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■ They won’t dance, don’t ask them: Mario Cuomo, Bill Bradley each turned down suggestion that he would be Bill Clinton’s running-mate. But don’t be too sure, says Democratic National Chairman Ron Brown. Brown told New York Daily News he has never heard of someone being thus proposed to and saying no. . . .As for Jesse Jackson’s warning of the “consequences” if he himself wasn’t picked, Brown said he thought Jackson’s warning was a “mistake.” . . . Clinton’s Veep-search panel, meanwhile, gives the impression Clinton is not looking for a moderate running-mate: it is headed by Dem. insider Warren Christopher (veteran of Carter Administration and former clerk for Justice William O. Douglas) and includes far-left former Gov. of Vermont Madeleine Kunin and Vernon Jordan, occasionally sensible former president of Urban League. . . . Cuomo’s name has also been linked in rumor with H. Ross Perot’s. New York Post reported Perot had asked Cuomo to be his running-mate; both men admit they talked, both denied it had anything to do with Veep slot. . . . Perot- for-President organizers are running into highly individual state regulations in their effort to get on the ballot in all Fifty. Connecticut, for example, requires signatures of 14,620 registered voters by August 12; Delaware requires 2,870 by July 15; California, a whopping 134,781 between April 24 and August 7; and so on. In Louisiana it’s easy—5,000 signatures or payment of a $500 fee by September 1. But Perot people there chose to take the high road—signatures. Their goal is to gather 120,000 by August 4, the first day to apply for a Louisiana ballot slot.

■ Redistricting for House seats is proving a windfall for Republicans, who may win a dozen extra seats. Legendary California conservative Bill Richardson is running for redrawn Sacramento district against seven-term liberal Democrat Vic Fazio, exemplar of Capitol Hill wheeler-dealers. In North Carolina, political neophyte Richard Burr’s new district makes him serious challenger to once shoe-in Democratic Representative Steve Neal. . . . Rich Williamson—chosen as Republican Senate candidate in Illinois back when party chiefs thought opponent would be supposedly unbeatable Alan Dixon, who was subsequently beaten by Carol Moseley Braun—angered right-to-lifers by going back on anti-abortion pledge. Now, according to Chicago Tribune, Phyllis Schlafly and Penny Pullen have told state GOP to replace Williamson as nominee, or risk a third- party right-to-life challenge. . . . Abortion also an issue in Indiana, where Republican political novice Michael Bailey drew flak for TV ads showing aborted fetuses. Bailey has now won GOP nomination, to challenge entrenched, pro-choice incumbent Rep.

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■ They won’t dance, don’t ask them: Mario Cuomo, Bill Bradley each turned down suggestion that he would be Bill Clinton’s running-mate. But don’t be too sure, says Democratic National Chairman Ron Brown. Brown told New York Daily News he has never heard of someone being thus proposed to and saying no. . . .As for Jesse Jackson’s warning of the “consequences” if he himself wasn’t picked, Brown said he thought Jackson’s warning was a “mistake.” . . . Clinton’s Veep-search panel, meanwhile, gives the impression Clinton is not looking for a moderate running-mate: it is headed by Dem. insider Warren Christopher (veteran of Carter Administration and former clerk for Justice William O. Douglas) and includes far-left former Gov. of Vermont Madeleine Kunin and Vernon Jordan, occasionally sensible former president of Urban League. . . . Cuomo’s name has also been linked in rumor with H. Ross Perot’s. New York Post reported Perot had asked Cuomo to be his running-mate; both men admit they talked, both denied it had anything to do with Veep slot. . . . Perot- for-President organizers are running into highly individual state regulations in their effort to get on the ballot in all Fifty. Connecticut, for example, requires signatures of 14,620 registered voters by August 12; Delaware requires 2,870 by July 15; California, a whopping 134,781 between April 24 and August 7; and so on. In Louisiana it’s easy—5,000 signatures or payment of a $500 fee by September 1. But Perot people there chose to take the high road—signatures. Their goal is to gather 120,000 by August 4, the first day to apply for a Louisiana ballot slot.

■ Redistricting for House seats is proving a windfall for Republicans, who may win a dozen extra seats. Legendary California conservative Bill Richardson is running for redrawn Sacramento district against seven-term liberal Democrat Vic Fazio, exemplar of Capitol Hill wheeler-dealers. In North Carolina, political neophyte Richard Burr’s new district makes him serious challenger to once shoe-in Democratic Representative Steve Neal. . . . Rich Williamson—chosen as Republican Senate candidate in Illinois back when party chiefs thought opponent would be supposedly unbeatable Alan Dixon, who was subsequently beaten by Carol Moseley Braun—angered right-to-lifers by going back on anti-abortion pledge. Now, according to Chicago Tribune, Phyllis Schlafly and Penny Pullen have told state GOP to replace Williamson as nominee, or risk a third- party right-to-life challenge. . . . Abortion also an issue in Indiana, where Republican political novice Michael Bailey drew flak for TV ads showing aborted fetuses. Bailey has now won GOP nomination, to challenge entrenched, pro-choice incumbent Rep.