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...second declared candidate to leave the race. California Governor Pete Wilson quit in September. Newt Gingrich said yesterday that he has virtually decided not to enter the race, and will announce his decision next Monday. "It just wasn't in the cards for Gingrich," reports political correspondent Michael Kramer. "He probably made the right political decision. Gingrich has real problems with polarizing voters...
Newt Gingrich says that he has virtually decided not to challenge Bob Dole for the Republican nomination for president. Gingrich told CBS this morning that it is "very, very unlikely" that he will run. "It just wasn't in the cards for Gingrich," says political correspondent Michael Kramer. "He probably made the right political decision. Gingrich has real problems with polarizing voters. The budget impasse might have something to do with deciding not to run, but the main reason is that he doesn't want to give up the power of the Speakership to pursue an ephemeral goal that might...
Coming on the heels of Colin Powell's decision, Gingrich's announcement means that Dole's most serious potential challengers will stay out of his way, leaving a gaggle of GOP hopefuls to fight it out among themselves. Kramer says that it's now up to Phil Gramm and Lamar Alexander, who finished second and third respectively in Saturday's Florida straw poll, to challenge Dole. Says Kramer: "Alexander did very well in Florida by organizing well and spending a tremendous amount of money. But he faces real problems in New Hampshire and Iowa. I look...
Retired General Colin Powell met with TIME's editor for politics John F. Stacks and chief political correspondent Michael Kramer for his first on-the-record interview about his possible run for the presidency...
...This makes close relationships impossible and cuts us off from the source of emotional nurturing we need, further intensifying insecurity, increasing withdrawal and so on in a spiraling cycle of despair. There are many more things than technology in our society that make us feel anxious and insecure. MARILYN KRAMER Wausau, Wisconsin...