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...three strongest rivals -- Harkin, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey -- all insist they must "do well" in New Hampshire. But none of them defines what that means for fear of inflating expectations. As these three candidates strive to gain a distinct image, the campaign will gain heat. For Kerrey, New Hampshire represents an opportunity to right himself after a rocky couple of months culminating in the replacement last week of his national campaign manager. Harkin, the most combative and liberal of the group, is expected to attack the centrist Clinton, whom Harkin views as his main rival...
...others were two-way ends Larry Kelley of Yale (1936) and Leon Hart of Notre Dame (1949), and flankers Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska (1972) and Tim Brown of Notre Dame...
...senatorial race in Pennsylvania. Little- known Democrat Harris Wofford, who called for a health-care plan that would cover all Americans, easily defeated former Governor Dick Thornburgh. As the 1992 presidential campaign gathers steam, every Democratic candidate is putting universal health care at the top of his agenda. While Nebraska's Bob Kerrey proposes a comprehensive plan that would require substantial new taxes, others, including Bill Clinton and Tom Harkin, are fashioning less costly approaches that emphasize preventive care. Says Harkin: "We don't have to spend a nickel more. We just have to spend it smarter." Congressional Republicans, sensing...
...Democratic candidates have spoken on campus in the last month--Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey and Eugene McCarthy. Another contender, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, is coming to the Kennedy School on Wednesday...
...after a single term as governor, Kerrey actually left politics. He felt no more "call" to do it, he said. Usually, this means the departing public servant hasn't got a chance in hell of winning again. But Kerrey had favorable ratings in Nebraska that rivaled Ronald Reagan's. He said that the fire in his belly had been doused by the prosaic ins and outs of running a state. It was hard for him to "[do] things that aren't you," as The New Republic quoted...