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■ Despite the bustle generated by half a dozen candidates, the New Hampshire landscape remained calm and even passionless. The Boston Globe reported that many voters were “leaning” toward this or that candidate, but few were ready to commit. . . . Nonetheless, Pat Buchanan continues to make inroads; an American Research Group January poll showed him with 30 per cent, versus 46 for the President. . . . Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, pre-State of the Union, put at 55 the percentage of Americans who feel George Bush is ignoring issues that matter. . . . Bill Bennett did not last long as member of Bush campaign team. Bob Teeter and Fred Malek reportedly objected to Bennett’s attempt to defuse New Hampshireites’ anger by admitting that the President had made some mistakes (i.e., raising taxes, and 1991 quota act). . . . Conspicuously more critical, Ed Feulner, head of the Heritage Foundation. Two years ago, Feulner, in a Washington Post op-ed, urged conservatives to stop pining for Ronald Reagan. Now he asserts that Bush Administration has “given the conservative cause a black eye.” Conservatives supported Bush, “and they got Michael Dukakis.” . . . On Democratic side, Tom Harkin and Paul Tsongas launched new television commercials, each opening in an abandoned factory. Harkin’s ad “is a look into the man’s soul,” according to its producer, “to show his understanding of the pain that people are going through.” Tsongas uses his abandoned factory to get tough on protectionists. “All the Japan-bashing in the world won’t open this factory,” says the commercial. … New York State’s financial straits have convinced even last-ditcher state Democratic chief John Marino that a Cuomo candidacy is dead and buried. Go find your own candidate, he told the faithful, but make sure you “make that person strong.” . . . But Cuomo looks better from afar. Chicago political consultant Phil Krone is orchestrating a write-in campaign for him in New Hampshire; Chicago columnist Mike Royko supports the effort.

■ In equally poor New York City, Democratic nabob Andrew Stein paraded himself at a lavish banquet as the successor to declining Mayor David Dinkins. . . . Flamboyant black activist Al Sharpton announced he would be “throwing my hair into the ring” seeking to replace N.Y. Republican Senator Alfonse D’Amato. D’Amato’s seat is also coveted by Geraldine Ferraro, unsuccessful bidder for the Vice Presidency in Reagan era. “If we [Mondale and Ferraro] had won in 1984, I would be running for President now,” she mused. … In Massachusetts, the political figure who can topple Sen. Edward Kennedy is still to be identified, but it may just be the dynamic U.S. Attorney Wayne Budd of Boston, now being considered for a top job in Justice Department. Budd, a black lawyer from Springfield, would run against Kennedy in 1994, the idea goes. Popular Republican Governor William Weld, beating Kennedy in trial heats (one Boston Herald poll showed Weld 59, Kennedy 34) would not run against Kennedy but would seek re-election as Bay State’s chief executive. . . . By 1994, incidentally, Kennedy will have occupied his Senate seat for 32 years—a record in Massachusetts for the office. Present record holder is Henry Cabot Lodge Sr., who served from 1893 to 1924. . . . Three Republicans are fighting it out for the chance to succeed retiring Senator Alan Cranston (D.) in California: conservative TV commentator Bruce Herschensohn, liberal former State Rep. Tom Campbell, and Sonny Bono, mayor of Palm Springs. Campbell was early front-runner; latest L.A. Times poll shows Herschensohn at 21, Campbell at 17, and Bono at 16. Human Events reports that Herschensohn’s Hollywood supporters include Pat Boone, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ernest Borgnine, Joey Bishop, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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■ Despite the bustle generated by half a dozen candidates, the New Hampshire landscape remained calm and even passionless. The Boston Globe reported that many voters were “leaning” toward this or that candidate, but few were ready to commit. . . . Nonetheless, Pat Buchanan continues to make inroads; an American Research Group January poll showed him with 30 per cent, versus 46 for the President. . . . Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, pre-State of the Union, put at 55 the percentage of Americans who feel George Bush is ignoring issues that matter. . . . Bill Bennett did not last long as member of Bush campaign team. Bob Teeter and Fred Malek reportedly objected to Bennett’s attempt to defuse New Hampshireites’ anger by admitting that the President had made some mistakes (i.e., raising taxes, and 1991 quota act). . . . Conspicuously more critical, Ed Feulner, head of the Heritage Foundation. Two years ago, Feulner, in a Washington Post op-ed, urged conservatives to stop pining for Ronald Reagan. Now he asserts that Bush Administration has “given the conservative cause a black eye.” Conservatives supported Bush, “and they got Michael Dukakis.” . . . On Democratic side, Tom Harkin and Paul Tsongas launched new television commercials, each opening in an abandoned factory. Harkin’s ad “is a look into the man’s soul,” according to its producer, “to show his understanding of the pain that people are going through.” Tsongas uses his abandoned factory to get tough on protectionists. “All the Japan-bashing in the world won’t open this factory,” says the commercial. … New York State’s financial straits have convinced even last-ditcher state Democratic chief John Marino that a Cuomo candidacy is dead and buried. Go find your own candidate, he told the faithful, but make sure you “make that person strong.” . . . But Cuomo looks better from afar. Chicago political consultant Phil Krone is orchestrating a write-in campaign for him in New Hampshire; Chicago columnist Mike Royko supports the effort.

■ In equally poor New York City, Democratic nabob Andrew Stein paraded himself at a lavish banquet as the successor to declining Mayor David Dinkins. . . . Flamboyant black activist Al Sharpton announced he would be “throwing my hair into the ring” seeking to replace N.Y. Republican Senator Alfonse D’Amato. D’Amato’s seat is also coveted by Geraldine Ferraro, unsuccessful bidder for the Vice Presidency in Reagan era. “If we [Mondale and Ferraro] had won in 1984, I would be running for President now,” she mused. … In Massachusetts, the political figure who can topple Sen. Edward Kennedy is still to be identified, but it may just be the dynamic U.S. Attorney Wayne Budd of Boston, now being considered for a top job in Justice Department. Budd, a black lawyer from Springfield, would run against Kennedy in 1994, the idea goes. Popular Republican Governor William Weld, beating Kennedy in trial heats (one Boston Herald poll showed Weld 59, Kennedy 34) would not run against Kennedy but would seek re-election as Bay State’s chief executive. . . . By 1994, incidentally, Kennedy will have occupied his Senate seat for 32 years—a record in Massachusetts for the office. Present record holder is Henry Cabot Lodge Sr., who served from 1893 to 1924. . . . Three Republicans are fighting it out for the chance to succeed retiring Senator Alan Cranston (D.) in California: conservative TV commentator Bruce Herschensohn, liberal former State Rep. Tom Campbell, and Sonny Bono, mayor of Palm Springs. Campbell was early front-runner; latest L.A. Times poll shows Herschensohn at 21, Campbell at 17, and Bono at 16. Human Events reports that Herschensohn’s Hollywood supporters include Pat Boone, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ernest Borgnine, Joey Bishop, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.