Daschle's trial run? (Off The News).U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of Norfolk. Baker, the former Senate majority leader and White House chief of staff, is considered by many to possess one of the most savvy political minds to pass through Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. . Even while on assignment in Tokyo, the ambassador hasn't lost his touch for how the game is played. Recently, Baker asked a visitor from Washington what his friend Tom Daschle, the Senate majority leader, was up to lately. The response: The Democratic chief was working hard to secure Harvey Goldschmid Harvey Goldschmid is currently a law professor at Columbia University. From 2002 to 2005, he served as a member of the Securities & Exchange Commission, where he was an "intellectual heavyweight" who, as a Democrat, was a chief ally of reformist Republican chairman William a seat on the Security Exchange Commission. "That means Daschle's running for President" Baker said matter-of-factly. So who's Harvey Goldschmid? He's the gold-digging head of the U.S. Trial Lawyers Association, a group that's as liberal as it is litigious--and a virtually bottomless bot·tom·less adj. 1. Having no bottom. 2. Too deep to be measured: a bottomless glacier lake. 3. slush fund Slush Fund A fund (or something similar) that does not have a designated purpose. These types of funds are often illegal. Notes: A good example would be a politician siphoning off money for side investments or to help friends. See also: Mutual Fund for the Democratic Party. As such, Goldschmid is regarded as one of the party's best fundraisers in Washington--an invaluable resource in the race for the Democratic nomination. |
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