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...hold the largest straw poll, just over two months before any voting takes place up north. And on March 12, the Florida primary will be the biggest wild card of the Super Tuesday set of elections. On that day Gramm hopes to win his own state of Texas, and Lamar Alexander must finish first in his native Tennessee. But if either is to break out of the pack, he must also beat Dole in Florida, a winner-take-all contest for 98 delegates who represent 5% of the total heading to the national convention. Says Mark Merritt of the Alexander...
...went on "vacation" after Wilson tapped former Bush aide Craig Fuller to run the campaign. Phil Gramm of Texas, still smarting from the disclosure of his R-rated movie endeavor in 1974, has watched his approval ratings stay flat even as he becomes better known. Meanwhile, former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander was embarrassed by his failure so far to get an endorsement, as his aides had touted, from popular Michigan Governor John Engler...
...Christian Coalition and many of its Republican allies will unveil their sequel to the Contract with America: the Contract with the American Family. Meanwhile, presidential candidates are dropping in on Reed for counsel. Bob Dole's attack on the morals of Hollywood was the result of consultations with Reed. Lamar Alexander, who last summer held that Washington should neither subsidize nor prohibit abortion, began shifting his view to the right after calling on Reed, who then rewarded the candidate by describing him as "pro-life." Says William Lacy, chief strategist for Dole's presidential bid: "Without having significant support...
Abortion is causing its normal fits, and the waffling prize on this issue goes to Lamar Alexander. As recently as last summer, Alexander was telling prospective supporters that his views were too nuanced for labels. "That was O.K. for pro-choicers like me,'' says Mary Louise Smith, a leading Iowa G.O.P. activist. "I really don't understand his change." Alexander today describes himself as pro-life -- with a tortured caveat about "not wanting the government to subsidize, encourage or prohibit" abortion. When I asked if he would permit military personnel to get abortions at government hospitals (as Clinton allows...
Color them scared, but not frozen. Each of the three top candidates is maneuvering to thwart Wilson's prospects. Lamar Alexander, who fears that Wilson could usurp his anti-Washington, outsider mantle, reminds anyone who'll listen that Wilson pledged to finish his full term as California's Governor, "and should do just that." Phil Gramm's aides point to inconsistencies in Wilson's record--"opportunistic wafflings," says Gramm strategist Charles Black. Wilson advisers deflect such shots with blithe confidence. "Big deal," says pollster Dick Dresner. "Clinton swore he'd serve his term [as Arkansas' Governor...