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...media frenzy that surrounded the Iowa caucuses early last February. But it is hard to blame Iowa for Bush and Dukakis: both candidates limped home third. More telling is the sad truth that the contenders in both parties who took the most + provocative and sometimes courageous positions -- Democrat Bruce Babbitt and Republicans Pete du Pont and Jack Kemp -- were among the first casualties. The problem with most suggested reforms, such as more regional primaries, is that they would reward the candidates with the greatest ability to raise campaign funds. And in 1988, that was none other than the Gold Dust...
Sometimes candidates find creative ways to use soft money. During the primary season, for example, wealthy individuals gave some of their soft funds to independent foundations set up by Jack Kemp, Bruce Babbitt, Pat Robertson and Gary Hart, who were campaigning for the presidential nominations. The foundations used the money to produce position papers on the issues for the % contenders...
...strengthened Interior Department, and a secretary with wide administrative responsibilities, would be a first step towards a revamped federal water policy. The ideal person to lead the reform is former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, who is an expert in water resource issues, and designed a model program for his home state. This would, naturally, require a Dukakis victory and sufficient interest on the part of Mr. Babbitt. Certainly we need someone of his caliber to invigorate and take charge of the administration of America's water resources...
Last fall when the Supreme Court nomination of Douglas Ginsburg vanished in a puff of marijuana smoke, more than a dozen of his contemporaries, including Presidential Hopefuls Albert Gore and Bruce Babbitt, rushed forward to admit that they too had succumbed to reefer madness. Most confessions were formulaic: "I once tried pot as an experiment. I did not enjoy it, and I deeply regret my foolish behavior." Few ambitious baby boomers are willing to talk honestly about what they learned from '60s-era dabbling in soft drugs for fear of sounding as if they were about to check...
BEST DWARF COMEBACK. Bruce Babbitt seemed to be everywhere in Atlanta, cracking jokes, hosting parties, making sense. Ironically, the candidate who said of his poor early television performances, "If they can teach Mister Ed to talk, they can teach me," was convention correspondent for two TV stations...