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Even as Newt Gingrich’s re-election as Speaker began to appear as foregone conclusion, a variety of Right-leaners continued to call on him to step down: Reps. Michael Forbes (R., N.Y.) and Matt Salmon (R., Ariz.); journalists William Safire, James Glassman, Paul Greenberg; Judicial Watch Pres. Larry Klayman. Detroit News editorializes: “We yield to nobody in our admiration for what Mr. Gingrich has achieved in ending the liberal monopoly over Capitol Hill. But we also have confidence that the conservative tide will persist even without Mr. Gingrich as Speaker. Indeed, it may even be strengthened.” Arianna Huffington suggests Dick Cheney as an interim Speaker. Jack Kemp is said to believe that Dole–Kemp would have won but for Gingrich.

Ralph Nader calls Rep. John Kasich (R., Ohio) the difference between Republicans and Democrats: “He’s leading the fight against corporate welfare. There’s no Democrat leading the fight against corporate welfare.” .. . Jack Kemp helps persuade St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman to switch from Democrat to Republican. Coleman, asked the difference between a Kemp Republican and a Clinton Democrat, responds, “Today, probably not much.” . . . Friction ahead? Defense Sec. nominee retiring Sen. William Cohen (R., Me.), Clinton’s token Republican appointment, may be a liberal, but he has taken a stronger line on strategic defense than Administration. .. . Supply-side publicist Jude Wanniski (www.polyconomics.com) has set himself large task. Calling Michael Milken “one of the finest human beings I have ever met in my 60 years, a man of pure intellect and virtue, incapable of committing any but the slightest of sins or misdemeanors,” he calls Louis Farrakhan Milken’s “counterpart in the black community.” He told Milken, “Michael, you are the most demonized Jew in America. Farrakhan is the most demonized black. My objective is nothing less than the reconciliation of the black and Jewish community.”

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Even as Newt Gingrich’s re-election as Speaker began to appear as foregone conclusion, a variety of Right-leaners continued to call on him to step down: Reps. Michael Forbes (R., N.Y.) and Matt Salmon (R., Ariz.); journalists William Safire, James Glassman, Paul Greenberg; Judicial Watch Pres. Larry Klayman. Detroit News editorializes: “We yield to nobody in our admiration for what Mr. Gingrich has achieved in ending the liberal monopoly over Capitol Hill. But we also have confidence that the conservative tide will persist even without Mr. Gingrich as Speaker. Indeed, it may even be strengthened.” Arianna Huffington suggests Dick Cheney as an interim Speaker. Jack Kemp is said to believe that Dole–Kemp would have won but for Gingrich.

Ralph Nader calls Rep. John Kasich (R., Ohio) the difference between Republicans and Democrats: “He’s leading the fight against corporate welfare. There’s no Democrat leading the fight against corporate welfare.” .. . Jack Kemp helps persuade St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman to switch from Democrat to Republican. Coleman, asked the difference between a Kemp Republican and a Clinton Democrat, responds, “Today, probably not much.” . . . Friction ahead? Defense Sec. nominee retiring Sen. William Cohen (R., Me.), Clinton’s token Republican appointment, may be a liberal, but he has taken a stronger line on strategic defense than Administration. .. . Supply-side publicist Jude Wanniski (www.polyconomics.com) has set himself large task. Calling Michael Milken “one of the finest human beings I have ever met in my 60 years, a man of pure intellect and virtue, incapable of committing any but the slightest of sins or misdemeanors,” he calls Louis Farrakhan Milken’s “counterpart in the black community.” He told Milken, “Michael, you are the most demonized Jew in America. Farrakhan is the most demonized black. My objective is nothing less than the reconciliation of the black and Jewish community.”