Summary
It was the handshake seen around the political world: On June 11, 1995, House Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Clinton agreed to a bipartisan commission that would reform political campaigns and rein in congressional campaign costs. Nothing came of the commission because neither side could agree on who should be on it, but the sight of two political rivals shaking hands made a lot of people feel good and feelings are more important to some than results.
Proving there can be second acts in politics, Gingrich and Clinton have shaken hands again. But this time it's Newt Gingrich and Sen. Hillary Clinton, New York Democrat. This time the issue is not campaign finance reform, but health care. When he was speaker of the House, Gingrich denounced what he and others derisively called "Hillarycare" as "centralized bureaucratic socialism."See the full content of this document
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Hillary and Newt Make Music Together
CYNICS ARE already saying the entente between Clinton and Gingrich is about positioning - she to seem more moderate; he to appear less abrasive and "extre...
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