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...Student empowerment is really what is at stake here," Rawlins said. "As it stands now, we have not been given the tools to feel safe on campus and in relationships...
...Tuesday primaries, influential Republicans are urging his top two rivals to drop out of the race. Dole has already amassed 392 delegates -- more than a third of the way to the 996 needed to clinch the nomination -- and is expected to win a majority of the 362 delegates at stake today. Although Dole said he thinks he will win the nomination, he would not press Pat Buchanan or Steve Forbes to drop out of the race. "I've never been very good at putting pressure on people. There will come a time when someone needs to reach out to both...
...means this to be a criticism! Buchanan's populist demagoguery, deplorable as it is, has had the healthy effect of separating the Republicans from the populists, and of exposing the Republican Party's own populism as a sham. When institutions they and their traditional business allies control are at stake, it is suddenly "anti-American" to be "anti-institutional...
...bring our party together and start to focus on our real political target, Bill Clinton." With no one claiming the mantle of outsider, a race between Clinton and Dole means that the election is likely to be fought in Washington. For Dole, Congress will provide one way stake out differences between himself and President Clinton. "Dole has made it very clear that he will not step down as Majority Leader," reports TIME's Karen Tumulty. "And now he needs the position more than ever. It gives Dole stature, a platform and plenty of media exposure." Using his position as Senate...
...only last night broke into the double digits, withdrew from the race today and endorsed Dole. Buchanan and Forbes vowed to stay in the race. Dole also collected the endorsements of former President George Bush's sons Jeb and George W., Governor of Texas. Ninety-three delegates are at stake in the next contest, in New York on Thursday. Dole and Forbes are the only candidates on the ballot in all state congressional districts, and Dole has the backing of the Republican party leaders. TIME National Political Correspondent Michael Duffy says this week's developments virtually clinch the nomination...