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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Bob Dole is in a bind. Just as he was planning on a hard campaign in Midwestern swing states, the Southern territory that Republicans have long taken for granted is slipping. A few days after the GOP rejoiced that Dole had closed the polling gap with President Clinton from the double digits to 6 percentage points, a New York Times/CBS poll shows that Clinton enjoys an overall lead of 6 percentage points in Dixie. "The only reason a few more Southerners, who are traditionally solidly Republican, are open to Clinton now is because he is a Southerner, regardless...
...riveting sight: there, in the capitol itself, a U.S. Senator often mocked for his halting, inarticulate speaking, reached deep into his Midwestern roots and spoke eloquently, even poetically, about who he was and what he believed, stunning politicians and journalists alike...
...Lincoln was a prominent railroad lawyer in 1860, but he campaigned for the White House as the simple Midwestern rail-splitter. And his last moments were spent watching a play, Our American Cousin, in which an unsophisticated rustic journeys to Britain, where he gets the better of his highfalutin relatives...
With its small downtown, two main streets and local high school, Yankton is a typical Midwestern village. By sunrise, most of the residents are either at work on the farm or heading towards the factory...
Brokaw sheds his Midwestern loyalties during basketball season to root for the New York Knicks. He was distraught by their elimination by the Chicago Bulls in this year's playoffs, he says...