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...Dole is betting on that sense of history to move an army of Bonnie Curzios--women who might not otherwise vote in a primary--to lift her to victory over Texas Governor George W. Bush. But the former American Red Cross president and two-time Cabinet Secretary will have to offer more than personality and symbolism if she hopes to turn inchoate interest into real support. Curzio and others like her want to know the candidate's positions on the issues, but Dole didn't provide many answers in her canned, 25-min. Des Moines speech...
...Dole's reluctance to define her politics has opened the door to critics eager to do it for her. Several leading religious conservatives have started attacking her--not for positions that she's taken (there aren't many) but for the apparent ideological bent of the staff members she has hired. Chuck Cunningham, former national-operations director for the Christian Coalition, zapped an e-mail to scores of top conservative activists in early March lambasting Dole for choosing Linda DiVall, whom Cunningham describes as "the left's favorite Republican pollster." Citing DiVall's past work for such "reliably liberal organizations...
...Dole's team dismisses the complaints as nonsensical. An adviser says, "People don't vote for or against you on the basis of who your pollster is." Average voters may not, but to party activists, personnel is policy--especially in the absence of actual positions on the issues. When Bush put out word that he was relying on Reagan Administration veterans for advice rather than his father's circle, conservatives got the message and cheered. For Dole, who reads from the Bible daily and talks openly about her faith, the assault by some in the Christian right is a lesson...
...perfect spouse. Bob Dole has steered clear of his wife's campaign. He was in Washington last week as she made her announcement, and he is conspicuously absent from a 15-min. political spot the Dole campaign is running in Iowa and New Hampshire. But the nation's most famous Viagra user is all over the airwaves anyway, in Pfizer commercials discussing erectile dysfunction, or E.D. The ads are dignified, and the former Senator has been praised for his courage in talking about a condition that may affect 30 million American men. But some conservatives, like Eagle Forum president Phyllis...
...Dole has another problem: money. She needs to back up her impressive second-place standing in the early polls with some serious cash. Bush has made that harder by scooping up most of the G.O.P.'s top fund raisers. Dole is still expected to draw wide financial support, but her refusal to put out a list of exploratory-committee members last week was viewed by insiders as a sign of early fund-raising trouble...