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(U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In an afternoon speech at the ARCO forum Thursday, Reform Party presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan attempted to establish himself as a viable third-party candidate, but an overflowing audience made it clear that it would not forget his controversial past. Although the majority of Buchanan's prepared speech focused on the need for both campaign finance reform and a third party in American politics, he was unable to escape audience attack regarding his views on homosexuality, immigration, the Holocaust and women's issues. "In his speech, he made himself sound reasonable," said Alvaro M. Bedoya '03. "But as soon ...

Years ago, the District of Columbia announced that it would provide guaranteed housing to anyone who needed it. Within a short time, a bureaucrat in the housing department in Washington, D.C., received a phone call from a woman in Hong Kong. She asked them to hold an apartment until she got there. This is the problem with subsidies. You try to support one thing and you invariably end up buying something you didn't want. In the 1950s, the U.S. government helped pay for thousands of bomb shelters. They rapidly turned into subsidized housing for wackos. The U.S. government, through ...

AUSTIN, TX - One day after winning the U.S. Virgin Islands caucus, Texas Governor George W. Bush picked up three more victories today by claiming the Guam and American Samoan caucuses, and winning the Puerto Rican primary with nearly 94 percent of the vote. Governor Bush’s overwhelming victory and sweep of all the delegates came despite two weeks of radio advertisements in Puerto Rico by Senator McCain’s campaign. Governor Bush won a total of 26 delegates in four elections during the past two days. These four events, combined with Tuesday’s upcoming contests in Virginia, North Dakota, and Washington, account for ...

Finding himself locked in an unexpected dogfight, Texas Gov. George W. Bush turned his attention Wednesday to the nation's biggest electoral prize - California - with an appeal to Los Angeles' growing Latino population. Bush, who is fluent in Spanish but chose to speak English, appeared at a town-hall forum with Latino voters organized by Univision, the Spanish- language television network, held at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester.... ... The press tent was also briefly invaded by the McCain forces. Several McCain supporters who appeared to be in their 20s somehow got into the press tent and began passing out ...

McCain wins N.H. -- but loses in the Senate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John McCain may have impressed the voters of New Hampshire big-time but he has not won over his colleagues in the U.S. Senate. At least 38 of the 55 Senate Republicans are officially on board the campaign of rival Texas Gov. George W. Bush, and about seven more are expected to make endorsements in the next few days, some right before the crucial South Carolina primary. "It's really been more of an outpouring than organizing," said Sen. Paul Coverdell, the Georgia Republican who is heading Bush's effort in ...