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There was a curious moment last week when all the air seemed to ebb out of the Forbes balloon. On the night of Junior Tuesday, when Forbes finished second in Connecticut but no better than third in any other state, he and his campaign manager, Bill Dal Col, mused about...
But on that bleak Tuesday last week, Forbes' natural optimism was rewarded: Jack Kemp, in bed with the flu, called to say that, yes, he would finally endorse his fellow progrowth traveler. Suddenly the hot air whooshed back into the Forbes campaign balloon. But Kemp then seemed to have second...
In the aftermath of Forbes' weak finish in the New York primary, he is in danger of becoming the flat-tax Don Quixote. Realistically, what Forbes seems to be seeking is no longer the nomination but vindication. What keeps Forbes spending is an almost mystical attachment to the flat tax...
Asked whether he would ever consider running for Governor or Senator, Forbes scoffs at the notion. "People would just assume it's a stepping stone, and they don't like that." In other words, run for the office you really want--which is just what Forbes might do again four...
--With reporting by Hannah Bloch with Forbes