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...crossed the line into blatant racism. Several top political aides, including the late Lee Atwater, counseled Bush to sign the civil rights bill passed by Congress last year, rather than make an issue of quotas so long before his next campaign. "Quotas are a legitimate issue," says one G.O.P. strategist, "but I thought it couldn't be sustained for 24 months without making a mistake. And ( when you make a mistake on this issue, it's a big mistake because it gets you labeled racist, and there's nothing more sensitive with our yuppie constituency...
These demons, plus the state's ailing economy, make winning California a formidable challenge for Bush. A White House strategist put it this way, "In 1992, there will be two campaigns: California and everywhere else." Those dancing raisins may soon find themselves in presidential company again...
...nationwide organization, no cadre of experienced advisers and scant prospects for raising a large campaign chest. He is emphasizing a message of fiscal austerity that puts him to the right of many Democratic primary voters. A party strategist who knows Wilder well describes his guiding philosophy as "none, zip, zero." Wilder's insistence on playing the governorship by his own quirky rules has also caused his Virginia poll numbers to sink. Says Brad Coker, president of Mason-Dixon Opinion Research: "If he ran for re-election today, he could...
...Committee sat back as judges while the Republicans played the role of prosecutors, ultimately painting the Yale-educated law professor as a delusionary careerist with a split personality and a tendency to cull lawbooks for references to pornographic film stars. "The asymmetry was tough to watch," says a top strategist for the Democrats. "The Democrats have always been the defenders of women's issues, but when one of those issues was brought to center stage, they caved. Hill was savaged for three days by Republicans who played to win. No one cross-examined Thomas in the same tone...
...revived speculation -- and fervent hope -- that Bush will drop him from the 1992 G.O.P. ticket. Those who know Bush best, however, are sure that those hopes will be dashed unless Quayle becomes so much of a liability that he threatens Bush's chances to win a second term. G.O.P. strategists calculate that dumping him would pose more political risks than keeping him on the ticket. The biggest danger of a switch would be damage to Bush's credibility, which, despite his victory in the gulf war, remains strained by his flip-flops on abortion, gun control and especially taxes...