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Burke notes pointedly that she has been a Republican longer than Dole's presidential rival Phil Gramm. And though her personal views still diverge from Dole's in some areas -- she supports abortion rights, for example -- Burke insists, "I'm not confused about his point of view and never tried to dissuade him from that point of view. Nor could...
...attempt to tag Burke as a liberal also seems misguided to some Republicans who have worked most closely with her in the Senate. John McCain, an Arizona Senator of impeccable conservative credentials who has endorsed Gramm for President, credits Dole's chief of staff with rescuing the Arizona Senator's hard-line proposal for a line-item veto from such formidable adversaries as Budget Committee chairman Pete Domenici. "One way of getting your point across to Bob Dole is getting your point across to Sheila, but that doesn't mean that she directs him. It means that he can rely...
...been good for the country. California Governor Pete Wilson, who pressed his fellow UC regents to make the decision, shrugged off as "utterly bogus"claims by critics that he is using the issue to bolster his presidential bid. Reaction from his GOP presidential rivals was mixed: while Sen. Phil Gramm applauded the move, and Sen. Bob Dole said nothing, Sen. Arlen Specter heatedly criticized Wilson for using the word "tribalism" in discussing racial preference programs. "Coded racial epithets such as 'tribalism' have no place in public debate," said Specter. "They only serve to fan the flames of racial and gender...
Senator Phil Gramm, for instance, expects to be a strong runner-up in Iowa and New Hampshire but to break away in the Sunshine State. "We've got to win Florida,'' says Senator Gramm's top strategist, Charles Black. Gramm's aides are meeting methodically with all 150 Republican clubs in the state; Dole's aides are setting up steering committees in every one of the state's 67 counties. Part of what motivates this courtship is that Florida's Republican convention in November will hold the largest straw poll, just over two months before any voting takes place...
...eager are the Republican suitors to prove their Florida credentials that Gramm, California Governor Pete Wilson and Alexander each raised a whopping $100,000 for the state party just so they could speak to a G.O.P. gathering last month, even though they knew House Speaker Newt Gingrich would steal the show simply by turning up. Wilson also chose to conduct his early focus groups in the state, and is almost claiming it as a second home: his father lives in West Palm Beach. All told, Republican candidates have made more than three dozen trips to the state this year...