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...Bruce Babbitt, a gnawing personal matter keeps reminding him how tough it is to run for President. It arose this time in Bloomfield, Iowa, over coffee and sweet rolls. "What about elderly health care?" a woman asked. Babbitt's mind rushed to thoughts about his father, who lies seriously ill in Flagstaff, Ariz. "He's 89 years old," Babbitt softly tells her, "and he doesn't have a lot of time left." Though Babbitt often returns to sit by his father's side, each departure rekindles the personal pangs. "It's a very poignant time in my life," he says...
...disqualification. If it were, the ranks of Government might be devastated. The National Institute on Drug Abuse has reported that more than 23% of the adult population has used marijuana, including a staggering 64% of those ages 18 to 25. Indeed, two Democratic presidential candidates, Albert Gore and Bruce Babbitt, were prompted to admit that they too had tried pot years ago. Similar confessions came from Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island and conservative Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich of Georgia...
...twelve presidential candidates in both parties are going through their auditions, exhibiting themselves in the postures of leadership. But only those who are least likely to be nominated show any willingness to talk realistically about ways to cut the deficit. Says one of those, Democrat Bruce Babbitt: "We've evolved a cycle of dishonesty in our national discourse. Politicians don't tell the necessary but unpleasant truths because they are afraid that the voters will kill the messenger. So people learn not to expect the truth from politicians...
...election by next May. By contrast, Mecham squeaked into office with only 344,000 votes, a 40% plurality in a three-way race that split the Democratic vote. Former Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who campaigned for Mecham, has called for his resignation. Congressman Morris Udall and former Governor Bruce Babbitt have signed the recall petition. Says Ed Buck, a gay Phoenix businessman and conservative Republican who launched the recall movement last July: "Perhaps their support finally drove the point home to Evan Mecham that this is not a band of homosexuals and dissident Republicans...
When the Democrats held their first debate, in July, there were signs of opening-night nervousness: Albert Gore mangled the name of President James Polk, and Bruce Babbitt bobbed and weaved in his chair like a young Muhammad Ali. Last week it was the Republicans' turn to face William Buckley's Firing Line. From the moment the G.O.P. six-pack strode onto the Houston stage, all visual cues suggested that they were indeed different from their Democratic counterparts. They seemed reassuringly familiar, more experienced, older and collectively radiated -- to borrow one of Buckley's Latinisms -- gravitas...