Word: ohio
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...cent] gas-tax increase of 1993, saying the rollback distracted from the real issue of the deficit. Dole took the punch in stride, noting wryly to an aide that Voinovich "must have raised taxes." Indeed he did: on booze and soda pop, to eliminate a deficit. Now Ohio has a $1 billion surplus. And as Dole knows, 21 electoral votes...
...preconvention boost when the nominee announces his decision. While his aides have yet to compile even the slimmest of dossiers on the likely prospects, an organizing principle is emerging. The race will be won and lost in the middle-class suburbs and ethnic enclaves of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and New Jersey. Holding those precincts means winning over independent voters who went for Bush in 1988 and Clinton in 1992 and delivered the House of Representatives to Gingrich in 1994. Whether a Midwesterner is vital isn't yet certain. But in general terms, young is preferable to old, Catholic is better...
...Buckeye. If anyone has the inside track at the moment, it's Ohio's Voinovich. At 59, he boasts a seven-page resume: county auditor, state legislator, big-city mayor, two-term Governor. A Catholic from usually Democratic Cleveland, Voinovich is a mainstream Republican with a reputation as a problem solver and a 73% approval rating...
There will be other names floated in the coming months. Spontaneous and self-generated boomlets for the likes of House Budget Committee chairman John Kasich of Ohio, Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and Florida Senator Connie Mack are as ephemeral as tulips in May. Reason: Even if Engler's performance proves otherwise, competing in the vice-presidential-nomination contest--through whispers, faxes and surrogates--is a good investment. After all, it's not just about 1996. If Dole loses, the outcome of the G.O.P. mating game will go a long way toward determining who jumps to the head of the pack...
Clinton is more willing to let corporations figure it out themselves. His argument is that in an era of fast technological change and slimmer government, business will profit by embracing a broader mission. In a speech at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, last March, the President said, "What is the role of business in this new era? It should, first and foremost, do well, make money so you can hire people and contribute. But it should, whenever possible, do well in a way that strengthens families and grows the middle class...