Word: kerrey
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...three strongest rivals -- Harkin, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey -- all insist they must "do well" in New Hampshire. But none of them defines what that means for fear of inflating expectations. As these three candidates strive to gain a distinct image, the campaign will gain heat. For Kerrey, New Hampshire represents an opportunity to right himself after a rocky couple of months culminating in the replacement last week of his national campaign manager. Harkin, the most combative and liberal of the group, is expected to attack the centrist Clinton, whom Harkin views as his main rival...
...others, especially Jerry Brown, behaved as if they were on Let's Make a Deal. Clinton, seated on the end, maintained an air of detachment, speaking only when called upon by quizmaster Tom Brokaw. He managed to squeeze in concern for the middle class about as often as Bob Kerrey referred to his war record...
...perspective, all of this year's Democratic candidates are "right" on the current litmus test -- Jerusalem's request for $10 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to resettle Soviet Jews. Beyond that touchstone, the contenders' stances fragment. The candidate in the most potential trouble with American Jews is Bob Kerrey, who's "right" now, but who refused to co- sponsor the Senate bill that would have authorized granting the loan guarantees last fall. Kerrey's other problems include his calling Israel's West Bank settlements "provocative" and his insistence that the U.S. embassy remain in Tel Aviv (a sore point with...
...Pennsylvania. Little- known Democrat Harris Wofford, who called for a health-care plan that would cover all Americans, easily defeated former Governor Dick Thornburgh. As the 1992 presidential campaign gathers steam, every Democratic candidate is putting universal health care at the top of his agenda. While Nebraska's Bob Kerrey proposes a comprehensive plan that would require substantial new taxes, others, including Bill Clinton and Tom Harkin, are fashioning less costly approaches that emphasize preventive care. Says Harkin: "We don't have to spend a nickel more. We just have to spend it smarter." Congressional Republicans, sensing that the White...
...anti-Washington, anti-aristocracy populism that defines presidential politics today, none of the candidates uses a middle name. Or an initial. In fact, they've even taken to truncating individual names. Have you ever heard of William Jefferson Clinton? (Or even William Clinton?) How about Joseph Robert Kerrey? Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.? Perhaps, Lawrence Douglas Wilder...