I was confident we had followed the only course open to us, but I was still concerned that it could cost Al Gore Florida in November. The victory margin in the electoral college was larger. Newt’s announcement got more headlines, but the retirement of New York senator Pat Moynihan would have a bigger impact on my family. Bush wouldn’t want to jump in after I had invested so much and failed.
Finally, we had a congressional commitment to meet the national education goals I had worked on back in 1989, to m The economic team was adamantly opposed to including health care in the budget, and they had good reasons, too. America must continue to lead the world we did so much to make. After Mayor Wellington Webb, Senator Tim Wirth, and my partner in education reform Governor Roy Roemer fired them
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