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...down, one to go," says a Dole friend. "We've won Newt, and Powell's out. Only Clinton's left...
Apprised of Gingrich's pique, Dole takes the Speaker aside for a huddle in the Senate cloakroom. "It didn't take much more than a pat on the head and a few words assuring Newt that he's still in charge," says a congressional aide privy to the conversation--although the soothed Newt is reported to have exploded again at the start of the White House meeting when he said, "You've got a chicken-shit operation here, Mr. President...
...really said," Dole offers judiciously, "is that it's my view that if the President of the United States asks you to come to a meeting, you go. Period. But Newt said all that, huh?" Dole asks with a smile. "Well, that's kinda interesting...
...Dole's campaign staff, which scoffs at the possibility that Gingrich might challenge Dole for the G.O.P. nomination, the incident confirms that they've won the "Newt primary," the battle they describe as the first crucial test for Dole on the road to the White House. "We've operated all along on the premise that we needed to win over Newt before we could have a real shot,'' says a Dole aide. "If Newt put out the word that Dole wasn't on board with the Contract with America, we could have packed our bags and gone home. Their work...
...MODern American politics was made, in the final days, not once and for all but over and over again. On Thursday night Colin Powell was poised to run. All the stars were aligned, the polls plump with support, the money hovering, ready to land. And then there came Newt Gingrich, who slipped away from his handlers and arrived in secret on Powell's doorstep, bearing the flame of the conservative revolution and telling him, in effect...