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American politics played one of its usual tricks this week. A veteran Republican politician, Lamar Alexander, announced his candidacy for the presidency on Tuesday and nobody noticed. A never-elected former GOP Cabinet official, Elizabeth Dole, announced the formation of an exploratory committee on Wednesday and became the subject of instant headlines. "This is one of those remarkable things," says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Carney. "Even with less of a record than George W. Bush, Dole is doing well in the polls...
Elizabeth Dole, of course, is the beneficiary of a famous name and of America's passion with gender politics. "The GOP would like nothing better than to be the first party to put a woman in the presidency -- or vice presidency," says Carney. But therein lies a problem for the party. Though Dole really wants to be president, she is currently in solid second place behind Bush and could eventually be amenable to the second spot on the ticket. Both Bush and Dole are moderates, though. "If it begins to look as if establishment candidates have a solid lock...
...funds and the campaign-spending limits they impose, and Bush's aides are coy on the subject. Why pass up the free money? To compete with STEVE FORBES and his unlimited wallet, say Bush supporters who are quick to recount that the publisher's spending spree nearly crippled BOB DOLE in the last election. And after last week's orchestrated endorsements by fellow Governors--a draft-Bush campaign for a candidate who seems reluctant mostly for show--supporters are boasting that Bush will be able to raise more than the spending caps would allow...
NAME Elizabeth Dole...
...that way, and so was Gerald Ford, who was at the opening of the exhibition last week. At 85, Ford was as forthright as ever. He chided the Republicans for shifting too far to the right, praised George W. Bush for being more moderate than his dad, said Elizabeth Dole will be a formidable candidate, and questioned the wisdom of committing U.S. troops in Kosovo. He lamented that the Clinton scandal and the failure to resolve it quickly with a bipartisan censure "had an adverse effect on the presidency...