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...settled the strike, a grateful nation would have saluted-- which is exactly what the G.O.P. didn't want. ``This could have been a big victory for the President,'' says Dole, ``so, yes, I think there's some politics involved.'' Some? The fact, says Republican strategist Bill Kristol, is that ``solving the baseball strike would be a lot better than bailing out Mexico. Clinton's the American President, and baseball is the American pastime...
...former Defense Secretary, who quit last month, and conservative idea man William Bennett, who dropped out last fall. Most handicappers calculate that former Secretary of State James Baker will also soon decide to forgo the race. ``It's the incredible shrinking field,'' says William Kristol, a top Republican strategist. ``Others could still jump in, but we probably know who the candidates are.'' Namely: Dole, Texas Senator Phil Gramm, former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, former Vice President Dan Quayle, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, and possibly Indiana Senator Richard Lugar and one or two G.O.P. Governors. The wild card: Colin Powell...
Mark Goodin, a Republican strategist, commenting on Dan Quayle's decision not to run for president in 1996, as quoted in the New York Times on Feb. 10, 1995. We can see Mr. Quayle's predicament; the two jobs are so very similar...
...fact that government is no longer going to be so generous with taxpayers' money may be Scrooge-like, but it strikes me as rather responsible behavior," says Republican strategist William Kristol. "For too many years, some liberals have felt they were doing good by generously spending taxpayers' money. Now Americans, want to take a much harder look at what really does good and what does harm...
...write-off of its Hollywood assets. (The music and television operations remain big moneymakers.) Around the same time, Schulhof recruited Jeff Sagansky, the former president of CBS's entertainment division, to be his second in command. But observers wonder what role Sagansky has been playing as a long-term strategist. "He's a mystery to everyone," says a Hollywood agent. Though he may have helped save Sony Pictures, Schulhof may be too late to save his own job. "He has a grim future," comments one rival Hollywood studio chief. "He has publicly taken responsibility for Sony's condition...