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Hpr 1999 06 31 Thurs<lay, June 31, 1999 • Volume 5, Number 38 Page 1of8 •• • • • .....••.... • • .· .. • McDaniel responds - ·-·- • THE ::..:=--· to_his GOP critics HOWEYT Chairman takes HPR to the woodshed By BRIAN A. HOWEY in Indianapolis Just l!-8 the 1999 Indiana General Assembly session was getting under way, Indiana Republican Chairman Mike POLITICAL McDaniel faced a dilemma: How to get the House and Senate Republican leaders on the same page when it came to tax cuts for the upcoming bienniel budget. He asked Senate President Pro Tern Bob Garton and REPORT House Minority Leader Paul Mannweiler if they were talk­ ing. Garton told him, "Almost every day." Mannweiler's The Howey Political Report is published by NewsLink answer was, "Hardly ever." Inc. Founded in 1994, The Howey Political Report is So a summit was in order. But in convening the two an independent, non-partisan newsletter analyzing the political process in Indiana. chamber leaders along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Larry Borst and Ways and Means RM JeffEspich Brian A. Howey at the Skyline Club, another problem occurred. None of this editor and publisher quintet was a member. McDaniel spied Anthem's Rick The Howey Political Report Office: 317-254-1533 Cockrum entertaining Democratic leadership in another PO Box 40265 Fax: 317-254-2405 room, collared him and said, "Guess what, you're buying us Indianapolis, IN 46240-0265 [email protected] dinner." www.howeypolitics.com Throughout the ensuing feast, McDaniel said, he • Washington office: 202-775-3242 talked and cajoled with the four GOP leaders to try to come Business Office: 317-254-0535. Pager: 317-320-2722 to an agreement on tax cuts. Without many specifics on what was to be the cornerstone of a united Republican front on Daytime number: 317-254-2400, Ext. 273 taxes, the five finally agreed on a billion-dollar tax cut. Subscriptions: $250 annually via fax or first "Let's shake hands on it," McDaniel said as the pro­ class mail. Call 317-254-1533. ceedings wound up. The four legislative leaders replied with © 1999,. The Howey Political Report. All rights an embarrassed laugh. One of them told the chairman that a reserved. Photocopying, faxing or reproducing in any handshake wasn't necessary. form, in whole or in part, is a violation offederal law "No," McDaniel insisted. "Let's shake hands." and is strictlv prohibited without consent of the Reluctantly, the four leaders fmally did. publisher. Continued on page 2 "QUOTE" OF THE WEEK INSIDE F E A T U R E S 'We are delighted to have cut George Bush's Ticker Tape: Dick Morris eyes Bayh p.2 lead to a mere 45 points, a much more man­ Congress Watch: Kosovo flotsam p.4 LG Talk: Witwer, Nass, Lubbers, ag~able margin ... "' Lawson, Skillman p.5 • Kyle McSlarrow, Quayle 2000 Campaign chairman, react­ Columnists: Dodson, DePledge p.6 ing to a FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll showing Bush Horse Race: 2nd CD pow-wow p. 7-8 • leading Dan Quayle by a 54-9 percent margin. Thilrsday, June 31, 1999 Page2 of8 WHAT STATE TOURISM SIGNS SHOULD REALLY SAY. •• • DETOUR INDlANI\ great detail," he flatly said. Chairman, from page 1 TICKER McDaniel calmly went down list on McDaniel told the story following a yellow legal pad list to counter the T A P E last week's HPR ("Grumblings about claims of his critics: "I have met or ____... _- --- __ ... ---· ~ -·-- ~- --· ~ McDaniel persisting"; Vol. 5, No. 37) • Fundraising: CNN's Larry King asked which detailed a laundry list of complaints exceeded every funding obligation. I have Dick Morris who he pre­ about his performance. met every budget the Central Committee dicts will be Al Gore's vice has voted on. I've met every target; met • Whereas then-GOP chairman Al presidential nominee on Hubbard made a highly publicized trip to and exceeded every target for candidate Monday's night show. "My the Indiana Senate in March 1993 to campaigns," McDaniel said. He added, guess is it will be Evan lobby against a tax hike, McDaniel said "That's tough when you don't have the Bayh," Morris said. Before governor." that, he said that if Al Gore much of his work has been behind the That was a point reiterated by for­ had a top choice, it would scenes. "No one has spent more time try­ be "Al Gore." On the GOP ing to bring the House and Senate togeth­ mer Chairman Rex Early. "Believe me, side, Morris said the veep er than I have," he told HPR Publisher it's one thing being state chairman when will almost certainly .be Brian Howey on a two-hour trip to the you have the governor. It's a tough sono­ Elizabeth Dole. · woodshed