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Last week at debates in Florida and Washington, Gore stepped up his strategy of accentuating his differences, provoking his opponents to leap on him after he implied they were engaged in the "politics of retreat, complacency and doubt." Richard Gephardt accused him of "pandering to the right wing of our party." Said Paul Simon: "I don't think it helps any of us to be knifing each other." Such criticism, said Gore's campaign manager Fred Martin, is a "sign of Al's success...
...While Gephardt said he advocates a "strong defense," he called for cuts in Pentagon spending which he said is excessive. "Are we safer [now] than we were two trillion dollars ago?" said Gephardt...
When questioned about his trade policies, Gephardt responded, "I am not a protectionist, I am a promotionist. I want every country in this world to open their markets to us as we have to them." Gephardt has been criticized by free trade advocates for his insistence on protection of domestic markets...
...Gephardt acknowledged that he voted against a pro-abortion House ammendment several years ago and has since adopted a pro-choice stance, but defended his position saying that "changing minds are things that public minds do and ought to do, if they are merited by the facts...
...chances of gaining the Democratic nomination and winning the presidential election, Gephardt said, "I think we are all longshots...