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Since Dukakis left Iowa on Tuesday, the state has been visited by at least two other presidential hopefuls--Democrat Bruce Babbitt of Arizona and Republican Al Haig...
Technically, the announcement was unnecessary; in legal terms, Bruce Babbitt has been a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination since he filed papers with the Federal Election Commission on Jan. 7. Politically, it was essential; what the former Arizona Governor needs most is publicity. So last week Babbitt, 48, declared his candidacy -- three times -- with speeches in (where else?) New Hampshire and Iowa and a press conference in Washington...
...Babbitt's best chance to win some attention is with lively ideas. His theme is "dare to be different," and he advocates, among other things, taxing the Social Security benefits of couples with incomes above $32,000 a year. Among Babbitt's problems: he never seems to speak a sentence when he can get by with a paragraph. Though he has a proficient campaign organization, he is as dark as dark horses come...
Gephardt's status as the only announced Democrat will not last long. Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt has formed a campaign committee. Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers is nearing a decision. Last week Illinois Senator Paul Simon declared his support for Bumpers and said he would not run. Better-known Democrats -- Colorado's Gary Hart, Delaware Senator Joe Biden and Jesse Jackson -- are also looming as candidates but are not expected to make their declarations until later this year...
Without Cuomo, the race to become an alternative to Hart develops into even more of a free-for-all. Both former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt and Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt feel that the absence of a top-tier battle between Cuomo and Hart will open the way for dark-horse candidates to pick up support and financial backing. Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis will no longer be thought of as the poor man's Mario Cuomo. If he enters the race, he will be the only candidate of the urban Northeast, and can carry the flag of pragmatic liberalism. Dukakis says...