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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, February 21, 2000
Nation/World
Bradley says McCain's loss is his gain
The Associated Press
ST. LOUISE — Bill Bradley hones the McCain drain is done.
Relegated to the status of junior reformer for nearly three weeks, Bradley says Sen. John McCain's loss in South Carolina clears the way for his own struggling Democratic campaign to renew the pitch to independents and moderate Democrats who have been moving toward McCain.
"He's gotten a shot of oxygen which had been drawn out of his campaign by McCain," said Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University. "In American politics there can only be one novelty at a time, and McCain has been the novelty."
Once Bradley's partner in spreading the message of
reform, McCain has been the focus of attention since his Feb. 1 upset of Gov. George W. Bush
in New Hampshire, where he won support from independents and crossover Democrats -- the same group Bradley had hoped to attract.
Asked about the opportunity created by McCain's loss, Bradley said, "I think
I'm making a strong case to all Americans, independents and Democrats and even some Republicans to bring them over
to our side, and we're having some success."
Bradley said the South Carolina results showed that it was tough for a reformer to win against entrenched power.
Bradley lost to Gore in Iowa and New Hampshire, and his strategy now places a premium on Washington state, which holds a nonbinding primary Feb. 29 — the only Democratic vote before March 7, when 16 states hold primaries or caucuses.
But while McCain has gained against Bush in national polls, Bradley has slumped farther behind Gore — a deficit of about 40 percentage points in the latest surveys. He trails in the polls in California, the biggest of the March 7 prizes, and in New York, where he played professional basketball for 10 years before
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Bradley acknowledges the need to win some of the March 7 contests. He campaigned in Northeastern states last week and was returning to New York for a debate today with Gore.
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As it became clear during the last few months that people are bent on change, the hard-liners have also started backing down.
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Khatami's main advantage is that he is not an outsider trying to vanquish the system but an insider trying to change it.
As a candidate, Khatamil became a magnet for closet liberals and provided hope to the youth and women groaning under the rigid rules enforced in the name of Islam.
More importantly, Khatami gave iranians the confidence to criticize the clergy, which saw itself as the interpreter of God's word and beyond reproach. Outspoken newspapers have flourished in his rule.
To the hard-liners, letting Khatami run was a blunder. To most Iranians it was a boon. Here, finally, was a cleric who understood their frustrations and promised something different. He won 20 million of the 29 million votes cast.
Reform candidates — who have promised to create a civil society with individual and political freedoms — are riding on Khatamai's success, popularity and vision.
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Iran's president pushes reform
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's hard-line ruling clergy wanted merely to spice up the 1997 presidential race when it approved the moderate candidacy of a relative unknown named Mohammad Khatiami.
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So far, Khatami hasn't let them down. Taking cue from his public statements, young men and women have been able to mingle without fearing the Basejl paramilitary forces who used to enforce religious values. Banned satellite dishes are discreetly appearing on rooftops and the mandatory women's head scarves are sliding back and showing more and more hair.
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Khatani, a soft-spoken scholar, does not advocate doing away with the Islamic system that came with the 1979 revolution, but his moderate interpretation of the religion has been widely accepted by Iranians, most of them devout Muslims.
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Instead, Khatami's surprising landslide victory set in motion a reform juggernaut that, according to weekend results, was sweeping hard-liners out of Parliament, dealing another blow to their shrinking influence.
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Yesterday's protest in the city where the European Union has its headquarters drew not only Belgians but other Europeans who work at EU institutions anchored here. Many chanted "no to fascism in Europe." Others walked silently, wearing yellow stars.
Belgian protesters denounce fascism
The Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Belgium — About 20,000 Belgians, some wearing yellow stars as a symbol of protest, took to the street yesterday to speak out against a far-right party's inclusion in the Austrian government.
"It is urgent to fight anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia. It is necessary to fight for a democratic Europe," organizers of the march said.
Belgian leaders, war veterans, sports celebrities and concentration camp survivors led the crowd in an anti-fascist march that took protesters past the Austrian embassy.
It was the latest of dozens of similar marches across Europe since Joerg Haider's Freedom Party joined the new coalition government in Austria. The outrage stems from Haider's opposition to immigration and rapid European Union expansion, as well as previous statements praising some Nazi policies. He has since apologized.
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