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Kentucky began the season ranked first in the Associated Press poll, were favored to win last night by a double-digit margin...
...their weaknesses so exposed that the number of undecideds is at an all-time low, and so is the level of commitment to either side. Voters can decide, they just can't get excited. But if that changes, if the needle moves at all, if Clinton's 10-point margin begins to shrink in the months to come, it will suggest that voters began studying the men more than listening to them, and weighing where they have come from and who they are. This, for once, is where the race might be Dole's to lose...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Eager to add its stamp of approval, the House of Representatives today approved the line-item veto by a 232-177 margin, less than 24 hours after Senate passage. President Clinton, who had line-item veto authority as governor of Arkansas, has indicated he will sign it. Members of both parties supported the measure, which will take effect on January 1, 1997. The legislation allows the President to veto specific spending measures contained in larger spending bills. After signing an appropriations measure, the President has five days to prepare a list of specific line-items to veto...
...much tougher than even his own pollsters had expected. But after faltering in New Hampshire and Arizona, Dole regained his momentum to sweep primaries on Junior Tuesday, Super Tuesday and in the Midwest. In California last weekend, where opinion polls show Dole trailing President Clinton by a fair margin, Dole has been taking on "old veto Bill" in his speeches. TIME Washington correspondent Tamala Edwards says Dole is really beginning the general campaign in California, and that he will not repeat the mistake George Bush made in 1992 by tacitly acknowledging defeat in that state. On the trail, Dole told...
...Nader drawing 6% of the vote, which in a tight race might deprive Clinton of a victory in that must-win state. Says Bill Press, the state's former Democratic Party chairman: "Historically, elections are won in California by three to five percentage points, so [Nader] could be the margin of difference. A vote for Nader is a vote for Bob Dole...