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...another respect, however, Texas is certainly not typical: it is the only state to have both an adopted son (Bush) and a native son (Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Dukakis' vice-presidential nominee) on the ballot. Bentsen has so far been especially effective in reassuring Texans who worry about Dukakis' liberalism that at least one voice in the candidate's ear understands and speaks for conservative Texas social values. In addition, Bentsen brings to the ticket two powerful assets: a grass-roots organization throughout Texas' 254 counties and a pile of money. Bentsen is simultaneously running for re- election to the Senate...
There are whispers that Republicans may try to offset Bentsen's appeal by in effect dumping his hopeless senatorial opponent and surreptitiously urging voters to cast their ballots for Bush for President, Bentsen for Senator. Officially, though, the G.O.P. strategy is to ignore Bentsen and concentrate on painting Dukakis as a liberal outsider. Bush allies have drafted some 50 different appeals to specific groups of Texans to be banged home by local TV commercials and direct mail. In Abilene, for example, where B-1 bombers are based, the G.O.P. will charge incorrectly that Dukakis may scrap the program; messages beamed...
...Michael S. Dukakis, the Democratic presidential nominee, and his running mate Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen turned up the heat yesterday in a get-tough campaign against their rival, Vice President George Bush, who buoyantly prepared for a cross-country tour of industrial states rich in electoral votes...
Preceding Bush to Los Angeles, Bentsen inspected evidence of gang violence--guns, knives and a bullet-riddled car--which he said had increased during the Reagan administration. Bentsen said Bush had led the war against drugs as vice president and "blew it badly...
...Bentsen toured the Los Angeles Country Sheriff's "Operation Safe Streets" program in the Carson area, a major site of violent gang activities, and took the occasion to blast Bush's role in the administration's anti-drug campaign...