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Other prominent contenders with Harvard affiliations include Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, for Housing and Urban Development; civil rights lawyer Vernon E. Jordan Jr., for Attorney General; former San Antonio Mayor Henry G. Cisneros, for Transportation; former Arizona Gov. Bruce E. Babbit, for Secretary of Interior; former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin, for the Environmental Protection Agency; and economist and Brookings Institute member Alice M. Riviln, for the Office of Management and Budget...
...could win isn't so far-fetched, especially if he downplays his social conservatism and stifles the religious right in his party. This won't be difficult. The hard right that Bush pandered to this year will take much of the blame for his loss. Prochoice, pro-gay rights Gov. William F. Weld '66 is poised to benefit greatly from this--the idea of a Kemp-Weld '96 ticket should frighten any Clintonite...
...case from the Clinton files for contrast: Last July, the Bush camp dispatched South Carolina Gov. Carroll A. Campbell Jr. to Washington to bash Clinton as a lefty. A nervous Clinton guy was there, surreptitiously distributing two photocopies to reporters. One was a letter Campbell had written to Clinton in 1989 praising his economic plans. The other was a South Carolina newspaper article quoting Campbell as saying Clinton was "a good friend" who is "not one of those liberals...
...while the far right may be more vocal, the faction of the party led by Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld '66, who takes a far more liberal position on social issues including gay rights and abortion, is also growing in prominence and size. Many predict that in 1996 the Republicans will be much more tolerant of the pro-abortion rights wing of the party...
Hubbard rails against both parties, but reserves particular venom for Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, the Democratic nominee and likely victor today. "Whenever I see [Clinton], I get a queasy feeling in my stomach," he seethes. "He's so slick. He just tells people what they want to hear...