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...Absent Gore...
...Massachusetts Gov. Dukakis, 27 percent to 24 percent. The poll, released yesterday, showed Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois with 15 percent, followed by former Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado with 13 percent and former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt and the Rev. Jesse Jackson with 6 percent each. Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee failed to register significant support, and 9 percent were undecided...
When all 577 Democrats contacted in the telephone poll last weekend were considered, the Missouri congressman's lead widened to 32 percent compared with 19 percent for Dukakis, 15 percent for Simon, 13 percent for Hart and 6 percent for Babbitt and Jackson. Gore again failed to register, while 9 percent were undecided...
...deficit plans: oil-import fees. This is, in effect, a hidden tax; it raises gasoline prices at the pump without being directly visible to consumers. That is part of the reason that support for duties on imported oil cuts across the political spectrum, having won the endorsement of Gephardt, Gore and Dole as well. The rest of the equation is simply regional politics: such fees would amount to a windfall for domestic producers in Super Tuesday states like Texas and Louisiana by allowing them to raise their prices to match the new cost of imported oil. True, oil-import fees...
Democrats Gephardt, Dukakis and Gore are ill positioned to take much partisan advantage from the Republican deficit distress. Gephardt's notions of bitter medicine, for example, do not extend to Iowa voters; he fervently backs a farm bill that he admits would increase food prices. Dukakis still clings to his widely ridiculed notion that stricter IRS enforcement would slash $35 billion from the deficit. Dukakis does not want to discuss new taxes, claims Chris Edley, his campaign-issues director, because he fears that they would draw attention from his IRS compliance scheme. Gore is equally vague. All he offers...