Word: buchananism
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...streets. Last week former White House chief of staff John Sununu popped up in his home state to make a show of unity with sometime rival Judd Gregg, Sununu's successor as Governor and a leader of the local Bush organization. Sununu, who has strong ties with conservatives, pronounced Buchanan out of step with mainstream Republicans. Next week Vice President Dan Quayle will spend two days stroking local voters. Explaining the stream of stand-ins, a Bush political adviser confides, "Everyone there is scared. New Hampshire is the worst-off state in the country, at least psychologically...
...Hampshire's voters are accustomed to being wooed in the flesh. Though Bush two weeks ago granted a White House interview to Manchester's WMUR television station, he did not slow the momentum of Buchanan's energetic campaigning on the ground. So the President has decided to make his personal campaign debut in Portsmouth...
...means certain that such largesse can quash the Buchanan threat. Governor Gregg argues that "the President has already overcome the initial hurdle" by showing he really understands New Hampshire's plight. But his father Hugh Gregg, a former Governor now running Bush's campaign in the state, concedes that "some of my best friends, good Republicans," are angry enough to consider a protest vote against Bush. Another hazard for Bush is that many orthodox Republicans might simply stay home, increasing the proportional clout of conservative ideologues who are Buchanan's strongest supporters. A poll published by the Concord Monitor last...
...challenger was out stumping on Christmas Eve. At a J.C. Penney in Bedford, he bought five pairs of socks, pointing out that when Bush made a symbolic shopping-mall foray recently it was in distant Maryland -- and that the President bought only four pairs. Despite his pluck and energy, Buchanan has severe handicaps: low budget, frail organization and an obsession with ideology that may confine his appeal to the right wing. If Buchanan concentrates his fire on Bush as an uncaring patrician whose feckless policies devastated New Hampshire's economy, he could attract some moderates and independents...
Although a strong Buchanan showing would send Bush a powerful symbolic message, it would have little real impact on the Republican nomination process. For the Democrats, however, New Hampshire is the crucial first hurdle. Unlike most recent elections, the Feb. 10 caucuses in Iowa will have little meaning this year because no one is seriously competing there against native son Tom Harkin. That leaves it up to Granite State voters to give the Democratic aspirants their first real electoral test...