European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 14, 1994 after the vote the stars and stripes Page 7some minorities Welcome gop win by Cox news service Washington a some Black and hispanic leaders Are concerned that their communities will lose political and economic ground under the republicans Quot contract with american and californians anti immigration initiative. But others suggest that the newly elected Republican majorities in the House and the Senate could liberate minorities from their allegiance to an often unappreciative democratic party. A there Are a lot of Black people who Iran Contra tripped North on own turf experts say Fredericksburg a. A Oliver North a defeat in Virginia a . Senate race is startling because of where it occurred a in Virginia Home base of the religious right he espoused. Its not the fault of the conservative christians who helped republicans take control of Congress last week said Clyde Wilcox a political scientist at Georgetown University in Washington. Rather he maintained its North a Iran Contra baggage that has him staying Home while democratic sen. Charles Robb returns to Washington that and North a failure to broaden his Appeal. A people Are saying a the poster boy went Down. Does this mean the Christian right is dead a absolutely not a said Wilcox co author of a forthcoming Book on the Christian political movement in Virginia. North barely carried Virginia Beach where religious broadcaster Pat Robertson a operation is based. The retired Marine lieutenant colonel lost in conservative Lynchburg evangelist Jeny fal Wells Hometown. North squeaked by in Chesapeake Home of the Christian coalition the powerful conservative lobbying group spawned by Robertson Hunsuc Ces Srul 1988 presidential bid. North made religion a Centrepiece of his Campaign in much the same Way that another failed Virginia candidate did last year. Michael p. Farris a Republican advocate of Home schooling and an evangelical Christian lost a close race for lieutenant governor. Farris said democratic attacks on him amounted to religious bigotry and scare tactics. Robb however was careful not to offend churchgoers with specific criticism of North a religious beliefs. Quot i think the democrats Learned something a said Christian coalition spokesman Mike Russell. Russell too chalked North a loss up to the Iran Contra scandal. Are sick and tired of the democratic party taking them for granted a said Roger Wilkins a1 professor of history at George Mason University in Virginia. Some of them got a Quot psychological boost from the gop Victory in tuesdays elections said Gwen Daye Richardson editor of the conservative Magazine National minority politics. A they Are tired of the same old rhetoric from the left a she added a and they recognize that some of the old methods Haven to  although the votes of angry White males fuelled the Republican takeover of Congress according to exit polls minority voters share some of their concerns crime drugs jobs and welfare programs that promote dependency. Nevertheless Blacks have lost a massively in influence and Power in Congress As a result of tuesdays election said Milton Morris an analyst at the joint Center for political and economic studies a Black think tank the new Congress will be a consider Oliver North gives a thumbs up sign after voting tuesday in Benville va., but the balloting was thumbs Down for the Senate candidate. A the North Campaign was the most publicized and politicized Campaign in America a Russell said. A Iran Contra became a character flaw and he just  get past  North was convicted of three felonies in the affair in which officials in the Reagan administration sold weapons to Iran to win the release of . Hostages then illegally channelled the proceeds to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. North a convictions were overturned on Appeal. Nationwide candidates won with platforms Friendly to religious conservatives. A National Telephone Survey conducted for the Christian coalition found a surge in participation by White evangelical born again voters the group said. These voters Are the Core of North s support. But they remain a minority in Virginia and nationwide. So to get elected North needed to broaden his base. That a where his ties with the evangelical movement probably Hurt him Wilcox said v a. A. V a a a nationally candidates did Best when they endorsed Many of the a family values themes popular with the Christian right but did not have Strong personal links to the movement Wilcox said. Ably less congenial to Black interests Morris added. Republican leaders have vowed to gut the great society anti poverty programs. But to quell concerns about racial tension they have made quiet overtures to minority members of Congress republicans will work with them to do. Zelop a a very bold and very dramatic program to promote economic opportunities for minorities soon to be House speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia said Friday. Gingrich says Pac charge is nonsense Washington a House Republican whip new Gingrich in line to become the chamber a next speaker dismissed As a a nonsense Issue allegations that his political action committee improperly developed and financed a College course he taught last year. It Gingrich confirmed saturday that the House ethics committee is examining questions about whether the course was educational or constituted political activity aimed at helping gop candidates. The panel is to hold a hearing on the Issue nov. 29. A this is the most bizarre thing in be been involved in in my career a Gingrich said on in no a Evans amp Novak. But he said his political action committee Ropac did offer a a ideas on the initial financing of the course. A in order to make the course available on television and. On video takes a fairly Large amount of financing a Gingrich said saturday. A now Ropac provided some initial ideas on who might be interested in financing the course. That Sall they  Gingrich who is expected to become speaker of the House next year first offered the course at Kennesaw state College a publicly funded school in his Georgia congressional District. But he said the state Board of regents acted to a drive me out by ruling that elected officials were ineligible to teach at state funded institutions. Donors who contributed funds for the course were Able to take tax deductions because the Money went to the colleges educational foundation which is forbidden to engage in partisan political activity. Gingrich has said previously that the aim of the course was to offer intellectual underpinnings for a conservative drive to demolish great society social welfare programs and that a a Liberal ideas opposed to that course were not Welcome. The original allegations were filed with the ethics committee by Democrat Ben Jones whom Gingrich Defeated in tuesdays  democrats prepare Tor Duke it out in . By the los Angeles times Washington republicans might Wield control of Capitol Hill for the next two years but they  expect Liberal democrats to simply stand by As they steamroll their conservative Agenda through Congress several prominent democratic lawmakers warned saturday. A a we re going to have to fight Back a said rep. Henry Waxman d-calif., who chaired a key health subcommittee at the forefront of efforts to tighten regulation of tobacco products. In january the panel will be turned Over to a Republican chairman. One top contender already has promised to leave the tobacco Industry alone. At the same time outnumbered democrats acknowledged that confrontational tactics alone might prove counterproductive. A democrats have got to get beyond the politics of denial they have engaged in since election Day said rep. Ron Wyden Dore. A Over the next two years its going to be very important to turn this around. The Challenge for democrats will be to get beyond the defensive and offer a constructive  stunned by the political body blow delivered by voters tuesday beleaguered democrats have spent much of the past week trying to get Back on their feet assess what went wrong and determine How they will respond when the new Congress convenes next year. Interviews with several lawmakers saturday suggest that Many feel strongly they should commit themselves to trying to derail any Republican Effort to boost military spending or legislate tax cuts at the expense of social programs particularly medicare and medicaid. A i done to think we have a lot of Choice in what our roles Are going to be a Waxman said. A it reminds me of what the late israeli prime minister Golda Meir said when asked Why Israel fights wars the alternative was to be pushed into the  referring to the obstructionist warfare waged by the gop against democratic legislation in the past Waxman added a a we re just going to have to play the same kind of role the republicans played when they were in the  As for the declaration by House speaker in waiting Newt Gingrich of Georgia that he will cooperate but not Compromise with democrats Waxman responded a we feel the same Way about