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...Dole had to quit as both majority leader and Senator in order to make the presidential race real to himself. Only by surrendering something he loved could he prove to himself--and to the voters and to Beltway know-it-alls--that there was something he valued even more. Only by giving up everything could he show he was willing to risk everything. As the song goes, now he had nothing left to lose...
...ceilinged room in the Hart Senate Office Building that was as dreary as his speech was soaring, Bob Dole, his prairie voice thick with emotion, said, "I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people and nowhere to go but the White House or home." In front of his Senate colleagues, with whom he is far more comfortable trading quips about subcommittee chairmen, he sounded positively Reaganesque. While his colleagues looked on in sadness, Dole announced that he would resign on or before June 11, "and I will then stand before...
Official Washington was caught off guard by the announcement, not only because few had thought the crusty majority leader would give up the perquisites of office but also because even fewer had believed that Dole had such a bold stroke in him. They were surprised that Bob Dole could surprise them. The announcement came just as various Republican muckamucks around town were talking about doing something radical, but none counseled anything quite as radical as what Dole himself concocted. In the past when Dole campaigns flagged, he fired staff members. This time he fired himself. Noted former Senate aide Lawrence...
...latest TIME/CNN poll, conducted in the 48 hours after Dole's speech, the soon-to-be-ex-Senator's favorability rating jumped from 43% to 51%. But while a majority of Americans approved of Dole's action, more than three-quarters of registered voters said it would not affect how they would vote in November. Yes, they cotton to the old campaigner a little more now, but still not enough to vote for him. Bill Clinton held a formidable 22% lead over Senator Dole, a margin that suggests Dole was not exaggerating when he said he had a hard task...
...Dole's reconfiguration of that task began about four weeks ago while he was refurbishing his tan at his Florida retreat. It was there he resolved that he needed to shake things up dramatically, perhaps make a clean break with the Senate. When he returned to Washington, he discussed in a vague way the pros and cons of such a move with campaign chief Scott Reed. Then on April 23, the day of a desultory telephone conference call to the G.O.P.'s "Team 100" fund raisers, Dole sat in the sun outside his office with novelist and Wall Street Journal...