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

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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."

...

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