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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) outlined his campaign positions in a speech last night at the Institute of Politics...
...Lugar, a fourth-term senator and former mayor of Indianapolis, spoke to an audience of about 250 in the latest stop of a one-year old campaign for the White House...
...culture, the traditions of everybody and also recognize that we have a solemn obligation to let these children live up to the fullest of their God-given capabilities." But the issue does not divide purely along partisan lines. Although House Speaker Newt Gingrich and G.O.P. presidential hopefuls Richard Lugar and Patrick Buchanan back the English-only movement, G.O.P. Governor George Bush of Texas left popular bilingual programs untouched in his recent school reforms. In Florida, another key primary state, politically powerful Cuban Americans--most of whom are Republicans--were dismayed by Dole's stance. "Attacking bilingual education here is like...
Nationwide, Lugar is favored by only 4% of Republican voters, according to a TIME/CNN poll in mid-September, but his campaign hopes his decency and trustworthiness will shine through as the primaries draw near. Only Colin Powell seems to mirror Lugar in conveying a sense that there is congruence between the man's character and his principles. But in contrast to Powell, who seems to have butterflies in the belly, Lugar has thought about running for President since he first jested about the idea when he was mayor of Indianapolis...
...question is, in a presidential campaign where two of the candidates (as well as President Clinton) have aired negative commercials six months before the first primary, can sense and civility be heard above the din? To compete, Lugar is distributing a warm-and-fuzzy video and warming up audiences with a campaign song based on the Aretha Franklin tune Respect: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Leader of the G.O.P." The campaign is hoping that the respect Lugar engenders will translate into votes and not just good-natured foot tapping...