BOB Dole’s declaration that his running-mate need not be pro-life made front-page news during his recent book tour. “That may distress some people, but I am the nominee,” Dole stated. And so he is. But the people most likely to be distressed should he select an abortion-rights supporter as his running-mate are delegates to the San Diego convention. If Dole doesn’t choose a pro-life conservative, the convention delegates just might choose one for him.
The delegate-selection process is now complete, and at least 23 delegations are dominated by committed social conservatives. One activist monitoring the state selections explains that most of the delegations are conservative, almost half are made up of “walk off the cliff’ conservatives for whom principle takes precedence over party.
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