Washington Watch Articles From 2000
NADER, VOTER VOLATILITY AND THE ARAB AMERICAN VOTE
After spending a combined total of $250 million in the U.S. primary elections, the results are now in. Republicans and Democrats have chosen their nominees to run for the Presidency.
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.
McCAIN AND THE DEBATE OVER THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT
Arizona Senator John McCain’s attack on the role of the religious right wing in today’s Republican Party may have been a defining moment in the 2000 presidential 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.
BUSH, MCCAIN AND THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE
Since 1992, Republican candidates for the presidency have been caught in a vise between the religious right and the Reform Party. This could be their year to escape.
SHAKE-UP AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire lived up to its reputation for upsetting the political establishment. Since 1952, when New Hampshire gained its status as the first state to hold its primary election in the presidential nominating process, its voters have often defeated expected winners while catapulting underdogs to victory.
2000 A GOOD YEAR FOR ARAB AMERICANS
Iowa’s Arab Americans made their mark in last week’s caucuses. We organized three separate town meetings in the days leading up to the vote. Hundreds of Arab Americans turned out.
NEW THINKING TO RESCUE PEACE
Peace was supposed to turn the resources of the region away from armaments, toward more productive human endeavors.
THE POSITIONS OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SON CRITICAL MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
During the past decade, the end of the Cold War, the Palestinian Intifada, the Gulf War and the Middle East peace process have all combined to change both the context of the Middle East policy debate and the way most serious candidates for political office address Middle East issues.
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.
MY FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY: A CENTURY OF PROGRESS
My father’s youngest brother, Wadih, is the last of his generation. He sits today as the patriarch of my extended family, which, at our last reunion, brought together hundreds of Zogbys from across the United States.