Word: doled
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Vice President George Bush: Millionaire. Bush is the favored son of the Republican Party and has all the money to prove it. Consequently, he pulled off a huge media blitz against competitor Senator Robert Dole, including a half hour live talkshow. His televised attack on Dole's votes for tax increases and support for an oil import fee signal a healthy diversion from character attacks to policy criticism. His subsequent victory in New Hampshire was essential to halting Dole's post-Iowa momentum...
...Bush moves South he heads to a region of personal strength, where his finances and contacts with Republican leaders will guarantee success. But, he and Dole still have many more battles ahead--and much more blood to shed...
...Robert Dole: Mean. The Kansas Senator is already diving into trouble with the vice president calling him a liar in New Hampshire and viciously attacking him on the floor of the Senate last week. Now that Dole is going on the offensive, his malevolent approach may damage his image as powerfully as it did in his bid for the vice presidency on the Ford ticket in 1976. What a guy to negiotiate peace treaties-- watch out Gorbachev...
...Dole is also very strong going into the South. With the benefits of his wife Elizabeth's North Carolinian background and his popularity among farmers, Dole has a basis for muscling voter support...
...comparable results for the Republicans showed Bush with 54,915 or 38 percent; Dole, 41,746 or 29 percent; Kemp, 18,367 or 13 percent; du Pont, 14,448 or 10 percent; Robertson, 13,839 or 10 percent; Haig, 522, or less than 1 percent. The remaining Republican candidates received a total of 511 votes...