Word: doled
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Instead, the caucuses gave definition and interest to a race seriously lacking in either. The Republican voters focused the race on three men--Vice President Bush, Sen. Robert Dole (R.-Kan.), and former evangelist Marion "Pat" Robertson. By demonstrating that the rest of the pack couldn't gather many delegates, the Iowa caucus at least condensed the crowd to the candidates with the greatest popular support...
...constrain national debate are unfounded. The caucus may trim the fat but it certainly doesn't cut back the beef--indications this year are that all three of the top Democratic runners will maintain momentum for some time to come. With Bush still leading the polls in New Hampshire, Dole's glory ride could be short-lived. Virtually no political experts interviewed by the press would dare make predictions based solely on this week's results...
Caucus winner Senator Robert Dole and Vice President George Bush had thought 1988 would be a two-man race. But Robertson's Iowa result boosts him into the front of the pack by demonstrating that his victories in Michigan and Hawaii were not mere flukes...
Bush, who trailed Robertson by 6 percent in a weak third place, will not be the only one to suffer from Robertson's strong showing. Dole will now have to square off with a candidate who commands the loyalty of zealous extremists from the Republican far Right...
...Though Senator Dole can take satisfaction, he was, of course, a neighbor," Thornburgh said...