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...last week both leaders had adopted that time-honored, sweet-and-sour strategy for knocking the other guy off: make nice on the ground; rain fire from the air. Forbes, who knows his political history, learned the tactic from Ronald Reagan, and thus has managed to appear sunny and sincere in his speeches while running a dark and at times deceitful media campaign. Surprisingly, it was Dole, the cautious veteran, who took a long time to split his personality. Dole's staffers actually toughened the rhetoric in the days following his brittle response to Clinton's State of the Union...
...York, where he became a "floater," writing for various sections of the magazine as needed. To avoid Religion stories, he has said, he attached the word "alleged" to every event of religious significance, as in "the alleged Crucifixion" or "the alleged parting of the Red Sea." The tactic never worked. "[The editors] just crossed it out," Trillin confesses. "If there was anything they had had experience with, it was smart-aleck writers...
...does not oppose all abortions. Then comes the direct-mail avalanche aimed at veterans, Christians and gun enthusiasts. This will be a crucial test. Reed and other Dole aides believe they must drive Forbes back down to the low teens in the polls with tough negative ads. If the tactic works, Dole will be able to close his Iowa campaign on a positive note; if it fails, his team expects to fight mean...
...ammunition." In Florida, a couple of different statutory-rape bills are pending. One would increase the penalties when drugs or alcohol is involved. Another, the so-called MAMA (which stands for "make adult males accountable") bill, would prosecute some statutory rapists under child-abuse laws--a potentially effective tactic, because medical facilities, day-care centers, conceivably even schools would then be required by law to report statutory rape like any other suspected child abuse...
...Gingrich and Bob Dole Monday to repudiate House Majority Leader Dick Armey's suggestion that any bill to raise the debt ceiling would also contain far-reaching policy changes such as the elimination of the Commerce Department. "His remarks are dangerous," Mike McCurry told reporters today, adding that the tactic could put U.S. economic security at risk. Karen Tumulty reports: "Armey's comments notwithstanding, there's no Republican strategy on the debt yet. Members are still returning to Washington. Moreover, the White House may have some leverage, given its advantage over Congress in the polls." Interest payments on the national...