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After a devastating defeat in the Louisiana primary and a fifth-place finish in Iowa, Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) is calling it quits, leaving his supporters looking for a new candidate to back among the eight remaining GOP presidential contenders...
...before Dole can claim the nomination, he must defeat a rejuvenated Buchanan, and he must combat the moderate candidacy of Alexander...
...Newt Gingrich's ethical woes and flip-flopping on the budget may not yet be mortal wounds, but predatory scrambling is already evident. Supporters of Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the third-ranking Republican in the House, have been saying aloud that if "Gingrich goes down" to defeat at the polls or as a victim of ethics charges, DeLay will be there to "pick up the pieces." Presumably they mean he will be there too if Newt loses the support of the conservative true believers who have thus far fueled his so-called revolution. DeLay's office was more circumspect...
...showed his support hovering around 22 percent. A strong late push had Pat Buchanan tied with Steve Forbes at 16 percent, and Lamar Alexander was running fourth at 12. The big surprise of the week came from Buchanan, who got a big bounce in the polls after his surprise defeat of Phil Gramm Tuesday in the Louisiana caucuses. Buchanan's jump was good news for the Dole campaign, which is counting on Buchanan to challenge Forbes for second place. For his part, Forbes stumbled Friday when he accused GOP rivals of misrepresenting his positions and said the Christian Coalition "does...
Freshman forward Rob Millar was named ECAC Rookie of the Week for his role in Harvard's two victories. He scored his first collegiate goal in a 4-3 defeat of RPI (7-15-2, 5-8-1) on Friday night, and followed this performance by tallying a hat trick in a 6-0 blanking of Union...