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Republican party officials down-played Buchanan's upset in this conservative state, predicting that a mainstream conservative like Dole or Alexander will eventually capture the GOP nomination...
...Hampshire's inability to establish a clear front-runner means the Republican party must struggle over the next several weeks to define its platform and unite GOP supporters in its quest to defeat President Clinton in November...
...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...