Word: buchananism
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...closing ranks." The other campaigns, he charged last Friday, "are making anonymous calls and sending anonymous mailings distorting my record on abortion, gays in the military and Social Security." While he wouldn't name names, his campaign manager Bill Dal Col described an unholy alliance of Bob Dole, Pat Buchanan and the Christian Coalition, something that the Dole and Buchanan camps deny. "A lot of attacks are going to come my way for the simple reason that my proposals strike at the heart of the culture of Washington," Forbes declared...
Having split the voters who hate deficits from the voters who hate taxes even more, Forbes has gone on to break a very fragile peace: the one between the party's moderates and its social conservatives. Last week, after Buchanan shocked the party and punctured Phil Gramm's campaign by beating him in Louisiana, the whole race looked like it was opening up--and the G.O.P. coalition like it was falling apart. Attracted to his relaxed views on abortion and homosexuality, social libertarians went for Forbes; values conservatives for Buchanan; supply siders for Forbes; deficit hawks for Dole; anxious economic...
...just waiting to say 'They crushed Steve Forbes, so I guess I have to run as an independent,'" said Kristol. "Forbes may turn out to be the warm-up for Perot, and that is bad news for Republicans." So Forbes has to be handled with care. But so does Buchanan; no one wants a revolt on the right--and a third-party bid on that flank--either...
Dole might take some comfort from the fact that this whole fight is making his party uncomfortable. The more threatening Forbes seems, particularly to devout pro-lifers, the more likely they will be to choose a pragmatist like Dole over a purist like Buchanan. Likewise, the more ground Buchanan gains with his anti-NAFTA, anti-Big Business salvos, the more willing traditional G.O.P. allies will be to send Dole their cash and their votes. And because he is being besieged from right and left, Dole may no longer have to blow away the competition to triumph in the devilish expectations...
Heise says she supports Buchanan because of his "strong pro-life and pro-family positions" and also because she was inspired by his speech in Durham in mid-January...