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...issues? Tax cuts versus deficit cuts. Libertarianism versus religious rightism. Protectionist isolationism versus free trading internationalism. Jack Kemp versus Phil Gramm. William J. Bennett versus Bill Weld. Party ideologue and retiring Rep. Vin Weber of Minnesota versus James A. Baker III. Patrick J. Buchanan versus everyone. It's gonna be a bloodbath...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead | 11/4/1992 | See Source »

Wilson envisions a movement led by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp, former Education Secretary William J. Bennett and several Republican governors, and sees the elimination of Bush and his cronies...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FIGHT ON THE RIGHT? | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

EVEN AS PRESIDENT BUSH FOUGHT FOR HIS POLITICAL LIFE last week, the G.O.P. was dissolving into fratricidal strife. In conversations with reporters aboard Bush's campaign train, moderate Republicans and White House aides fingered conservatives PATRICK BUCHANAN, Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett for causing the President's political problems. Outraged conservatives struck back the same day. "All three men are crisscrossing the country attempting to save the Bush & campaign . . . whose spokesmen are attacking them," right-wing activist Brent Bozell complained in a letter to White House chief of staff James Baker. But even before the blame game started, Bozell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Blame Game | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

...addition to bragging about the panel's achievements, the Vice President and his staff privately rejoice in the fact that this time out Quayle is not the main liability to the ticket. As former Education Secretary Bill Bennett, a Quayle ally who is now a fellow at the Hudson Institute, said last July: "When George Bush was at 85% in the polls, was Dan Quayle doing anything differently? No. George Bush is where he is politically because of George Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quayle vs. Gore | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

Perot will of course play this role with relish. It's his only card, the ticket to rehabilitating his reputation. A few Republicans are fretting (Perot's an "egotistical pest," says former Education Secretary Bill Bennett), but the party's big guns are smartly encouraging Perot to follow his instincts: "If Ross Perot's re-entry puts even more focus on the federal deficit," says Senator Bob Dole, "it will be a plus for everyone . . ." Thus, in the debates, Bush will defend his record, but he will gladly take the hit as long as Perot swipes equally at Clinton, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Why Bush Welcomes Perot | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

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