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...ever confrontation on the same stage between candidates of the two major parties, whetting appetites over the prospect that the candidates would be questioning each other. Did this mean there would be a Tuesday Night Main Event of Robertson vs. Jackson, with Dukakis vs. DuPont, Simon vs. Dole and Gephardt vs. Bush on the undercard...
This led to penetrating give-and-take between Dukakis and Simon on whether Republicans will come around to supporting the Arias peace plan--"I think so," Simon said. "It makes so much sense."--Gephardt and the Duke on how we can prevent the NSC from running amok in the future--"Well, it begins with the fellow in the Oval Office," the Massachusetts governor said. "I've been a chief executive for nine years and..."--and DuPont and Haig on what to do when the Soviets cheat on treaties--"That's a good question, Pete...
What's his hurry? Gephardt is practical to the point of expediency: "I'm in the prime of my life. I'm not going to get stronger physically or mentally, and I don't want to be sitting around on Jan. 20, 1989, wishing I'd done something." Those who once scoffed at such ambition -- and at his willingness to compromise in order to make friends and influence policy -- are beginning to realize that these very attributes are what have propelled him to the top tier of Democratic candidates...
...ready to discuss the issues. That same day Douglas Ginsburg's nomination to the Supreme Court went up in marijuana smoke, and the politicians were forced to hack through thickets of have-you-ever interrogation. Two (Al Gore and Bruce Babbitt) volunteered that they had. When it was Richard Gephardt's turn at the pressroom ritual, he restated his lifelong purity concerning controlled substances. Then a question shouted from the back row: Why didn't you smoke marijuana? If he could not be nailed as a pothead, then he would be tagged a nerd...
...White House agree on a shaky deficit- reduction plan that includes tax hikes and spending cuts but few specifics. -- A confidential memo reveals Richard Nixon' s discreet mediation between Moscow and Washington. -- Mayor Edward Koch has lost his golden touch in troubled New York City. -- Democratic Candidate Richard Gephardt is a young man in a hurry...