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...made the eccentric proposal to reopen Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, a suggestion best described as tone-deaf, since it came only hours after the Olympics bombing. "The Senator's view," explained a campaign spokesman, "is that he should address the problem of terrorism in an appropriate forum." Like what? "Like his meeting with President Mubarak." So what happened then? After seeing the Egyptian leader last Thursday, Dole said, "We discussed a wide range of issues including...what we can do together to combat the threat of terrorism." And that...
Unfortunately, the essential Dole--a candidate too often disengaged even from his own policy prescriptions--re-emerged at an unscripted education forum outside Detroit. At one point, Dole missed a questioner's thrust entirely but smiled goofily as Michigan Governor John Engler preposterously declared Dole's response "right on." Sensing disaster, Engler moved to end the torture and asked Dole to "wrap up." Unprepared, Dole said he would "yield my time" to others in the audience. When Engler tried again later, Dole blandly read from a crib sheet and won only tepid applause from the carefully screened G.O.P. crowd...
According to MBA spokesperson Brian Pace, Weld and Kerry wanted to avoid the appearance of a debate, so Kerry entered the forum after Weld's departure...
...idea behind the book also spawned the Veritas Forum of 1994, which brought many of the writers together in person to discuss some of the issues of the anthology...
...forum will meet again this October for a formal launching of the book...