Opinion

The 1996 Elections

Many Close Calls, But Few Surprises. By Stuart Rothenberg. Looking back over the past few days, and comparing them with the past few months, the 1996 elections ...
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Prosecutor’s review finds new suspects in 1996 double killing and no ties to man tried 5 times

For 16 years, a suburban New York prosecutor’s office insisted it had the right man in a notorious 1996 double killing. The office tried him five times, through a series of hung juries and reversed ...
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Pennsylvania Voters Depict New Reality

Over the years, few states have better reflected the nation's body politic than Pennsylvania. It has voted with the winner in 11 of the last 12 presidential elections, and this year backed President ...
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Will The Center Hold For Clinton?

WASHINGTON (Jan. 13) -- During the first two years of his presidency, Bill Clinton governed more or less like a liberal. He proposed allowing gays in the military, backed a "stimulus package" that was ...
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Ross Perot

February 20: On CNN's "Larry King Live," Perot says he would run for president if supporters can get his name on all 50 state ballots. March 18: Speaks at the National Press Club and says he will run ...
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Phil Gramm

Maybe he just can't help himself. Phil Gramm, the Robespierre of the Republican right and a man with a startlingly real shot at the presidency, just can't seem to avoid making people mad. That ...
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Jonathan David Karl

Jonathan David Karl is a special CNN political correspondent, specializing in covering Generation X during Campaign USA '96. He joined CNN in 1996. Karl previously worked as an investigative reporter ...
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The 1996 Nobel Prizes

What was striking about the 1996 Nobel laureates was the diversity of their achievements: advances in medicine that are already saving lives, groundbreaking discoveries of new molecules and phenomena ...