"This situation in which you have got three parties with equal shares of the vote really closely tied to the performance of the third party in the debate is absolutely unprecedented in British politics, we have never seen a situation like this."
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The modern Conservatives will be a party of equal opportunity.
Her appointment was very much a reflection of the times, in that her tenure predated the emergence of the Christian right and the conservative turn in the Republican Party, making it possible for a woman who supported abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment to serve in the party leadership role.
Gephardt's spokesman, Erik Smith, said the minority leader decided to sign on to Roemer's measure, rather than the McCain-Lieberman plan, because it was introduced first and would have an equal number of people from each party.