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...surprise third candidate in the GOP race could be the Reverend Pat Robertson. Robertson performed well in the Houston debate and political analysts said the lawyer and religious leader could gain in the polls...
Besides Kemp, former Delaware Governor Pete du Pont, Vice President George Bush, former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. and evangelist Pat Robertson already have entered the GOP race. Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas has said he will declare his candidacy...
Supporters led by committee Chairman Walter B. Jones (D-N.C.) and Rep. Robert W. Davis (R-Mich.), the ranking GOP member, argued that the fee was the only way to meet the budget target and not resort to a Coast Guard user fee for domestic vessels, an approach favored by the administration but traditionally opposed by the committee and the boating community...
Kemp joined former Gov. Pete du Pont of Delaware and former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. as announced Republican candidates. Vice President George Bush, Senate GOP leader Bob Dole of Kansas, former Sen. Paul Laxalt of Nevada and the Rev. Pat Robertson also are expected...
Democrats will already be at a disadvantage in 1988. The Republicans will be the incumbent party during a period of decent economic growth. Reagan will still have enough popularity to lend significant support to the GOP nominee...