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...months since he announced his candidacy, Forbes has inched up to second place in New Hampshire, where most polls show him with about 10% of the g.o.p. vote vs. front runner Bob Dole with 37%. And in Iowa, Forbes is tied for second with Pat Buchanan and Phil Gramm at 7%, according to a poll of likely caucus participants by PSI, a research firm. That's largely because of message and money. Forbes, who heads the magazine-publishing company founded by his grandfather, has been writing generous checks for compelling commercials in those states. Having spurned federal matching funds...
After raising close to $20 million and spending almost all of it in pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination, Phil Gramm explains his single-digit standing in the polls this way: "The people don't know...
...says Gramm, peering over his gold-rimmed aviator glasses, his Muppet-like head bobbing plaintively, "but this is the be-all and end-all for Kay. I don't care about this Medicaid thing myself but I'm being made to look like a wimp. Me, Phil Gramm, a wimp. You've got to save me here. Talk to her; make her see it's not going to happen...
Within hours, the essential Gramm springs into action. Preening like a proud papa, Gramm announces "a major victory" for Texas. "Texas had only one Senator in the room when the key decision was made," Gramm's spokesman Larry Neal tells TIME later. "That was Phil Gramm. He made it happen...
...Wisconsin governor became the 16th of 31 Republican governors to endorse Dole, and several other GOP governors are reportedly close to backing him, including Mississippi's Kirk Fordice. Just three governors have endorsed other candidates: George W. Bush of Texas and Fife Symington of Arizona have pledged to support Phil Gramm, while Tennessee governor Don Sundquist has endorsed Lamar Alexander...