Word: lauter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another in Arkansas last spring, scrambling to dig up dirt on Clinton. But that was when polls had the Democrat third in a three-way race. As campaign reporters are quick to point out, the cheerier coverage and splashier play started when Clinton surged in the polls. Says David Lauter, who covers Clinton for the Los Angeles Times: "When people say Clinton has been favored in the press, there's a certain amount of amnesia going on. For that matter, at the end of the Gulf War people were writing that the Democrats would be silly to bother running against...
...House travel office notes a sharp decline in the number of reporters who automatically accompany Bush on his constant domestic tripping -- to speak at Republican fund raisers, plant trees and inspect natural disasters. For those who still follow the President wherever he may go, Los Angeles Times correspondent David Lauter has invented "The Poppy," an award bearing Bush's childhood nickname. It will eventually be bestowed upon the reporter who maintains the lowest ratio of paragraphs published to miles traveled with the President. The home offices may bristle, but competition so far is stiff...