The Week

■ It turns out Al Gore actually opposed a test-ban treaty in the 1980s. Has a relative of the vice president’s been harmed by a nuclear test in the meantime?

■ Elizabeth Dole dropped out of the presidential race, blam- ing her inability to go the distance on George W. Bush’s financial advantage. Bush does indeed have advantages over Mrs. Dole: not least, that he governs the second-largest state in the union while she has never been elected to anything. But Mrs. Dole entered the race in a strong position herself, having won enormous goodwill from her time at the Red Cross and respect for the discipline and savvy she has shown throughout her career. If she was unable to capitalize on these strengths, it was because she started her campaign by running to the left (on issues such as gun control) and then, when that did not work, flailed around ineffectually. Her sex was not enough to attract voters—something the eventual Republican nominee should consider when choosing his running mate.

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■ It turns out Al Gore actually opposed a test-ban treaty in the 1980s. Has a relative of the vice president’s been harmed by a nuclear test in the meantime?

■ Elizabeth Dole dropped out of the presidential race, blam- ing her inability to go the distance on George W. Bush’s financial advantage. Bush does indeed have advantages over Mrs. Dole: not least, that he governs the second-largest state in the union while she has never been elected to anything. But Mrs. Dole entered the race in a strong position herself, having won enormous goodwill from her time at the Red Cross and respect for the discipline and savvy she has shown throughout her career. If she was unable to capitalize on these strengths, it was because she started her campaign by running to the left (on issues such as gun control) and then, when that did not work, flailed around ineffectually. Her sex was not enough to attract voters—something the eventual Republican nominee should consider when choosing his running mate.