IP: Bush suggests dropping MS antitrust suit, wins Wash primary

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT4GPAAK85C&live=true&tagid=ZZZ2H6COD0C
>
> Bush aims at tech vote
> By Richard Wolffe in Bellevue, Washington
> 29 Feb 2000 1019GMT
>
> George W Bush, the Republican presidential frontrunner,
> appealed for high-tech votes in Tuesday's Washington state
> primary by suggesting he would drop the Microsoft antitrust
> lawsuit if he wins the White House this year.
>
> While campaigning in Seattle, close to Microsoft's headquarters,
> the Texas governor sought to shore up his support among
> Republican voters in the high-tech industry, as polls suggested
> the primary was too close to call.
>
> ...
>
>  Mr Bush's backers in Washington state said they were convinced the 
> governor would settle
>  the lawsuit on coming to power. Slade Gorton, the Washington senator and 
> state chairman
>  of the Bush campaign, said "I don't think a Bush administration would 
> have brought it in the
>  first place."
>
> ...