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...Young Lamar, a natural leader, was elected Governor of Boys State--just as Bill Clinton was. His high school principal, J.P. Stewart, remembers once paddling Lamar for making whooshing noises in class, but was so impressed with "his ease and eloquence in public speaking" that he predicted to the faculty that Lamar would enter national politics...
...Republican candidates other than Dole are running as Talents, though most of them are only pretending. Lamar Alexander, whose official campaign persona as the angry outsider is practically see-through, is actually a Mandarin--can you imagine Buchanan ever having been president of a state university, as Alexander was? Steve Forbes is a child of the Episcopacy, having been raised in a manner modeled on the social practices of the British aristocracy in the 19th century: the family seat in the country, the character-building boarding-school education, going to work for Dad. But, having realized that...
...wife made that argument. She's been trying to wean me from total dependence on the Republican presidential campaign as a news diet. Whenever she hears Lamar Alexander say it's all going to be over by March 12, she sees me on March 13 wandering around like a zombie, mumbling the planks of Morry Taylor's platform as part of some kooky mantra...
...that just made me think of all the ways Lamar Alexander manages to paint Dole as a geezer without using the word old. In TV interviews, he keeps saying, "I have new ideas, and Senator Dole has, er, ah, Washington ideas." He constantly asks if Dole is the person to lead the country "into the next century." If Thurmond jumped into the Republican presidential race, which now doesn't seem all that farfetched, Alexander could say Strom's not the man to lead the country into his next century...
...most polls show Buchanan locked in a tight race with Bob Dole and Steve Forbes. Fresh off a somewhat surprising win in Saturday's Delaware primary, Forbes predicted he would make "an excellent showing" Tuesday, but back off from earlier predictions of a first place finish. Meanwhile, Dole and Lamar Alexander turned their sights to future primaries. All but conceding Arizona, Alexander began an intensive campaign in Georgia, where a primary will be held March 5. The former Tennessee governor hopes that his southern base will help him to a desperately-needed first-place primary finish. Dole also stumped...