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...moment last week, two traits of Bob Dole the lawmaker came to the rescue of Bob Dole the candidate--the ability to swallow your pride and to make peace with your past. To arrive at the astonishing choice of Jack Kemp as his running mate, a man who has spent a good part of his political career spearing Bob Dole, required both. Dole admitted as much in a Thursday-night phone call to Mississippi Senator Trent Lott, his successor as majority leader and a good friend of Kemp's. If Kemp was the one, Dole told Lott, it would...
Kemp is the one, and his anointment by Dole adds not just excitement but something like psychological fascination to the campaign. Dole, who has said he wanted his running mate to be "a 10," introduced Kemp on Saturday with the words "I got a 15," a play on the former quarterback's jersey number. As a matter of sheer political accounting, who can argue? Wildly popular with large segments of his party, Kemp also has the crucial potential to appeal beyond them. His support for immigration, school and housing vouchers and affirmative action gives him appeal to minorities and women...
Looking to turn the tide, Dole delivered a scorching critique of the Clinton administration, faulting the president for raising taxes after promising to cut them, sitting idly by during an explosion of drug use and crime by America's youth and being captive to teachers unions...
...trying to arrange $3 million in fraudulent loans from two federally backed banks, including his own Arkansas savings and loan. Theres no finer gift than this to the Republican Party," says TIME's Janice Castro. "As he convention ends up, it has started serious talk among people here that Dole could actually win. If you see enough pictures of Clinton friends and associates in court, it brings the issue of character back to the campaign and starts raising questions once again about Clinton." -->