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...Issues, Hart insisted in his rhetoric of return, are what propelled him back into the race. "I hoped that my ideas for strategic investment economics, for military reform, and for enlightened engagement would be adopted and put forward by others," he declared. Even though he somewhat arrogantly sent his position papers to the other Democratic candidates after his initial withdrawal, Hart feels that his ideas were ignored. But Hart's strength as a candidate is less as an ideological thinker and more as an adroit packager. When Hart takes questions from an audience, it is striking how formidable...
When Gary Hart faced the inevitable question for the first time last week, it was uttered by a fresh-faced New Hampshire high school student. "Do you think politicians have the right to deliberately mislead the public?" asked Garth Conrad. "No, I do not think they have the right," Hart began, haltingly, as the cameras rolled. "But on the other hand, the public does not have a right to know everything about everybody's personal and private life...
...frenzy of applause that followed pleased Hart. He was picking up his campaign right where he had left off -- with attacks on the news media. "The Democratic Party has found its Spiro Agnew," wrote the conservative columnist George Will last week, recalling the press bashing by the bilious Vice President. This time what failed for Hart in the spring may be his biggest political asset. "He is using journalistic jujitsu," said Mark Green, a former speechwriter and aide. "Now when the press asks Hart a prying question, it makes the audience like Hart more and the press less...
...attacking the press for its inquisitiveness, Hart sought to immunize himself against titillating new exposes. For the moment, the strategy seemed to be working. After publishing photographs of Hart dallying with Donna Rice and watching him admit his marital infidelity on Nightline, journalists were adhering to an informal prohibition against double jeopardy. Last spring the Washington Post confronted Hart with evidence of his having a long-running affair with a Washington woman. Hart withdrew and the story never ran. The Post decided not to name names, and nothing more is in the works. "I can't go out and find...
...There is, of course, a lot more muck about Hart that could be raked. It's a dirty job, so somebody is likely to do it. Says National Enquirer President Iain Calder: "To go over the old ground would be tiresome. But we would take a story with a good angle in order to entice the reader. We are checking out phone tips actively...