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What won points for Bush and Dukakis in Sunday's debate was probably not their hard core stands on matters of ideological import. The people who are affected by those stands effectively cast their votes long ago. The candidates' ability to banter and cast stones was what won them any of the votes still up for grab...
However, those who oppose the measure question the availability of those resources. If the measure were put into effect nationwide, the U.S. would have to import an additional $6 billion worth of foreign oil each year, said Bob Palmer, a member of the "No on Four" action group...
...White House and Congress are locked in another major battle over protectionism. Last week the Senate passed, by a vote of 57 to 32, a bill to grant import relief to the textile industry. Since eleven Senators did not vote on the measure, it remains uncertain whether the bill's supporters can muster the 67 votes needed in the Senate to override a promised presidential veto. The bill, similar to one that has already passed the House, would cap increases of foreign textile and apparel imports at 1% a year. They have been rising by an average of 16% annually...
...average tariff on textiles and apparel is 18%, nearly three times the rate on other manufactured products. U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter calculates that the typical American family pays $238 a year more for clothing than it would if the textile business were not protected. Any new round of import relief will raise prices even more...
...When Bush arrived in New Hampshire reeling from a third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, Ailes labored all night over the television ad that quashed Robert Dole's insurgent campaign. Known as the "Senator Straddle" commercial, the blunt spot asserted that Dole had waffled on tax hikes, oil-import fees and arms control...