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...views on abortion and homosexuality, social libertarians went for Forbes; values conservatives for Buchanan; supply siders for Forbes; deficit hawks for Dole; anxious economic nationalists for Buchanan, who invited angry Democrats in union halls to "join the party of greed" long enough to help him hijack the nomination. Even Lamar Alexander could claim to be a credible contender--the new safe choice--by being less mean than Dole and Forbes, less Beltway than Dole and Gramm and less disruptive to the party than Forbes and Buchanan. When Republican leaders talk of devolution, this is hardly what they had in mind...
...here every day," Dole shot back. "I don't know what his problem is. I hope he gets over it." Tracking polls show the candidates in much the same position they have been in for the past week: Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan in a tie for first, with Lamar Alexander firmly in third place and Steve Forbes in fourth and dropping fast. "It's usual in primaries for candidates to use these last days to really go in public after the undecided voter," says TIME's Tamala Edwards, travelling with the Dole campaign in New Hampshire. "But Dole seems...
...make the kind of change we want to make without a Republican President," said former Gov. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), urging fellow candidates to focus on defeating President Clinton...
...bloc of voters. In the wake of Thursday night's televised debate, tracking polls show the candidates in much the same position they have been in all week: Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan locked in a dead heat for first, with Steve Forbes pushing hard just to charge past Lamar Alexander into third. "The debate in Manchester was an event of diminishing returns," TIME's Michael Duffy reports from New Hampshire. "No candidate emerged a clear winner or loser, but nearly all were diminished in some way. If an edge could be assigned to anyone, I'd give...
...campaign is wide open to you. We cannot win without you." Meanwhile, sister and campaign manager Bay Buchanan worked the phones. She told reporters she had already raised $200,000 through calls to former Gramm supporters and expected to take in $1 million in the next two weeks. Lamar Alexander's cash-starved campaign also hopes for a windfall. Gramm's absence means new fund-raising opportunities in former Gramm strongholds Texas, Florida and Georgia...