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After a devastating defeat in the Louisiana primary and a fifth-place finish in Iowa, Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) is calling it quits, leaving his supporters looking for a new candidate to back among the eight remaining GOP presidential contenders...
...Fellow GOP candidate] Alan Keyes ['72] is in it for the message, and so am I," Dornan said. "But I'm in the arena, and he's in the critic's gallery. I write the laws for the stuff he criticizes...
WASHINGTON, D. C.: Phil Gramm's well-financed presidential campaign limped to a halt Wednesday with the senator telling reporters that his poor showings in Iowa and Louisiana had convinced him he could not win the GOP nomination: "When the voter speaks, I listen, especially when the voter is speaking someone else's name." Gramm's exit brings to an early close a well-organized, nearly two-year old campaign. With an impressive $20-million plus campaignwar chest and several carefully-orchestrated wins in straw polls across the country, Gramm had worked hard to position himself as the conservative alternative...
This semester's fellows are Rogers; Carl Anthony, director of the Urban Habitat Program; former Senator Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D-Geo.); Leslie Goodman, who has served as deputy chief of communications under California Gov. Pete Wilson; Bruce Herschensohn, the GOP nominee for a 1992 California Senate race and Lynn R. Williams, former president of United Steelworkers of America...
...voter sentiment in the 1996 presidential race. As Iowans gathered to make their decisions Monday evening, the real winner may be the candidate who virtually moved to the state months ago. Lamar Alexander, who has spent more time talking to Iowans about his hopes and dreams than any other GOP candidate, is expected to make a very strong showing in the caucuses. SaysTIME Managing Editor Walter Isaacson, "The key thing that characterizes Alexander's campaign is that he's been spending most of his time in a small plane making hops throughout Iowa. He's making the case that...