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JACK KEMP The mad dash to shore up Forbes and the flat tax flattens all his Veep aspirations...
...which he said captured what "pundits" called his "squinty little eyes and mastodonic nose." He also noted that "the honor has less to do with Spiro Agnew than the honor I held." About 300 guests turned up for the unveiling, including some who may really understand what the former Veep went through. Among the first to join in a standing ovation: Oregon Senator Bob Packwood...
...Mark Goodin said recent health problems had nothing to do with the decision; instead, Goodin said, Quayle's failure to raise a substantial campaign war chest so far "threw a bucket of cold water on his enthusiasm." Which presidential hopeful benefits?TIME religion writer Richard N. Ostlingnotes the ex-Veep was the last "cultural" conservative left with substantial support from the religious "pro-family" movement, now an important Republican constituency. Ironically, Ostling says,Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole-- who is generally perceived as a political moderate -- now has an inside track with those voters. Today, Ostling notes, Christian Coaltion director...
...QUAYLE Supreme Court agrees to hear case of man who claims he sold ex-Veep drugs...
...Republican Senators say the cuts aren't deep enough. TIME Washington correspondent Suneel Ratan notes that this is a story likely to be repeated several times in the next few weeks as the GOP faces the reality that few of its beloved cuts can take effect soon -- something that Veep Al Gore discovered as he set about reinventing government. "The GOP is looking to go into the 1996 election cycle with some quick results," says Ratan. "But that's going to be hard...