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...next few months, the presidential campaign has shifted from the green fields of the Republic to the hard pavement of Pennsylvania Avenue. Forbes has folded, and Pat Buchanan remains on the hustings, a distant and noisy drummer. The scenario presents a curious and unique situation in American history, a Senate majority leader and a President, opposing candidates in a general election, who must work out some modus operandi while trying to knife each other in the back. (The only sitting Republican Senator--not even a majority leader--elected President in this century was Warren Harding. His slogan: "Return to Normalcy...
...with controversial positions and some success among angry voters. Publisher Judith Regan, whose celebrity authors include Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern and O.J. prosecutor Chris Darden, sums up the field, "When I look at Lamar Alexander, I don't say, 'Aaah, book.' When I look at Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan, I say, 'Aaaah, book...
...just any book. Publishing sources say that a few years ago, Buchanan attempted to shop around a weighty manuscript on his 1992 campaign. No takers. A dutiful account of a short-lived presidential bid didn't look like a good bet. Buchanan might do better this time, says a prominent editor, if he offered a book on "how Dole and the Establishment tried to force him out of the race...
...third of the big-three cash streams is broadcasting. In his last 13 months on Crossfire, Buchanan made $367,350. When his campaign is over, says cnn spokesman Steve Haworth, "we very much hope to have him back." No doubt they do, but Pitchfork Pat's higher name recognition should make his fees negotiable. He could also take a second crack at radio. Hugh Rodham, formerly a Florida Senate candidate and still the brother of the First Lady, launched a show of his own in December that's already on 43 stations. Buchanan's talk show last year was picked...
Considering the tenacity of racism, reflected in the success of Pat Buchanan's nativist white power candidacy, any concession to bigotry does seem risky. Affirmative action is under attack, and racism in the criminal justice system is still rampant. In a society that values equality, or virtue, people shouldn't have a right to act on their biases; that is the basic premise of all anti-discrimination law. They do, however, have a right to believe in them. Civil rights laws reach actions, not speeches or ideas, and they don't even reach all actions. David Duke and Louis Farrakhan...