Word: gramm
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...flaws: it was conducted well before Bob Dole had uncaged his more ferocious ads. Some wise elders insisted that Dole would rebound and Forbes would slide; but others said no, the whole race is up for grabs now, Dole may lose New Hampshire and drop out, Phil Gramm may surge, the campaign may crack wide open and go all the way to California (only seven weeks away), or even all the way to the convention...
Perhaps we should not feel sorry for Dole. Because if Steve Forbes' support in New Hampshire turns out to be more than a fluke, and Phil Gramm and Pat Buchanan inch higher in the polls, Dole will get desperate, and the result will be painful for us all to see. Dole's initial flurry of negative attack ads has been futile, and he is now starting to reach for his secret weapon--his war injury...
...hovering around 22 percent. A strong late push had Pat Buchanan tied with Steve Forbes at 16 percent, and Lamar Alexander was running fourth at 12. The big surprise of the week came from Buchanan, who got a big bounce in the polls after his surprise defeat of Phil Gramm Tuesday in the Louisiana caucuses. Buchanan's jump was good news for the Dole campaign, which is counting on Buchanan to challenge Forbes for second place. For his part, Forbes stumbled Friday when he accused GOP rivals of misrepresenting his positions and said the Christian Coalition "does not speak...
Forbes' main selling point is his support for a simplified tax code--a flat rate of only 17 percent. While some of his competitors, such as Senator Phil Gramm and television commentator Patrick Buchanan also emphasize their support for a flat tax, Forbes seems to be the candidate most associated with tax reform. Forbes actually speaks of little else than the alleged merits of a flat tax. His message is little more than crude economic determinism--he professes that his flat tax will not only boost America's economic stature, but will also encourage a renewal of America's culture...
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: "Phil Gramm's candidacy is on life support," reports Jeffrey Birnbaum of the big hit that Gramm's presidential hopes took on Tuesday, when he won only 8 of 21 delegates in the Louisiana state caucuses. The clear loss to Pat Buchanan stung, coming just six days before the crucial Iowa caucuses. Only a couple weeks before, Gramm had confidently predicted he would take all 21 delegates. Trying to downplay expectations just before the vote, Gramm said that he would be satisfied with taking only 11 delegates: "I intend to get up Wednesday morning, come to Iowa...