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Caucus winner Senator Robert Dole and Vice President George Bush had thought 1988 would be a two-man race. But Robertson's Iowa result boosts him into the front of the pack by demonstrating that his victories in Michigan and Hawaii were not mere flukes...
...Simon won in Iowa, the race may have become the two-man contest--between him and Dukakis--that it promised to be before Hart's return in the fall. Enjoying a much stronger organization in New Hampshire than Gephardt, Simon looks to do well in next week's primary. An Iowa victory and the attendant media exposure would have enabled him to run an even stronger challenge in New Hampshire, where a narrow loss to Dukakis would be a triumph. Coupled with an Iowa win, this would have provided Simon with front-runner status going into Super Tuesday...
First, a field of six candidates is narrowed down to a two-man race. Then a front-runner is chosen by widespread media acclamation before even a single vote is cast. The remaining candidates are forced to campaign less against the favorite than against the polls which dominate the nominating procedures of both parties...
...fine with Dole, who wisecracked his way through the debate and tried to cement his image as a just-folks neighbor from Kansas. He felt no political need to further provoke Bush; his sardonic jabs earlier in the week had been enough to move the race toward a two-man showdown...
...Kemp campaign officials said they still see the N.H. race as a two-man battle between Bush and Kemp, discounting Dole's influence. "He does not have very good organization," said Kemp's N.H. Campaign Director Paul A. Young...