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Last week Gephardt was waging a trade war on two fronts. In Congress, he was pressing for passage of the Gephardt amendment, which would add protectionist teeth to the pending trade bill by mandating quotas or tariffs if a rival nation sustained a large trade surplus with the U.S. and...
Jackson, a former contender for the Democratic nomination for president, declined to say if or when he will announce his candidacy for the next race. However he said he has formed a committee to explore his chances in the Iowa primary and has come up with a campaign theme--"Invest...
So are many moderate Democrats who were disappointed when Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn declined to become an active contender. Bob Strauss, the former national chairman and a man well suited to wield the kingmaker's mace, thinks Nunn could pull off a variation of the turn-to scenarios. He...
Mahe says the contest in either party could be wide open even after March 8 -- the mega-Tuesday that has at least 16 primaries and caucuses -- if no one has captured 40% of the delegates chosen up to that point. "Everyone in the race will be out of money," Mahe...
"The poll reflects the influence of the Bostonmedia, and the results create the sense that[Dukakis] is a real contender, but he will be hard-pressedto keep his strong standing in New Hampshire,"said Jan Smith, an assistant political consultantfor the consulting firm Marttila and Kiley thatsupports presidential candidate Sen...