last Thursday. fabitch when you don't have the governor It was part of McDaniel's attempt at when it comes to raising money and get­ Coincidentally, Sen. Bayh repudiating his critics. Following the pub­ ting things done," Early said. was covered by C·SPAN lication of last week's HPR, many • Lists: McDaniel said he has been recently giving a speech in Republicans rushed to McDaniel's working ''for months" on a program he New Hampshire. defense. One Central Committee member calls "Project Target 2000." McDaniel said that upgrading the lists will be "our A nationwide FOX News/ described it as a "sucker punch." Others Opinion Dynamics Poll took issue with the notion that McDaniel No. 1 priority." Both parties get State {June 23·24) has Texas Gov. had been "handcuffed by the Central Election Commission lists. But with the George W. Bush leading Committee". and insisted that McDaniel new motor voter laws that won't allow Dan Quayle by a 54-9 per· was in command of the party. But several purging, he said the lists quickly fall out cent margin. Elizabeth Dole party activists said the report would of date. Over the past months, McDaniel also came in at 9 percent, prompt a needed party soul-searching. said, Republican staffers have made some 92,000 corrections. ''We are going to test Continued on page 3 McDaniel would have none of that. ''We've been through all of this stuff in it in municipal races this year and have it • Page3of8 Thursday, June 31, 1999 ready for next year." He said that former in 1998, he watched Paul Helmke, Peter state budget director Ken Kobi is a third­ Rusthoven and John Price fight "over a .party source that is analyzing the revamp­ bone with no meat on it" for the right to TICKER • ing of the lists. "I'm comfortable with face Evan Bayh. "Unfortunately, that race T A p E where we are," McDaniel said, adding was over the day Dan Coats announced he that the party's Geo Voter system that is wasn't running. They were all great peo­ used by GOPs in 21 states has been ple, but we really never had a chance." with Steve Forbes at 4 per· installed with the correct overlays that • Conventions: This criticism gets cent, Orrin Hatch, John will allow the party to accurately target McDaniel's dander up more than anything McCain and Pat Buchanan dozens of blocs of voters. else. "I will never apologize to anybody at 3 percent, John Kasich and Rudy Giuliani at 2 per· for trying to bring in the Republican • Loss of the House in 1998: cent, and Gary Bauer and McDaniel said there was no one reason National Convention. That would have Bob Smith at 1 percent. why the GOP lost all but one of the hotly been the biggest momentum builder that contested House races last year. He said would have had ripple effects up and Quayle has announced that there was the national dynamic, Evan down the ticket. That would have far out­ his campaign is doubling its Bayh's coattails, and the fact that "the weighed the drain of resources. There Iowa staff and plans to Democrats had more resources than ever would have been no drain of resources on increase his time in the before." He added that most of the dis­ the campaigns." As for the upcoming state. tricts that fell Democratic were drawn that 2000 hosting of the state chairs, McDaniel way by the late strategist Bill Schreiber. said that would bring the Republican pres­ A Battleground Poll con· ducted by Ed Goeas and "Schreiber correctly predicted that Candy idential nominee to the state, which prob­ Celinda Lake (1,002 likely Marendt's House seat would go Demo­ ably wouldn't happen without it. "I'll voters, June 6-8) showed cratic by the end of the decade," combine that event with the state dinner Republicans and Democrats McDaniel said. and we will raise a record amount of tied 39-39 In the Congress­ The chairman added that the House money that will help us win the House ional generic question (Roli Republican Campaign Committee felt that bac;k." Cfi!I). A similar Washington most of the hot races were winnable until McDaniel also said that the 165 Post survey in January had the final week. Some of the losses, he national committee members will be invit­ Democrats leading by 10 • percent But a recent Pew said, were beyond his control, particularly ed and they will see what they could have Research survey (1,153 Jercyr Bales' seat in the Bloomington area. had for the convention. That could give adults, June 9-13) had • Staffing: McDaniel seemed Indianapolis a leg up on hosting the 2004 Democrats leading the incredulous that his critics wanted him to convention. generic question by a 5o-40 hire an executive director.
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