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...part of the American people's obsession with the candidates--an obsession the media appears happy to indulge. The candidates--President Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle, Gov. Bill Clinton, Sen. Albert A. Gore Jr., '69 (D-Tenn.), even undeclared-candidate-no-more Ross Perot--are dissected and Psychoanalyzed. But in the barrage of coverage and dinner table conversations, the voters are often forgotten...
...weeks ago, the Bush-Quayle campaign dispatched Gov. Carroll A. Campbell of South Carolina to Washington to bash Clinton, but when faced with questions about regulation, he had to fudge. Campbell at first said a Clinton administration would mean regulatory horrors. But then he had to admit that Bush-approved legislation meant huge regulatory increases--and he had to defend Bush's signatures on the bills. It was classic double-speak...
Last month, New York became ht 18th state to impose major restrictions on surrogate parenthood. Fearing that current surrogacy practices amounted to a baby-selling business, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo passed a law that prohibited the adoptive parents from paying the surrogate mother. The law also denied legal validity to the contract traditionally signed by both parties...
Meanwhile, former California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s delegates continued to drown out speakers and wave signs, clamoring for a speech from their hero. Their wish was granted Wednesday, when Brown spoke on behalf of his own nomination...
...stakes are high for Democratic nominee and Arkansas Gov. William Jefferson Clinton. Strong support and turnout from young voters could mean the presidency. Clinton remembers well the power of young people campaigning door-to-door for candidates like George McGovern in 1968--Clinton was one of those young people...