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Only now is the Democrats' Silly Putty politics beginning to assume some semblance of structure. Though Bob Kerrey, Paul Tsongas and Tom Harkin still strive to overtake Clinton in New Hampshire, each could survive to fight in later rounds by running a respectable second here. Jerry Brown, who started as the most prominent in a field of little-knowns, must fend off disaster in this contest or find a launching pad elsewhere. The strategies of Clinton's four main rivals...
...Harkin strikes again...
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin staked out his turf early. Starting six months ago, he enlisted important allies in the labor movement and the state party leadership. He roused audiences with his muscular evocation of old-fashioned liberalism and scathing attacks on George Bush. Then he stalled. Observes Mark Mackenzie, president of the state AFL-CIO: "Harkin has had some trouble moving beyond his initial stump speech...
Last week Harkin was desperately trying to pump juice into his campaign. Calling a press conference in 5 degrees weather at a sewer-construction site, he proclaimed himself "the only real Democrat in the race" and said his rivals were "all just shades of Republican policies." He accused "the Governor of Arkansas" of being too sympathetic to Japanese automobile imports. Belatedly he began running TV spots that ply the theme "I want to be known as the President that rebuilt America." Harkin thinks that as the only red-blooded liberal, he can eke out a plurality among traditional Democrats while...
...that I can stand up. This is especially crucial since you're hearing that I am too cautious." Beating the "too- cautious" rap explains why Clinton's second TV strike is a 30-second attack on congressional pay raises, a thinly veiled jab at Kerrey and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, both of whom voted for the salary increases...