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...Bush's weakest point on the drug issue may be his claim of ignorance about General Noriega's involvement in drug trafficking. On the subject of drugs, Bush is doing an Iran-contra have-it-both-ways tango. He boasts that he was a hands-on administrator of the antidrug efforts but was uninformed about Noriega's backhanded acceptance of drug money...
...over the voters in the swing states, Dukakis can't rely on his record as a capable leader. A well-crafted attack on Bush's weakest spot--his role in the Iran-Contra affair--may be enough to bring down his candidacy. But Dukakis shouldn't count on it. He must show that his policy in office would be a far better alternative to four more years of Republican rule...
...goalie was probably the weakest part of their game," Lux said. "We knew we could take some shots and so sometimes we were a little less patient than we would be normally. Usually we try and work for a shot near the crease...
...facing extinction, the bland campaigner who ended one debate by apologizing for his lack of eloquence -- this consensus choice as political nebbish suddenly transformed himself into the prim reaper who could not be denied. Bush last week harvested victories from Massachusetts and Rhode Island to Oklahoma and Texas. His weakest rival, Jack Kemp, promptly quit the Republican contest. Pat Robertson, another ostensible threat on Bush's right flank, collapsed in a puddle of his failings as a candidate, finishing third even in his home state of Virginia. Though still in the race, Robertson receded into a symbolic candidacy and began...
...member of the G.O.P. to the statehouse or the White House. "I have voted for J.F.K. and for Barry Goldwater," says Paul Hinkle, a purchasing agent at the Drexel Heritage furniture-manufactu ring plant. "I am a registered Democrat, and I intend to vote, but this is the weakest field I have seen in 35 years...