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Ryzhkov, who was replaced as prime minister in January, thought he had pocketed the military vote when he chose General Boris Gromov as his running mate. An articulate hard-liner, Gromov served as the Soviet commander in Afghanistan before becoming Deputy Interior Minister in December. But even if Rutskoi does win votes from enlisted men and reform-minded Communists, Ryzhkov has earned the support of the military-industrial complex and the party bureaucracy through his attacks on economic "shock therapy" and his defense of the country's "socialist choice." Because Ryzhkov and Gromov are counting so much on local party...
...generals and party hacks, Bakatin insists that he is an "independent" candidate. Speculation that he is really the Kremlin's man has been so intense, however, that Bakatin felt compelled to note last week that "I've said no to Gorbachev many times." Bakatin shrewdly chose as his running mate Ramazan Abdulatipov, an ethnic Muslim who is chairman of the Russian parliament's Council of Nationalities. Opposition to Yeltsin's sovereignty campaign has been particularly fierce in Russia's ethnic enclaves. Bakatin's reputation as a reformer is also sufficiently solid that he might draw enough moderate votes from Yeltsin...
Does John Sununu aim to replace Energy Secretary James Watkins with an ideological soul mate? Watkins has pursued an independent policy of conservation and regulation that has irritated the White House chief of staff. If Watkins is forced to quit, which some insiders expect this summer, deputy assistant secretary Victor Stello is an early favorite for the Cabinet post. Stello, a longtime pal of Sununu's, shares his enthusiasm for relaxed regulation of nuclear power. The Administration nominated Stello for a job supervising the nation's nuclear-weapons programs last year but withdrew his name and installed...
...Bush's words did not calm the jitters most Americans have had since Quayle, looking like a groupie greeting a rock idol, manically accepted Bush's invitation to become his running mate in a bizarre riverside ceremony in New Orleans. The string of verbal gaffes that followed only deepened the impression that Quayle will never be ready for the presidency...
...presidential nominee always says the person he has selected to be his running mate is the American "best qualified to take over in the White House in the event of my death." That is a ceremonial lie. The choice of a vice- presidential running mate is a purely political calculation aimed at winning the November election. A presidential candidate looks for a complementary running mate, someone to shore up a weak side -- to lend geographical or ideological balance, for example. Conservative Californian Ronald Reagan picked Connecticut-Texas moderate George Bush. It may be a matter of ages, aesthetics, chemistry...