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...particularly those in the Northeast and Midwest, continue to downplay his chances of winning the Republican nomination in 1996. But the doubters are beginning to wane. "Having known him for 24 years," says longtime Texas political foe Chet Edwards, a Democratic Congressman, "I say anybody who doesn't take Phil Gramm seriously either doesn't know him or is crazy...
...money is the first order of business--and often the second and third. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter spends four hours every morning cold-calling prospects, sometimes making a joking promise to suburban Philadelphia lawyers that if he loses, he won't come open a law office in their neighborhood. Phil Gramm has been traversing the country with a slickly produced slide show designed as much to intimidate opposing fund raisers as to shake the tree for himself. This week Bob Dole is preparing his third direct-mail drop in nearly as many months. And while candidates like to boast about...
...false step into the swamp of abortion politics can drown you. Say anything but that you are pro-life in the primaries and you will lose the nomination, but scare the pro-choicers and you may lose the election. So what's a candidate to do? Robert Dole, Phil Gramm and Lamar Alexander all claim the pro-life label, but not the mantle. They wrinkle their noses, say they personally don't like abortion-as if a personal preference substitutes for a clear-cut public policy. Dole and Gramm wriggle out of answering the key questions: Would you support...