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SALEM, N.H.--Angel Taveras '92 knows about sacrifice. To go door-to-door for Sen. Tom Harkin (D--Iowa) in the frigid streets of this Granite State community last weekend, the Leverett House resident had to sacrifice his Saturday, his warmth and possibly his limbs...
...state Governors (Clinton, Kerrey of Nebraska and Jerry Brown of California), they tend to welcome Japanese investment in America (jobs) even as they deplore Japanese trading practices (lost jobs). No Democratic candidate would qualify as a Japan expert, but all, aside from Tsongas, have visited the country. In fact Harkin lived in Japan for 18 months as a naval aviator during the 1960s, and Brown made pilgrimages both as Governor and, more recently, as an acolyte in a Zen retreat in Kamakura...
...Harkin the Hawk: veering close to unabashed protectionism, he demands that the Japanese reduce their trade surplus by 20% a year -- or else. The threat would be akin to a Fortress America ban on Japanese imports, a drastic remedy with scant appeal to voters who freely choose to drive Japanese cars...
Kerrey the Weathervane: in his TV ads and rhetoric he often sounds like a Harkin echo. But then in interviews he veers the other way, saying, "I don't think we ought to be protectionist. I think we need to lead in a free-trade fashion." His glib approach rests on the faith that Japan will respond to firm U.S. pressure and -- presto -- the trade deficit will vanish. "I don't mean to dictate to Japan what they do internally," he insists, before adding, somewhat contradictorily, that they "have to give us access to their marketplace...
...dozen Democratic heavyweights interviewed, only one is willing to be quoted by name; the others fear alienating Clinton or have yet to see how they might collectively engineer an alternative candidacy. The lone exception is Victor Kamber, a well-regarded Democratic consultant who supports Tom Harkin but whose analysis nonetheless is credible since it fairly reflects what the others say privately. "We've been optimistic because we've been able to anticipate a general-election campaign that is truly a referendum on Bush's first term," says Kamber. "If that changes, if our nominee's character or fitness...