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■ Vice President Dan Quayle came in for usual media going-over when George Bush collapsed in Japan. But press’s Pavlovian response ran athwart surprisingly positive treatment of Quayle in series of David Broder/Bob Woodward articles on the Veep in usually very critical Washington Post. The series by the Post’s ace political reporters was six months in the making. . . . With New Hampshire primary on the horizon, John Cregan, president of U.S. Business and Industrial Council, characterizes Pat Buchanan as a “trade hawk” rather than a protectionist. Difference: Cregan believes Buchanan favors hawkish stance in representing American interests internationally rather than enactment of high tariffs or trade barriers. . . . Bad news for Bush forces: David Duke will, after all, be on primary ballot in Massachusetts, thanks to ACLU. . . . Who will be advising the Democratic presidential contenders? New York Times says Toby Moffett, the liberalissimo former congressman from Connecticut, has—no surprise— signed on with Sen. Tom Harkin, the most liberal of the Dems. Harvard’s Robert Reich has landed job in Bill Clinton camp. Pat Caddell, who masterminded Jimmy Carter’s 1976 electoral victory, has signed on as “unpaid” consultant to Jerry Brown campaign. And MIT’s Lester Thurow is working for former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas. . . . Big Labor is playing coy this year on endorsing a presidential candidate after its premature endorsement of Walter Mondale in ’84 and its ineffective endorsement of Michael Dukakis in ’88. About the Mondale endorsement, Democratic political consultant Ann Lewis comments: “The larger labor looks, the more it’s seen as a target.” . . . Geri D. Palast, of the Service Union International, told New York Times that labor this year is hoping to endorse whatever Democrat has the best chance of winning the White House. By that logic, says a disheartened Sen. Bob Kerrey, the AFL-CIO “might just as well endorse George Bush.”

■ In other races: Connecticut state representative and Gulf War veteran Christopher Burnham will challenge Sen. Christopher Dodd, who is way down in the polls. Burnham entered race after moderate GOP Rep. Nancy Johnson bowed out. . . . Maryland Republicans heartened that former Jeane Kirkpatrick aide Alan Keyes, a vocal and effective supporter of Clarence Thomas nomination, will oppose very liberal incumbent Sen. Barbara Mikulski.

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■ Vice President Dan Quayle came in for usual media going-over when George Bush collapsed in Japan. But press’s Pavlovian response ran athwart surprisingly positive treatment of Quayle in series of David Broder/Bob Woodward articles on the Veep in usually very critical Washington Post. The series by the Post’s ace political reporters was six months in the making. . . . With New Hampshire primary on the horizon, John Cregan, president of U.S. Business and Industrial Council, characterizes Pat Buchanan as a “trade hawk” rather than a protectionist. Difference: Cregan believes Buchanan favors hawkish stance in representing American interests internationally rather than enactment of high tariffs or trade barriers. . . . Bad news for Bush forces: David Duke will, after all, be on primary ballot in Massachusetts, thanks to ACLU. . . . Who will be advising the Democratic presidential contenders? New York Times says Toby Moffett, the liberalissimo former congressman from Connecticut, has—no surprise— signed on with Sen. Tom Harkin, the most liberal of the Dems. Harvard’s Robert Reich has landed job in Bill Clinton camp. Pat Caddell, who masterminded Jimmy Carter’s 1976 electoral victory, has signed on as “unpaid” consultant to Jerry Brown campaign. And MIT’s Lester Thurow is working for former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas. . . . Big Labor is playing coy this year on endorsing a presidential candidate after its premature endorsement of Walter Mondale in ’84 and its ineffective endorsement of Michael Dukakis in ’88. About the Mondale endorsement, Democratic political consultant Ann Lewis comments: “The larger labor looks, the more it’s seen as a target.” . . . Geri D. Palast, of the Service Union International, told New York Times that labor this year is hoping to endorse whatever Democrat has the best chance of winning the White House. By that logic, says a disheartened Sen. Bob Kerrey, the AFL-CIO “might just as well endorse George Bush.”

■ In other races: Connecticut state representative and Gulf War veteran Christopher Burnham will challenge Sen. Christopher Dodd, who is way down in the polls. Burnham entered race after moderate GOP Rep. Nancy Johnson bowed out. . . . Maryland Republicans heartened that former Jeane Kirkpatrick aide Alan Keyes, a vocal and effective supporter of Clarence Thomas nomination, will oppose very liberal incumbent Sen. Barbara Mikulski.