Word: sundquist
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...over this point or that; sometimes he turns it into a working lunch. Bush is soon on the telephone shopping the options around to his "sources" on Capitol Hill: Senator Robert Dole on political matters, Ohio Congressman Willis Gradison on health care and economic matters, Tennessee Republican Don Sundquist on tax questions. Following the May Cabinet debates over which countries to name as unfair traders under the new "Super 301" section of the 1988 trade bill, Bush's consultations with key lawmakers stiffened his resolve to name Japan, India and Brazil. Telephoning "gets me more knowledge," the President explained...
Both Lewis and Sundquist questioned the wisdom of putting Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) on the Democratic ticket. Lewis said the decision is "opening up new opportunities for Republicans" in the cornbelt and industrial region, because they are not represented by the ticket...
Criticizing Dukakis for borrowing $8 billion to help alleviate Massachusetts' budgetary woes, Sundquist asked, "What will a guy like that do with social security...
...Sundquist said the Reagan administration hasn't done enough to protect the environment or improve education. "For the past eight years, we had other problems that had to be solved," he said, adding that a Bush administration would tackle these problems and "do it without raising taxes...
...Sundquist said the pick "in the long term is probably a mistake." He questioned whether the liberal Dukakis and conservative Bentsen are compatible, and noted that they take differing stances on several major issues. "The first debate ought to be between Bentsen and Dukakis....I don't think there's anything Bentsen can do that will help that much in the South...