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Should G.O.P. candidates write off Dole to save the House? It's a tactic that could work all too well. If they convince enough Republican voters that Dole is a lost cause, these voters may stay home on Election Day. So it's a dangerous game. But for a party that faces a very bleak November, what other kind of game is left...
...past 15 years, doctors have tried to treat the underlying disorder with the pharmaceutical equivalent of a sledgehammer, using anticancer drugs and steroids to beat down the body's hyperactive defense forces. The tactic is only moderately effective and has side effects that can be as bad as the disease itself, leaving patients drained of energy and prone to sores and other infections...
However, the members of the media--at least the ones who came through my door--were not. A favorite tactic of the crews was to have the enormous cameraman block me with his equipment, or try to distract me in some way, while the others ran past. They grew more creative as the week ran on, while the crowds swelled. At around 9 p.m. on Thursday night, the Chicago Fire Marshal decided that there were too many people on the floor. However, this was an arena, there were no real doors, only portals, so the marshal decided to have...
...their part, top Kemp advisers insisted to TIME that neither Reed nor any other campaign official had asked Kemp to attack Clinton's character. Dole himself had sent the signal that the tactic might backfire, they said. "Our surveys show," Dole told ABC, "that a sure way to lose the women is to do the tough stuff...
...anticipate that the issue would serve as an opportunity to foment violence. But I think we have to understand there are innumerable issues that could serve that purpose. My main concern is that we restore the standard that no issue leads to violence, that violence is not a negotiating tactic. What will we do the next time we have an impasse? The next time there's a grievance...