Word: patly
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Meanwhile, the religious right tried, with only limited success, to make gambling a moral issue in the presidential race. On the stump, Pat Buchanan routinely declares that "gambling should return to the swamp whence it came." Ralph Reed, executive director of the Christian Coalition, showed up at a recent press conference to launch Tom Grey's Washington office. "Gambling is a cancer on the body politic, destroying families, stealing food from the mouths of children, turning wives into widows," he said, noting that in 1994 the Republican Party accepted more than $1 million in gaming-industry funds. Without specifically mentioning...
...Powell, but he has insisted he is not a politician and has no interest in the job. Dole has said he has not seriously thought about choosing a running mate. He expects to wait until the GOP convention in August to make his choice. Dole is under pressure from Pat Buchanan to pick a pro-life candidate. Both Whitman and Powell are pro-choice. Buchanan has threatened to launch an independent run for the White House if the Republican ticket and platform are not anti-abortion. Whitman's announcement leaves a quartet of Midwest governors as the leading vice- presidential...
...with controversial positions and some success among angry voters. Publisher Judith Regan, whose celebrity authors include Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern and O.J. prosecutor Chris Darden, sums up the field, "When I look at Lamar Alexander, I don't say, 'Aaah, book.' When I look at Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan, I say, 'Aaaah, book...
...third of the big-three cash streams is broadcasting. In his last 13 months on Crossfire, Buchanan made $367,350. When his campaign is over, says cnn spokesman Steve Haworth, "we very much hope to have him back." No doubt they do, but Pitchfork Pat's higher name recognition should make his fees negotiable. He could also take a second crack at radio. Hugh Rodham, formerly a Florida Senate candidate and still the brother of the First Lady, launched a show of his own in December that's already on 43 stations. Buchanan's talk show last year was picked...
...Span on Sunday about a potential Weicker candidacy: "Well, that's certainly his prerogative and I haven't heard that, but we want to attract the finest people in the country." Along with Weicker and Perot, other potential third- party candidates include consumer-advocate Ralph Nader and conservative commentator Pat Buchanan. Nader, who is expected to win the Green party's nomination in Tuesday's California primary, could hurt President Clinton's reelection bid. A Los Angeles Times poll last week showed Nader drawing five percentage points from Clinton in California, a state vital to his campaign. On the other...