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California Republican Gov. Pete Wilsontoday established an exploratory committee to raise money and organize supporters for a 1996 presidential campaign.Former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexanderquickly tried to mute the impact, attacking Wilson at a press conference for breaking his 1994 campaign promise not to seek the presidency if re-elected governor. He also branded Wilson as more liberal than himself on taxes and abortion. Both candidates have raised taxes as governors...
Affirmative action is already a hot topic on the presidential campaign trail, and it is sure to get even hotter. The trend in the G.O.P. field is running decidedly against the programs. Senator Phil Gramm and commentator Pat Buchanan call for their abolition. Lamar Alexander opposes preferences based "solely" on race. And Senate majority leader Bob Dole has commissioned congressional hearings with an eye toward major restructuring. Only Republican Senator Arlen Specter largely defends the status quo. On the Democratic side, President Clinton has ignited what amounts to a holy war within his party. Last week moderates like Senator...
...next challenge will be to keep his message fresh. His gibe at Congress--"Cut their pay and send them home"--lost much of its punch when Republicans took over the House and Senate in January. Says Charlie Black, a senior adviser to Gramm: "While Lamar is out talking about turning federal programs back to the states, his two principal competitors are in the Senate actually doing it." Black adds, "'I don't work in Washington' is an address, not a message...
...good thing the tennessee State Highway Patrol doesn't issue citations for high-speed pursuit of matching funds. By the time Lamar Alexander wheeled his red Buick Reatta convertible down Nashville's "Music Row," he could have been ticketed twice and would have been in danger of losing his license as he headed for his third fund-raising meeting of the day. The former Tennessee Governor got up before dawn that morning in New Hampshire, flew to Nashville and then addressed his 40 top local financiers at a genteel Governor's-mansion lunch. He later huddled with country-music star...
...into the swamp of abortion politics can drown you. Say anything but that you are pro-life in the primaries and you will lose the nomination, but scare the pro-choicers and you may lose the election. So what's a candidate to do? Robert Dole, Phil Gramm and Lamar Alexander all claim the pro-life label, but not the mantle. They wrinkle their noses, say they personally don't like abortion-as if a personal preference substitutes for a clear-cut public policy. Dole and Gramm wriggle out of answering the key questions: Would you support a human-life...