Word: kemp
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...months ago from a preacher little known outside the ranks of Evangelicals. In doing so, he forced George Bush, Michigan's nominal winner, to make a costly effort to retain his status as front runner far earlier than the Vice President had intended. He also denied Congressman Jack Kemp the chance Kemp sought to emerge as the clear alternative to Bush...
George Bush's supporters claimed 52% of the delegates. No, said Pat Robertson: his staff figured he took 40% to 45%. Both wrong, according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News: "uncommitted" bagged 52%. A strategist for Congressman Jack Kemp gave no numbers but insisted that "Michigan is still up for grabs...
...Michigan's confused Republican delegate-selection process last Tuesday? Well, Bush certainly came out on top, though hardly in a way that solidifies his status as clear front runner. And ! Robertson did well enough to establish himself as a real factor, though not a credible contender for the nomination. Kemp seems to have done about as well as Robertson, but that may have made him the big loser. In fact the real winners may have been those who did not run, such as Robert Dole, Paul Laxalt and Howard Baker...
...presidential hopefuls are arriving. They gorge on catastrophe. There is everybody to blame and no one responsible. Babbitt, Biden, Dole, Baker, Kemp, Bradley, Hart. They come like pallbearers in dark suits and white shirts and furrowed brows. It is plain that Iowa, uniquely distressed this summer because of its rural character (i.e., farms linked to small towns), will be the bloody ground on which the 1988 presidential nominations will be shaped...
Republican Congressman Jack Kemp happily says, "Capitalism is not a dirty word anymore." Actually, that is not quite right. In much of the world, the term still conjures up images of 19th century sweatshops and colonialism. In fact, socialism's elusive promise of economic equality retains a powerful appeal in many parts of the world, and its current malaise does not mean that it could not make a comeback...