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...Hopefully, we'll attract 50 to 100 students...creating a base of support [at Loker]," Bush said...
Primogeniture must go. To paraphrase Bob Dole: Wake up, Republicans, and join the rush to meritocracy. To make room for younger, stronger candidates without dissing your elder statesmen, consider something like the Oscars' Irving Thalberg Lifetime Achievement Award. Snag some headline entertainer like Jay Leno sufficient to attract network coverage, and air the same hagiographic film that would otherwise be shown at the convention. Better that the candidate end his career in prime time, droning on about his second-grade teacher, than at sparsely attended airport rallies, shouting epithets into the wind...
...cockeyed idea that people would rather leave their children with him than with Bill Clinton from a focus group. But the user addicted to the practice is Clinton (a la Morris), who tested every subject save whether a switch from a Big Mac to an Arch Deluxe would attract your more mature voter. In the next race, consultants will be looking for volunteers willing to have electrodes permanently implanted for minute-to-minute reactions to consultants' ideas...
...Third have a definite and clear-cut choice this year, as Hancock, a high-achieving, pro-choice, pro-gun control Democrat faces off against Vince Snowbarger, an archetype of conservatism. But in the only district in Kansas that went for Clinton in 1992, she's hoping to attract moderate Republicans who are put off by the Contract with America and what she sees as the "extremist" nature of her opponent's politics...
...Rome, Utica and Oneonta, Hapanowicz could unseat seven-term incumbent Sherwood Boehlert if he manages to tap into resentment over what he says is a continuing local economic crisis. Hapanowicz's priorities are stimulating the economy and creating jobs. He would set up enterprise zones for small businesses and attract them with tax breaks, a reduction of the burden of federal regulations and lower interest on loans. He supports a tax deduction of up to $10,000 for college tuition and vocational training, especially for poorer families...