Word: reed
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...dead by any means," says Reed, who fears a strong Gramm showing in next February's Iowa caucuses, the first significant contest of the long primary season. "Whoever wins or is said to do better than expected," he explains, "gets a bounce from Iowa" as the media demands an alternative to the front runner...
With time to improve their prospects, the Doleites are indeed sharpening their pitch. "We'll take Gramm's bark off in Iowa," says Reed, confirming that a series of negative TV spots have been tested before focus groups. One of them, a Dole staff member says, highlights Gramm's 1974 investment of $7,500 in an R-rated movie titled Beauty Queens. (It never actually got made...
...office in Alexandria with Republican Party chairman Haley Barbour, who talked favorably about a candidacy. But there were other voices just as determined to be heard. A group of conservatives called a press conference to blast Powell and warn him against running. Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed had done the same, via letter...
...even caught his breath before people started asking about the vice presidency. In his remarks, he seemed to rule it out, though that is almost a requirement for getting the job. And Dole's team was practically printing up bumper stickers before the day was over. Campaign manager Scott Reed called the idea of a Dole-Powell ticket "orgasmic...
...Dole team is taking no chances. Dole's camp has convinced the three or four Orlando hotels that will house straw-poll delegates to run the 15-minute Dole video on their in-house television systems. Explains Mike Murphy, Alexander's senior campaign consultant: "They've all told [Scott] Reed, 'Don't mess up again.' So everybody who walks into Scott's office says, 'How about free balloon rides at five grand? Sign here.'" After all, says Murphy, "If Dole loses, nobody is going to remember that Reed saved twenty grand." Reed put it this way: "We're an aggressive...