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...briefing and a slick brochure trumpeting the President's accomplishments. But many G.O.P. lawmakers felt patronized and berated Malek and his campaign colleagues for the message "vacuum" that has allowed Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore to pull some 30 points ahead of Bush in the polls. Minnesota's Vin Weber said several of his colleagues sarcastically urged the Bush-Quayle campaign to stop "sitting on our lead." Meanwhile, some of Bush's conservative critics -- including columnists George Will and A.M. Rosenthal, direct-mail impresario Richard Viguerie and policy analyst Burton Pines -- suggested that he step aside in favor...
Representative Vin Weber, a Minnesota Republican whose political advice Bush values, bluntly recalls that Quayle "wasn't a popular choice in 1988, and suffered by contrast with ((Democratic vice-presidential nominee)) Lloyd Bentsen, and it didn't make any difference to the outcome." Says William Bennett, a former Cabinet member who remains close to Bush and Quayle: "When George Bush was at 85% in the polls, was Dan Quayle doing anything differently? No. Quayle has not set the world on fire, but he has done his job. He has been loyal, and he has appeal to the conservative base." Bennett...
...this year, 56 members of Congress have announced that they will not seek re-election in November, the largest voluntary departure since World War II. Among those who have decided not to return are Democratic Senators Tim Wirth of Colorado and Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Republican Congressman Vin Weber of Minnesota. At a round-table session, Wirth, Conrad and Weber discussed their reasons for leaving and how their attitudes toward government and public service were changed by their experiences in Washington. Excerpts...
Except that it didn't work out that way. Last week, with two years to go before his accession, Nicholas, 52, found himself outside the company, dropped abruptly. Into his shoes stepped Gerald Levin (pronounced Le-vin, the second syllable rhyming with win), 52, an old rival who was bounced as a Time Inc. director in 1987 -- a move said to have been engineered by Nicholas -- but recovered to become the Time side's chief idea man and a main drafter of the merger plan...
Hartford's star center, 6-ft. 11-in. Vin Baker, clearly dominated the Hawks offense, scoring 24 points and crashing the glass for nine rebounds. The only other Hartford player in double figures was Roderick with...