Word: kemp
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Very much in attendance at the preliminaries were members of the so-called Class of'88, the party leaders who hope to win command in the post-Reagan era. A heavy schedule of howdying was blocked out for Vice President George Bush. Congressman Jack Kemp was one of the chief draftsmen of the platform's economic planks, including its stand against a tax increase in the near future. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker and Kansas Senator Robert Dole were honing their prime-time speeches, as was Dole's wife Elizabeth, the Secretary of Transportation. "We're trying to coordinate them...
...White House. Says a Baker aide: "The bottom Line for him is to walk out of the convention having shown that he has a little more fire in him than people thought." Kansas Senator Robert Dole, Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976, and New York Congressman Jack Kemp will each have about five minutes in the spotlight Tuesday night. Kemp, who is best known for his supply-side economics and tax-cutting fervor, will have a chance to look statesmanlike in his role as chairman of the platform subcommittee on foreign policy...
...unneeded hotel reservations last month). To ferry conventioneers between the 47 delegation hotels and the convention, G.O.P. organizers will be running a fleet of 120 shuttle buses (price of a four-day pass: $30). Only minor skirmishes over platform positions are expected inside the hall. Conservatives, led by Kemp and Congressman Trent Lott of Mississippi, are pushing for three major planks: a return to the gold standard (tying the value of the dollar directly to the price of gold, a move that, they contend, would lower interest rates and help bring down deficits); an end to the independence...
...platform will be considered on Tuesday morning, out of the glare of TV, and disgruntled factions are unlikely to muster the 25% vote necessary to take a squabble to the floor. Says Dole: "The President is the candidate this year, not Jack Kemp or Bob Dole. We do have to protect the President in that platform...
...taxes in 1985. The issue was tricky for Reagan not only because of its volatility among the electorate but also because the tax plank is shaping up as one of the few sparring points between moderates and conservatives at the upcoming Republican Convention. Supply-side Congressmen, led by Jack Kemp, want the platform to pledge specifically that taxes will not be raised in a second Reagan Administration. G.O.R leaders in the Senate and even some of Reagan's top White House advisers are convinced that new taxes are needed to help close the nearly $200 billion annual budget deficit...