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...months since he announced his candidacy, Forbes has inched up to second place in New Hampshire, where most polls show him with about 10% of the g.o.p. vote vs. front runner Bob Dole with 37%. And in Iowa, Forbes is tied for second with Pat Buchanan and Phil Gramm at 7%, according to a poll of likely caucus participants by PSI, a research firm. That's largely because of message and money. Forbes, who heads the magazine-publishing company founded by his grandfather, has been writing generous checks for compelling commercials in those states. Having spurned federal matching funds...
Within hours, the essential Gramm springs into action. Preening like a proud papa, Gramm announces "a major victory" for Texas. "Texas had only one Senator in the room when the key decision was made," Gramm's spokesman Larry Neal tells TIME later. "That was Phil Gramm. He made it happen...
After cleverly engineering a string of 34 straw-poll victories throughout this year, Gramm hit a speed bump in Florida last Saturday at the single such contest he couldn't rig. His second-place showing (seven points behind Dole and only three ahead of Lamar Alexander) failed to meet his own hyped expectations and dents his overall strategy, which presumes his winning handily across the South. Now a Connally-size meltdown, while unlikely, cannot be ruled...
...what if Gramm confounds the pols and pundits and captures the nomination? "Well," chuckles Dole, reflecting a view of Gramm shared by many of the Texan's Senate colleagues, "I wouldn't go out and commit suicide. But if I wanted to, I'd probably have to join a long line...
...governor became the 16th of 31 Republican governors to endorse Dole, and several other GOP governors are reportedly close to backing him, including Mississippi's Kirk Fordice. Just three governors have endorsed other candidates: George W. Bush of Texas and Fife Symington of Arizona have pledged to support Phil Gramm, while Tennessee governor Don Sundquist has endorsed Lamar Alexander...