Word: gramm
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WITH LESS THAN A MONTH TO GO BEfore the Iowa caucuses, Phil Gramm knows this is no time to be timid. So when much of the country praised Bob Dole recently for breaking a legislative logjam and reopening the Federal Government, Gramm, alone among his rivals, rushed a TV spot onto the air that claimed the Senate leader had "caved in" on a balanced budget. Gramm's frontal attack was a bold gamble that Dole's statesmanship, while it wins praise with Americans generally, might bomb with G.O.P. conservatives in the first big presidential contest next month...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Trying to go Steve Forbes one better, Phil Gramm announced Tuesday he's for a 16 percent flat tax that would deductions for home mortgages and charitable donations, even as a Dole-influenced tax commission issued a recommendation of its own. Gramm's rate is one percent lower than the plan put forth by Steve Forbes, whose extensive TV advertising has propelled the issue to the forefront of Campaign '96. "This is a blueprint for revitalizing America," Gramm boasted Tuesday from New Hampshire, while predicting voters would lose interest in Forbes' plan since it doesn't tax investment...
...PHIL GRAMM WHAT YOU SEE: Two mirror images of Dole. A sinister-sounding narrator says, "Remember Senator Straddle. He cut deals, and voters rejected him," adding that Dole has "caved in" on the budget...
...SEEING IT: This go-for-the-jugular ad harks back to Bush's similar slam against Dole in 1988. The Gramm ad, which (unfairly) characterizes Dole as willing to settle for an unbalanced budget, will air immediately in South Carolina, which Gramm has touted as a must-win state. First rule of negative advertising: it also hurts the one dishing the dirt. Gramm is delaying using this ad in New Hampshire, where his negatives are already uncomfortably high. He'll wait until the homestretch...
...PHIL GRAMM AND COMPANY G.O.P. presidential wannabes shut out as Dole dominates media...