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...future of politics last week. His name is Bruce Babbit, and he will lose the Democratic nomination for President...
Make no mistake about it, Babbit is now biding his time, preparing to make a run for the Oval Office the next time he gets a chance. His speech at the Kennedy School was full of goodnatured self-effacing humor about his poor showing in 1988. Babbit told the story about and eager supporter who informed the former Arizona governor that the only problem was that by the time she knew who he was, he was out of the race...
...hypocrisy and partisanbased sniping, Babbit took unusual stances for a politician--as when in 1988 he stood out from among the droves of Democratic dwarfs early in the campaign by standing up for a tax raise...
...terrible amount of pressure to withdraw on people like [former Secretary of State Alexander] Haig, [former Governor of Delaware Pete] duPont, and even [New York Rep. Jack] Kemp on the Republican side, and on the Democratic side, [former Sen. Gary] Hart and [former Arizona Governor Bruce] Babbit," Kalb said...
Former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbit also opposes an oil import fee. Babitt favors research in renewable energy technology, such as superconductivity, to reduce U.S. dependency instead of a tariff, said Vada Manager, an aide to the Democratic hopeful...