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...meantime the chatterers' consensus has narrowed the field down to three: John Danforth, Dick Cheney and The Surprise...
...JOHN DANFORTH Cleric, ex-Mo. Sen. takes himself out. But is it a big head fake? Bushies still want...
...That Danforth is on his mind tells you a lot about how Bush sees himself--and how he thinks Americans see him. Bush isn't shopping for geographical balance, though Missouri is one of only two states that have voted for the winner in every presidential race since 1960. What Bush needs is temperamental balance, someone who can add weight to a ticket that is going to be sharply scrutinized by voters for sobriety and intellectual heft...
...Danforth, 63, is synonymous with serious. Soft-spoken and affable, he spent 18 years in the Senate as a voice of moral authority, and was known for his thoughtful (sometimes sanctimonious) speeches. He had a hand in modernizing tax and trade policy during the 1980s but came to national prominence in 1991 with his take-no-prisoners defense of Clarence Thomas' nomination to the Supreme Court. Danforth fought zealously for his former staff member in the face of Anita Hill's charges of sexual harassment. He ultimately prevailed but retired three years later, still smarting. He wrote a book about...
Vice Presidents are a sensitive issue in the Greater Bush Household, where J. Danforth Quayle is still remembered as a kind of slow-acting fatal disease. The family model for the perfect Veep has always been the elder Bush, who for eight years was Ronald Reagan's loyal, silent wingman. But Dubya can't pick his father as a running mate, so he is eyeing someone Dad nearly chose in 1988, before settling on Quayle. (One might say the elder Bush tapped the wrong Danforth.) Danforth of Missouri is a moderate Republican with ties to the party's conservative wing...