Word: doled
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...whom, for quite different reasons, the public might expect the expression of some grand comprehensive picture of national prospects. But, in fact, by speaking practically, the candidates may be doing all that is possible and advisable. Bruce Babbitt asks voters to stand up, literally, for economy-curing taxes. Robert Dole mocks "the v word." The closest any candidate comes to articulating a vision is when he calls upon America's compassion for the needy, but such calls seem meant to indicate that the candidate is warmhearted, and not, as Martin Luther King Jr. would have said, that...
...underfunded and overextended campaigns simply cannot afford weak third- or fourth-place finishes. How they must envy Dukakis, who has raised $11 million and will go on to New Hampshire with a home-field advantage. Simon, who has demonstrated surprising staying power, is confronted with the same question as Dole: If not Iowa, where? Conversely, a Simon victory could confound the race. As University of New Hampshire Political Scientist David Moore argues, "The momentum associated with the Iowa results could very well mean victory for Simon and Dole in New Hampshire if they win in Iowa...
...Iowa, overall approval of the President's performance also scrapes bottom in the state. That accounts, at least partly, for the poor standing of Vice President George Bush among voters likely to attend Iowa's G.O.P. caucuses. The clear front runner nationally among Republican voters, Bush trails Bob Dole by 10 points in Iowa...
...Reagan connection, however, can have other ripples. Among Republican voters across the nation, Bush wins support from 49%, an increase of 9 points since TIME's December poll, while Dole rises 4 points, to 24%. Bush appears to have benefited from the Reagan-Gorbachev summit and the arms-control treaty. Dole quickly dropped his oft-stated qualms about the nuclear accord, at least partly because of pressure from his Iowa supporters...
Polls for months have indicated that Bush and Dole have the Republican race to themselves, but the TIME survey shows that voter sentiment is hardly set in concrete. When asked if they felt certain that they would stick with their present first choice, just 29% of Republican voters nationwide said yes. Among ( Iowans, the figure was 34%. With two-thirds of Iowa Republicans harboring some doubt, the campaign's final three weeks should be as suspenseful as usual...