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...hard-driven style as a legislative manipulator could work against him. His record as a relative moderate--he has parted ways with the Reagan Administration on a number of key issues, including the need for tax increases to reduce the federal deficit--will insure him the support of GOP liberal mavericks, but may make him suspicious in the eyes of the right-wing. More damning still, the liberal Village Voice labelled Dole the "true thinking man's dark horse...
...James A. McClure (R-Idaho) is the favorite of the powerful conservative wing of the GOP, and boasts openly of being "the most conservative leader in the Senate." The chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, McClure doubles as the leader of the Senate Republican Conference, today one of the most powerful centers of leverage in Washington...
...darkhorse who is exacting comment, though, is Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens, an accomplished leader who has spent the last four years as the Number Two GOP man in the Senate, the Majority Whip. Stevens has been running on the issue of Senate procedural reform, and experts say that cause currently has a lot of sympathy in the halls of the Capitol...
...Republican rival, businessman Ray Shanue, spent part of the day stumping on Cape Cod with GOP candidates for Congress and local offices. Shamie then closeted himself with briefing papers to prepare for a face-to-face debate with Kerry on Tuesday, their last encounter before the Nov. 6 election...
Organizations which focus mainly on electoral politics, such as the Republican and Democratic Clubs, attract the largest student memberships. GOP Club President Marie J. Lucca '85 says the about 125 students pay membership dues to the club, while the Democratic Club has more than...