Word: gores
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...banners of the 1988 campaign: HE'S ONE OF US. For some, the message is mainly regional: Michael Dukakis grandly quaffing a mug of clam chowder upon landing in New Hampshire from Iowa, as he tried to overcome the aloof smugness that seems plastered to his face; Albert Gore whistling Dixie while he waited for Super Tuesday...
...Paul Simon to carry their banner, at least until it becomes clear that there are not quite enough of them. Jackson splinters away not only blacks but a mini-rainbow of alienated voters. And now that Gephardt no longer lays claim to the party's moderate and neoliberal sects, Gore hopes to fill that role...
While flying to Houston on the afternoon of the New Hampshire primary, Al Gore phoned his campaign manager, Fred Martin, and got word that Paul Simon seemed to be capturing the second spot, behind Michael Dukakis. The Tennessee Senator could not suppress a smile: Super Tuesday might in fact herald the "new ball game" he had been predicting. But Gore wasn't smiling when he talked to Martin later. Richard Gephardt was scoring a solid second, undermining Gore's risky gambit of skirting the early contests. Instead of facing two liberal Yankees on Super Tuesday, Gore must now jump-start...
...shared desire to keep Gephardt down had led to an alliance between Gore and Simon in New Hampshire, with their lieutenants trading intelligence. Gore had not-so-secret hopes of pulling off a surprise: he campaigned 42 days and spent $400,000 there, about the same as the front runners. But he was unable to beat even Jesse Jackson. Among the last calls he made Tuesday night were one to Martin and one to Albert Gore Sr., his father-mentor. The two men agreed: it was time for the candidate to start explicitly attacking Gephardt. And thus the new ball...
Personal shots. Last week Gephardt Campaign Manager William Carrick apologized to Al Gore and Fred Martin, Gore's campaign manager, for calling them "bastards" in a Washington Post interview. The bad blood dates back to Gore's December win in the South Carolina straw poll. To hype the victory, the Gore camp issued a press release declaring that Carrick had personally led the Gephardt effort in the state. In fact, Carrick had returned twice to his native South Carolina, but only to visit his ailing mother...