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...expected, the chorus of lesser G.O.P. candidates began making their exits. Alexander Haig (0% in Iowa, last place) quit the race last Friday with a parting shot at Bush -- and, indirectly, at the Reagan inner circle that had ousted him as Secretary of State. "From my point of view," said Haig, "Bob Dole is head and shoulders above George Bush as a potential President." Pete du Pont (7%, fifth place) will soon be heading back to Delaware's chateau country. Jack Kemp (11%, fourth place) had counted on outflanking Bush and Dole on the right as the true-blue conservative...
...comparable results for the Republicans showed Bush with 54,915 or 38 percent; Dole, 41,746 or 29 percent; Kemp, 18,367 or 13 percent; du Pont, 14,448 or 10 percent; Robertson, 13,839 or 10 percent; Haig, 522, or less than 1 percent. The remaining Republican candidates received a total of 511 votes...
DESCRIPTION: Cash on hand as of January 1, 1988, and contributions made in 1987 to presidential candidates George Bush, Pat Robertson, Robert Dole, Michael Dukakis, Jack Kemp, Pierre du Pont, Richard Gephardt, Paul Simon, Albert Gore, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, Bruce Babbitt and Alexander Haig...
...think that there's going to be a terrible amount of pressure to withdraw on people like [former Secretary of State Alexander] Haig, [former Governor of Delaware Pete] duPont, and even [New York Rep. Jack] Kemp on the Republican side, and on the Democratic side, [former Sen. Gary] Hart and [former Arizona Governor Bruce] Babbit," Kalb said...
Bush's ripostes to Rather were the capstone to a month-old "get tough" campaign orchestrated by Media Adviser Ailes and other staffers. "If somebody hits him," says Lee Atwater, "Bush is going to try to hit back harder." In recent weeks, Bush has jabbed at Alexander Haig, tweaked Bob Dole, and lit into James P. Gannon, editor of the Des Moines Register, for what he claims was unfair reporting about his role in the Iran-contra affair. Two weeks ago, at an "Ask George Bush" gathering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bush waded into the audience, seized a piece...