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After a full year of earnest campaigning, all polls indicate that the field of eight contenders has become a statistical dead heat between Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.), political commentator Patrick J. Buchanan and former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander...

Author: By David L. Greene, C.r. Mcfadden, and Kathryn M. Meneely, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: New Hampshire To Hold First Primary Today | 2/20/1996 | See Source »

...this substance abuse problem is not limited to second-rate magazines. As James M. Fallows '70 noted in last Sunday's New York Times, the mainstream media "missed the message" in its election coverage so far by focusing on politics as a game. He writes, "Sizing up Lamar Alexander against Bob Dole is like having a preseason argument about whether the Yankees or the Dodgers might go all the way this year." Isn't the difference that something greater is at stake? And doesn't the media, as independent power holders, have a responsibility to present politics as such...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: Political Fluff Hurts | 2/20/1996 | See Source »

...late for Forbes to attract more voters today with his new strategy, which follows a barrage of negative ads against his competitors. The most recent polls have placed him significantly below candidates Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.), Patrick J. Buchanan and former Tennessee gov. Lamar Alexander...

Author: By Kathryn M. Meneely, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Trying to Broaden His Base, Forbes Moves Beyond Taxes | 2/20/1996 | See Source »

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE: It may have taken the New Hampshire primary to make Bill Clinton look truly presidential. By early evening, Pat Buchanan had broken free of a tenuous three-way tie with Bob Dole and Lamar Alexander to become, swiftly and uinexpectedly, the bellwether Republican candidate in 1996. Clinton, who made sure to put in a weekend appearance in the state, won a handsome 90 percent of the Democratic primary vote. Both Dole and Forbes suffered commensurately, and Lamar Alexander, the third-place finisher, found more ears for his argument of electability. "There's been a backlash against negative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buchanan Wins | 2/20/1996 | See Source »

...credibly challenge Dole's impressive array of endorsements, financial backing and a collection of favors stored up in his more than 35 years of party service in Congress. Yet as polling concludes in New Hampshire, Dole finds himself finishing second between two very different challengers in Pat Buchanan and Lamar Alexander. "All of a sudden, everything has been turned around," reports TIME's Tamala Edwards from New Hampshire. "The rug has clearly been pulled out from under Dole." Despite the Buchanan win, the real enemy for Dole may be Alexander. "A lot of the Dole campaign's energy has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rug Pulled Out | 2/20/1996 | See Source »

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