Washington Watch Articles From 2000
BUSH’S EARLY CHALLENGES
It has become a cliché to observe that George W. Bush won the presidency without a clear mandate to govern.
MODEST PROPOSALS FROM ANARAB AMERICAN SUMMIT
This week 40 Arab Americans from 14 states representing 10 national organizations and a number of local organizations will convene a leadership summit in Washington, DC.
ELECTION 2000: IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL…
We are living in a remarkable time. It has, by now, become a cliché to observe that there has never been an election like the one currently unfolding in the United States.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE STRATEGY
To understand the comings and goings of the presidential candidates during the final days leading up to the November 7 election, it is important to understand the exact nature of the process by which we in the United States elect our presidents.
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES SHAPE IMAGES OF CANDIDATES
The attitudes of Americans toward the presidential candidates are increasingly being formed by sources other than straight news reporting.
ARAB AMERICANS MEET LIEBERMAN
After a difficult decade of political exclusion, in 1992, Arab Americans once again faced the prospect of being excluded from a Democratic presidential campaign.
THE EARLY IMPACT OF LIEBERMAN
Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush emerged from his party's convention with polls giving him a substantial 17% lead over his Democratic rival Al Gore.
SUPPORT FOR LEBANON
There is a determined effort underway to garner US. Support for Lebanon in the aftermath of Israel’s withdrawal from the south of Lebanon.
CANDIDATES SPEAK AT AIPAC
Against the backdrop of dramatic developments unfolding in Lebanon and the West Bank, the two major U.S. presidential candidates appeared before the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
GORE AND THE ELIAN CASE
Recently, Vice President Al Gore took dramatic stands on two issues: campaign finance reform and the custody battle over Elian Gonzalez, the five-year-old Cuban boy who was shipwrecked and then rescued off the coast of Florida in November 1999.
CATHOLIC VOTERS AND THE RELIGION WAR IN THE 2000 ELECTIONS
In the midst of the 1996 presidential election campaign, my mother, then 89 years old, was interviewed by ABC TV’s popular program “Good Morning America” about her support for Bill Clinton’s reelection campaign.
SETTING THE STAGE FOR NOVEMBER’S DEBATE
The political story at this point in the U.S. presidential election is not who is winning, but how they are winning.
A WEEK OF ARAB AMERICAN POLITICS
An Arab American leadership meeting with President Clinton capped a week of intense political and policy-related activity.
COUNT DOWN TO IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
In a few weeks, two of the United States’ most fascinating political events will occur: the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. For several decades now, these two contests have opened the U.S. presidential elections.