bill that would make trade relations between China and the United States normal. Labor unions oppose the legislation.
"We feel taken for granted. We brought Dennis Moore to the promised land. We brought a lot of people to the promised land, and they left us."
Chuck Harple
Moore didn't mention the vote during a speech Monday to about 50 supporters outside the Memorial Union at the University of Kansas. He emphasized issues such as protecting the federal Medicare and Social Security programs and reforming campaign finance laws.
National political director for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
His aides said local Teamsters still support Moore, and the congressman noted that he was invited to attend an area Teamsters meeting Saturday.
It's a pitch he was expected to make. Registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats by nearly 59,000 in the 3rd District,
Moore said he is disappointed that he lost the endorsement of the national Teamsters leaders but said he tried to do what he thought was right, and was confident he did.
Moore, 54, is seeking his second term representing the 3rd Congressional District. During four rallies, he portrayed himself as someone who can work with Republicans on common-sense proposals.
and Moore was the first Democrat to win the seat in 36 years.
In the past, Republicans have made much of Moore's support from labor unions. In voting for normal trade relations with China, Moore stood with business groups instead
He unseated conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Vince Snowbarger in 1998, profiting from a split in the GOP.
The Teamsters are the largest union in the 3rd District. Along with campaign dollars, their phone banking and other grass-roots efforts were important to Moore's election in 1998.
"No get out-the vote, no resources. He's gone from the first tier to. We hope he wins, good luck," said Chuck Harple, the union's national political director. "We feel taken for granted. We brought Dennis Moore to the promised land. We brought a lot of people to the promised land, and they left us."
Whether the area's second-biggest union, the United Auto Workers, will follow suit remains to be seen. Nick Robinson, the St. Louis-based regional political director, said Moore definitely will not get UAW
political contributions.
As for grass-roots help, Robinson said. "We're leaving that open right now."
Local union officials may not be as hard on Moore.
The president of the Kansas City area Teamsters didn't immediately return phone calls to The Associated Press, but Wayne Maichel, executive secretary of the Kansas AFL-CIO, said Moore "still looks pretty good" compared to the rest of Kansas' congressional delegation, all Republicans.
"Are working families in Dennis Moore's district better off with him, with an AFL-CIO rating of 70 percent, or were they better off with Vince Snowbarger, with zero?" Maichel said.
And Republicans aren't likely to soften attacks on Moore based on his labor support.
Three Republicans are seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Moore: state Rep. Phill Kline, of Shawnee; Gary Morsch, an Olathe physician; and Greg Musil, an attorney and Overland Park City Council president.
U. S. Rep. Dennis Moore loses labor union support, kicks off campaign at the bottom of Campanile, KANSAN file photo
In a statement Monday, Musil
cited the relatively high ratings Moore has received from the National Education Association, environmental groups and the AFL-CIO. He called Moore's record "radically inconsistent" with the values of 3rd District residents.
Kline said that, the China vote not withstanding, Moore is "owned" by Democratic leaders. He noted that President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore supported the China bill.
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