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Reagan administration pollster Richard Wirthlin and economist Robert Lawrence also participated in the forum...
...enemy, the Soviet Union, has vanished. With the U.S. running a $41 billion trade deficit with Japan, the once deferential partner begins to look to some Americans like the new enemy. Pollster William Watts found that Americans rank the Japanese economic threat higher than the Russian military / threat. Says Watts: "People answer that personally: Do I have a greater chance of being nuked by the Russians or of losing my job? On that basis, I'd rank Japan higher...
...voters are notoriously fickle, but assuming Clinton does as well as expected, he will then probably do equally well on Super Tuesday (March 10). A win the following week in Illinois could virtually secure the prize. Clinton could be derailed if other high heels drop before those contests; his pollster describes his position as "precarious," and his campaign manager says, "More names will be coming." The questions are when such stories appear, how many there are, and of course the facts surrounding each charge. The vehicle of revelation, a "cash for trash" tabloid or the mainstream press, is secondary...
Guests on the first show will include MIT research scientist James Womock, author of The Machine That Changed the World and Richard Wirthlin, a former pollster for the Reagan administration...
...flare-up was the last thing George Bush needed in an election year. While the economy is still expected to be the key factor in November, the abortion issue could play a pivotal role in a close contest. Especially worrisome to White House chief of staff Samuel Skinner and pollster Robert Teeter are recent surveys showing that suburban women are willing to bolt the G.O.P. in droves if abortion rights are lost. And that's precisely what could happen when the court rules on Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania this term...