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Then on May 9, Bennett told Reagan he was quitting in September to lecture and write. But no kiss-and-tell stuff. "That's not my style," he growled. Bennett, however, has more than one agenda. He is consulting with the Republican Platform Committee as it prepares for next month's convention, where he will be a prime-time speaker. Top Republicans have approached him about running for the Senate. He adds, "After watching some of the people in the stakes for the presidency, I could do better than that." As a vice- presidential candidate? "I'm not sure...
...knows Bill Bennett, 44, doubts that. Nor has there been much doubt where he has been headed in the cross-country whirl that has taken him to 102 elementary and secondary schools in three years -- plus scores of service clubs and state legislatures. Watch him as he visits No. 88, the Amherst Middle School near Nashua...
...Amherst faculty beams as Bennett rumbles in, trailed by aides. He smiles, waves, pats shoulders, walking canted forward from the waist as though leaning into a wind. Bennett is a big man -- 6 ft. 2 in., 216 lbs. A friend once pointed him out as "the one who looks like a buffalo." Bennett is in Nashua to praise Amherst as a "School of Excellence," one that does well without begging for federal money. "Insofar as people look to Washington for solutions, they're wrong," says Bennett. At these whistle stops, Bennett usually teaches a class, something his wife Elayne...
...Scrunching into a child's chair in an eighth-grade English class, Bennett speaks softly. "You don't want to scare 'em," he explains later. When the pupils' questions become too rote, Bennett teases. "Some kids asked me if the Secret Service was here. 'See that big guy back there?' " he says, pointing to a hulking bodyguard. "If you guys make a move for me, you're in trouble...
...kids love him. So does the rest of the school, which roars happily at the award ceremony. Then, running late, he makes a wild, 85-m.p.h. run to Concord to address the New Hampshire legislature. In Governor John Sununu's office, Bennett asks Senate President Bill Bartlett, "How long shall I do?" "Three minutes," says Bartlett, "plenty of time for some guy from Washington...