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Moments later Bush turned on Haig with the kind of ferocity that once gave Dole a reputation as a political hatchet man. "Let me turn it around -- what did you tell Nixon during Watergate?" the Vice President jabbed, referring to Haig's service in the White House bunker during the final days. The constricting format of the debate soon forced the Republican contenders to move on to far less electric issues. But the image lingered: Bush lashing...
...campaigned most of the week in New Hampshire, was by contrast the happy warrior. Every stop provided him with a new opportunity to needle Bush. Nothing too sharp, of course, because Dole knows he must be careful about his own image. "We don't want any of that hatchet stuff," he says with a not- quite-disarming smile. Still, Dole remains incorrigible. Even his blandest remarks about the Vice President have an edge. "George Bush and I have a lot in common," Dole said. Pause. "We're about the same height." Even when Dole claims that Bush is a friend...
...crafty insider. Political Analyst Kevin Phillips complains, "The image you get is that he drinks milk shakes one day and bourbon the next." Though his Senate record sustains his claims of being sensitive to the needy, he is still haunted by the image he earned as Gerald Ford's hatchet-wielding running mate in 1976. Even New Hampshire voters, whose closest encounter with Dole is a handshake at a Rotary Club luncheon, refer knowingly to Dole's "dark side...
...last month, Dole was so bland that even George Bush seemed more spirited. Fretful aides blamed themselves -- and one another -- for stressing niceness too hard. But Dole insists the low-key approach was his own. "I wasn't coached at all," he bristles. "My mission was to bury the hatchet...
...David J. says he doesn't want the money. He has promised that in the unlikely event that he wins a seat, he will give his annual $25,000 salary to a fund for the homeless, with David E. as a trustee by way of "burying the hatchet...