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Article: A campaign year with substance: Bush and Gore are talking policy more than most past presidential candidates.(USA)(Election 2000)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 6, 2000
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It's early yet, but so far the presidential race might fairly be called PolicyFest 2000.
Since early May, both presumptive candidates have been pumping out detailed positions on a range of important issues. Last week alone, Vice President Al Gore talked about cancer research, children's mental-health treatment, and protections for national forests. Gov. George W. Bush weighed in with his own conservation plan - standing in front of cool blue Lake Tahoe - while continuing to promote big Social Security and arms-control proposals.
This season of substance can be partly explained by the government surplus. Freed of fiscal constraints, Democrats and ...