Word: kempe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Charisma is no substitute for conviction. America loves an Odd Couple, if their most profound disagreement is over how often to vacuum: twice a day or never. But Bob Dole and Jack Kemp are no Felix and Oscar. They differ on fundamental matters like immigration and affirmative action. Big-tentism run amuck, the photo-op vice presidency played well at the convention. By October it was clear the marriage could not be saved, even for the sake of California's 54 electoral votes. Never wed someone with whom you already have irreconcilable differences...
...campaign we journalists are usually worrying about having sunk too low; instead, we fear we've risen so high we're being ignored during our quadrennial chance to show off. For a brief, shining moment we had Dick Morris: since then, nothing. After the second debate, where Jack Kemp, the designated slasher, came off more like Barney than Freddy Krueger, even Ted Koppel gave up. "Here we have one of the most civil debates in history, and we can barely stay awake," he said. Then the press began to chide moderator Jim Lehrer for being too nice. "He drains...
...California strategy grew out of a series of top-level conversations that began last month. Along with Barbour and Gingrich, the chief backers of the plan have been Dole's campaign Californians: running mate Kemp and consultants John Sears and Ken Kachigian, plus Merksamer. On Oct. 12, the candidate finally signed on during a long meeting at his Washington headquarters. By the time of his debate with Clinton the following Wednesday night, Dole was salting his remarks with references to California's hot-button issues: affirmative action, illegal immigration and defense-spending cuts...
...strategic decision--whether to spend millions to fight for California, where the latest polls show a 10-point gap. Republican lawmakers, led by Newt Gingrich, are urging Dole to contest the state, if only to help the effort to hang on to the 26 Republican House seats there. Kemp's promoters, meanwhile, have their own reasons for wanting to contest their man's home state. They hope a good performance in California will help restore Kemp's presidential credentials after his lackluster performance against Gore. They're pushing to get Kemp into the California ads. But if they...
...With reporting by James Carney and Tamala M. Edwards with Dole and John F. Dickerson with Kemp...