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Signing the bill seems to have given the President a great boost toward re-election--likely helping avert a Gingrich-Dole government that would be a nightmare for those of us who, like Bane, care about serious and effective public policy reform...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Blame Congress, Not Clinton | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

Crosby, Stills and Nash showed some political savvy, dedicating "Helplessly Hoping" to Republican presidential nominee Robert J. Dole...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Facing The Future or Reaching For the Past? | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

First he must overcome what polls show is a decided ambivalence on the part of Americans over restoring Democrats to power in the House. While Bill Clinton's double-digit lead over Bob Dole has remained relatively steady for months, polls indicating how Americans plan to vote in their local congressional races are in constant flux, with projections ranging from a narrow G.O.P. advantage to a 12-point Democratic blowout. Gephardt believes that if the Democrats can carry a lead half that size into November, they will gain the 20 seats they need to capture the majority. And the chances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWT'S NIGHTMARE | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...once, Bob Dole drew an excited response--in this case a spontaneous gasp--from a crowd. To an audience at Chaminade Prep school in West Hills, California, Dole read a quote from Bill Clinton in 1992. Asked by a young man on an MTV show if he would inhale marijuana a second time around, Clinton replied, "Sure, if I could. I tried before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE AD WARS TURN NASTY | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

Could this finally be the Dole campaign's spark? His aides hoped so. Within two days they had rushed onto TV a spot featuring tape of the actual 1992 MTV show, though with the original color converted to a blurry black and white that made Clinton look as if he were being viewed through drug-glazed eyes. Earlier ads had prepared the way by calling rising teenage drug use a "moral crisis" that Clinton has failed to fight effectively. This one suggests a sinister theory: the President views drugs as a laughing matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE AD WARS TURN NASTY | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

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