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...claim that he's already won the contest that matters, to the extent that "others are stealing my ideas." Just when President Clinton and Republicans in Congress admit they are unable to cut the budget through negotiations, Forbes arrives and proposes to do it by fiat. Now, says Jack Kemp, who was only one of the many voices last week calling for a brand-new tax system, "the whole debate is how low to have the tax-rate system, how fair it should be." The issue reached critical mass on Wednesday, when Gramm unveiled his own version of a flat...
...copycat spectacle was gratifying to Forbes, who especially savored Dole's dilemma when the majority leader stood before the cameras as Kemp laid out a dozen principles for changing the tax code. "He clearly wanted out of there as quickly as possible," Forbes observed. "He wasn't comfortable. I think he's never been one for major ideas, especially on the tax side." Editor that he is, Forbes even writes his opponent's script for him. "He could have said, 'In 30 years, I've seen what a monstrosity this system is. I may even have contributed to the monstrosity...
...possible that this week will turn out to have been Forbes' 15 minutes of fame. But that has not kept the rivalry between Forbes and Dole from taking on the quality of shadowboxing. Both Forbes campaign manager Bill Dal Col and Dole campaign manager Scott Reed were once Kemp staffers, and they have kept in touch over the years. Early on, Dal Col would routinely let Reed see the text of Forbes' ads before they ran, "but no more," he says. "Things have got too hot. They're crazed about the ads." Reed notes that Forbes was the first...
...decision to enter the race this year owes much to a broken heart: Forbes was long a devoted backer of Jack Kemp, having chaired Empower America, the refuge for conservatives like Kemp and Bill Bennett. Had Kemp entered the race, Forbes would be snug at home editing his magazine right now. But when the vacuum opened, Wall Street Journal writer turned political consultant Jude Wanniski, another New Jersey neighbor, faxed Forbes a memo late last spring about how it all could work. Forbes pondered...and pondered. He was very tempted, and very cautious, and so decided to do some market...
Through it all, Forbes seems a reluctant candidate. As a longtime Jack Kemp fan, Forbes concedes that he wouldn't be running if Kemp were. And Forbes thinks Dole could co-opt him by stealing his tax-reform ideas, as Gramm and Pat Buchanan have done. Dole's problem, says Forbes, is that "he only responds to his In box. No initiative, no ideas of his own. Everything he's done for 35 years has been exactly the wrong training for the Oval Office. I shouldn't offer him advice," he continues, but Dole could "learn from Alfred P. Sloan...