Word: gop
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...came in here far behind Steve Forbes and Bob Dole," Buchanan said Friday. With polls showing Dole holding on to a narrow lead over Buchanan and Forbes, Buchanan intensified his attempt to appeal to Arizona's conservative base by trying to push his case as the most anti-abortion GOP candidate. "The right to life is more important to me than the presidency of the United States" he told an Arizona Right to Life meeting. Meanwhile, Dole promised he will slightly temper his attacks on Buchanan. Aides to the Senator say Dole, in response to criticism from Ralph Reed...
...record number of approximately 200,000 GOP voters hit the polls to influence a tight race among U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.), former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and conservative commentator Patrick J. Buchanan...
...voters predicted that the political wrangling in the GOP and the Party's failure to rally behind a single candidate yesterday bodes ill for the future...
...Buchanan's base is small enough that it will take care of itself. It's Alexander that Dole is really worried about. He has to take Alexander out in the next 10 to 12 days, and he'll try to do it through the airwaves." Buchanan, playing the GOP leadership versus the people angle for all it is worth, said that the Republican leadership would unite to try to deny him the nomination. "I think they will rally around Bob Dole and I think they'll make a terrible mistake," he said. "They'll all start calling me names...
...candidates, the next five weeks will be crucial. More than 70 percent of GOP delegates will be selected in primaries and caucuses during that time. Right now Buchanan leads the pack with 28 delegates, while Dole has 16 and Alexander nine. At least 996 out of 1,990 delegates are needed to win the nomination. The immediate test will come next Tuesday in primaries in Arizona and the Dakotas...