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...Pont also said he favors mandatory drugtesting for high school seniors, which he saidwould not infringe on their constitutional rights.He said that Reagan's latest Supreme Courtnominee, Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, was right towithdraw his nomination in the wake of revelationsthat he had used marijuana several times in the1960s and 1970s...
...think that's a valid reason not to offer[Ginsburg] to the United States Senate for a seaton the Supreme Court," du Pont said...
...should not underestimate this image advantage, especially after a kickoff debate in which George Bush finally proved he was indeed up for the '80s. The Vice President displayed a spark and a spunk that many doubted he possessed. After Pete du Pont questioned Bush's principles, Bush counterpoked with a derisiveness that extended to his rival's pet issue and little-used first name. "Pierre, let me help you on some of this," he said. "I think it's a nutty idea to fool around with the Social Security system." Moments later, Bush was holding his own in a finger...
...feminists. But last week's debate revealed the degree to which the Republicans are tugged by their own special interests: right-wing red hots. Front Runners Bush and Robert Dole found themselves pitted against a field of yapping underdogs, each catering to causes championed by conservative activists. Haig, du Pont, Jack Kemp and Pat Robertson all blasted Bush's ardent support for the proposed medium-range missile treaty; this attempt to score points by implying that Ronald Reagan may be soft on the Soviets showed * the strong pull exerted by the party's right wing. The conservative tide...
...once strong enough to keep the party's competing right-wing factions under one tent. But Bush and Dole lack his infectious appeal. As a result, each of their challengers is trying to capitalize on different touchstones of the "True Believers." Kemp is the fervent supply-sider, du Pont the apostle of free markets and Haig of standing tough and tall in the world. Perhaps most significant is Robertson's role as the Republican Jesse Jackson. The televangelist was never challenged on any of his debate statements, even when he claimed that the lost earnings of aborted fetuses could save...