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Take that, Bush-Quayle. Or, for that matter, Perot-Whoozis. Ross Perot, in fact, inexplicably talked about Gore as if he were describing his own yet-to- be-selected running mate, rather than Clinton's. "Fine man, wonderful family," burbled Perot. "I think he's an excellent choice...
...harm" is the first rule of vice-presidential selection. "A running mate may not help you," Richard Nixon once said, "but he can certainly hurt you." Gore will appeal in the South and to environmentalists, say the talking points Clinton's aides distributed to the faithful last Friday. Gore's support for the Persian Gulf war will reassure Reagan Democrats. Gore's Ozzie-and- Harriet marriage and his wife's crusade against rock lyrics will add some much needed "family values" points to the ticket. Above all -- it is the No. 1 talking point after the obligatory assertion that Gore...
Officials say the youthful ticket is particularly suited to getting young people involved. And so far Clinton, aged 45, and his running mate Sen. Albert A. Gore '69 (D-Tenn.), age 44, have at least succeeded in stirring discussion among students...
George Bush was not in Paris in October 1980. Thus concludes a special House task force after five months of investigating rumors that Bush, then Ronald Reagan's running mate, tried to cut a deal with Iran and delay the release of the 52 American hostages so that Republicans could take credit for their freedom. The panel, however, will continue to investigate whether other Reagan aides conspired with Tehran to seal Jimmy Carter's defeat with a so-called October Surprise...
With Clinton's apparent bump in the polls stemming at least partly from several weeks of bad press for both Bush and Perot, the Arkansas Governor prudently stuck to his low-profile strategy. He concentrated instead on choosing a running mate and seemed to be narrowing his focus to two well- respected Capitol Hill veterans: Tennessee Senator Al Gore, who has strong defense and environment credentials, and Indiana's veteran Congressman Lee Hamilton, a foreign policy expert regarded as one of the House of Representatives' wisest heads. If the job goes to either man instead of an upstart newcomer like...