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...change in behavior comes only a few weeks after Governors from nearly a dozen states were tripping over themselves to get Dole's attention. An adviser to George Voinovich put together a 12-minute videotape touting the Ohio Governor and sent a copy of it to Dole. Governor John Engler of Michigan used his job as chairman of the Republican Governors' Association to flood Washington with press releases of his own ("RGA Chairman Governor John Engler Praises Dole for Taking On Judicial Activism"). Governor Pete Wilson of California slipped into Washington for dinners with columnists...
...their eagerness to show off for the nominee, the candidates attacked one another, creating a race within the race. Aides to Voinovich let it be known that Engler was not well liked by his fellow Governors. Pete Wilson's lieutenants derided the star power of Wisconsin's Tommy Thompson. And Illinois Governor Jim Edgar criticized Engler in the New York Times for spending so much time hobnobbing in the capital...
...Fumbler. Michigan's Engler has learned enough in the past two months to write a quickie book that might be called "How Not to Win the Vice-Presidential Nomination." First, the two-term Governor waited until Dole had almost clinched the nomination to endorse him. Next, Engler angered Dole by making the endorsement with no warning while he was in Washington and Dole was in, of all places, Michigan. Then Engler presumptuously volunteered to reporters that he would make a good Vice President...
Even before these contretemps, Dole had doubts about Engler's judgment after the Governor helped talk Speaker Newt Gingrich into a government shutdown during the budget talks, a move from which the party has yet to recover. Outgoing, Catholic and an excellent campaigner, Engler avoided the draft because he was categorized I-Y for being 2 lbs. overweight in one exam and 10 lbs. in another. Even so, Michigan remains so vital to Dole that he recently auditioned Engler; the Senator and the Governor made joint TV appearances, conveyed by satellite so that Dole could rate Engler's performance...
...Whitman and Powell are pro-choice. Buchanan has threatened to launch an independent run for the White House if the Republican ticket and platform are not anti-abortion. Whitman's announcement leaves a quartet of Midwest governors as the leading vice- presidential contenders. Illinois' Jim Edgar, Michigan's John Engler, Ohio's George Voinovich and Wisconsin's Tommy Thompson all played visible roles in Dole's Midwest campaign earlier this month...