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...Marion (Pat) Robertson: Messiah. Although the "hand of God" did not pull enough levers in New Hampshire, Robertson has an incredibly strong organization in the South. He has converted -- and registered -- unprecedented numbers of new Republicans from the ranks of the Democratic party and nonvoters...
Unfortunately for Robertson, as the campaign wears on, he will have to seriously address the issues and at some point, the voters will no longer accept his inflamatory and disbased statements, like those made last week about Soviet missiles in Cuba. Eventually, spiritual power alone will not be satisfactory, and he will need some real political strength...
...Jack Kemp: Multi-flex. The famous former Buffalo Bills quarterback sees himself as the only candidate flexible enough to unify the three feuding factions of the Republican Party: the Reaganites, the New Right, and the Robertson Evangelicals. Unfortunately, no one seems to appreciate his flexibility--including most voters in each faction...
...Hampshire delegates, Dole seven, Kemp three and du Pont two. Those results would raise their national totals to 61 for Bush, 42 for Dole, 35 for Kemp and two for du Pont. In all, 1139 delegates are needed to win the Republican presidential nomination. Empty-handed yesterday, Robertson already had won eight delegates...
...comparable results for the Republicans showed Bush with 54,915 or 38 percent; Dole, 41,746 or 29 percent; Kemp, 18,367 or 13 percent; du Pont, 14,448 or 10 percent; Robertson, 13,839 or 10 percent; Haig, 522, or less than 1 percent. The remaining Republican candidates received a total of 511 votes...