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Former radio talk show host Alan Keyes is the only black GOP candidate; Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the only Jewish candidate, dropped...
Then there's the specter of Houston II. Republicans have to worry about a Buchanan who gets a prime-time address at their convention and uses it, as he did in 1992, to breathe fire--this time toward Corporate America. Or worse, a Buchanan who tries to extract at least some platform concessions on free trade, like a promise to roll back NAFTA and GATT. Too much of that kind of thing, and the corporate PACs will go running for the Democrats...
...been taking things easy today, spending most of his time making sure that every bit of his large, well-organized campaign machinery in the state is working."A Flood of EndorsementsDole got some good news today with the endorsement of Pennsylvania Senator and former GOP presidential hopeful Arlen Specter. Specter said that he disagreed with Buchanan on trade and felt Alexander was playing both sides of the abortion issue. "If you take the totality of his positions, I think he has the best program for America," Specter said of Dole. Specter's announcement came one day after Phil Gramm...
When I attended college, it was India that most powerfully projected what it meant to be under-developed. The specter of suffering emanated from the sub-continent; broadcast by the media, it circled the globe and haunted our homes. While still poor, India now boasts productive agriculture, growing industries, and an expanding middle class. The image of suffering now emanates from Africa...
...belligerents, a task nearly completed last week. Lieut. General Michael Walker, commander of NATO ground troops in Bosnia, declared, "We would be running around like rabbits if we went rushing after every single mass-grave allegation." NATO, though, also seems to be shying away from the vast atrocity specter for fear that too much digging will blow up the peace. Too little has dangers as well. Already, prisoner exchanges have faltered, in part because of Bosnia's insistence on an accounting for its missing. Such efforts do not seem likely to increase soon. Brcko and Srebrenica...