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Bob Dole hits first downdraft in nomination bid in Ames, Iowa, straw poll. Newsweek notes: “Dole’s campaign has stumbled whenever he’s ventured beyond his familiar Senate lair,” warns campaign “may be only one misstep away from the kind of shake-ups [Dole] has engineered in the past,” although for moment campaign manager Scott Reed and deputy manager Bill Lacy are “safe.” . . . Bob Novak reports conservative Dole advisor Don Devine being pushed aside. . . . Campaign ignited mini-firestorm by returning $1,000 check from Log Cabin Republicans, a gay group. Log Cabin executive director Richard Tafel says Dole campaign solicited money, then, post Ames, “basically figured they could write off the gays because they need the right wing.” Seen Francisco Chronicle editorial headline: “The Dole Way: If You’re Down, Kick a Gay.” … A Pete Wilson aide suggests a new Iowa strategy for Bob Dole: replace Scott Reed with Ralph Reed. New Southern strategy? Replace Sheila Burke with Delta Burke. . . . Dole drops 7 points, from 42 to 35 per cent, in Time/CNN poll. Undecided column picks up the slack, jumping to 25 per cent. Rest of field in single digits. . . . Pete Wilson announces presidential bid—again—hits illegal immigration, affirmative action in speech with Statue of Liberty as backdrop. (Mario Cuomo suggests changing inscription to “Let us send back your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.”) . . . Lamar Alexander campaign runs New Hampshire radio ads highlighting Wilson’s former support for tax increases, affirmative action, scores California governor as “political chameleon.” . . . Continuing buzz around possible independent candidacies. The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg, noting Ross Perot won 19 per cent after he “had spectacularly proved his unfitness,” asks: Could a Cohn Powell-Bill Bradley ticket win? “There is every reason to think so.” . . . Wall Street Journal reports Pentagon is “immune to the hype” surrounding Powell. Senior officers criticize “Powell doctrine”— military interventions should only be undertaken with overwhelming force—as too risk-averse. . . . George Will on Powell: his views on the centrality of racism and the unequal distribution of wealth “arc shared by millions of good citizens. They are called Democrats.” … In Dole-Clinton race Colin Powell comes in at 27 per cent, both Perot and Bradley at roughly 17. . . . Documentary “Inside the Republican Revolution,” produced by conservative Michael Pack and hosted by Donald Lambro of Washington Times, airs nationally on PBS on September 13.

Presence of New Jersey ex-Gov. Tom Kean (R.) in official delegation to Peking conference on women supposed to make U.S. representation “bi-partisan.” But rest of delegation consists of Clinton officials; non-government delegates include Marilyn Monahan, secretary-treasurer of National Education Association, and Marie C. Wilson, president of the Ms. Foundation for Women. . . . Wall Street Journal’s Al Hunt debunks conservative assault on draft agenda by noting word “mother” appears 13 times. But Independent Women’s Forum head Barbara Ledeen notes most of those references are disparaging. (IWF distributes buttons: “Sex Is Better than Gender.”) . . . Chinese restricted demonstrations in connection with conference to a special area in school yard. Demonstrations “should not slander or attack leaders of the host country,” explained one official. . . . Delegate Lynn Cutler tells Washington Post’s Judy Mann, “The more light that you put on these issues . . . the more you help drive home the point that there are inequities here that must be addressed.” President Clinton announces task force to implement plans arising from conference. . . . Government advice to Chinese police officers, hotel desk clerks, or others who might encounter naked woman protesting at Peking conference: Throw a white sheet or coat over her. Taxi drivers urged not to pick up naked women in their cabs.

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Bob Dole hits first downdraft in nomination bid in Ames, Iowa, straw poll. Newsweek notes: “Dole’s campaign has stumbled whenever he’s ventured beyond his familiar Senate lair,” warns campaign “may be only one misstep away from the kind of shake-ups [Dole] has engineered in the past,” although for moment campaign manager Scott Reed and deputy manager Bill Lacy are “safe.” . . . Bob Novak reports conservative Dole advisor Don Devine being pushed aside. . . . Campaign ignited mini-firestorm by returning $1,000 check from Log Cabin Republicans, a gay group. Log Cabin executive director Richard Tafel says Dole campaign solicited money, then, post Ames, “basically figured they could write off the gays because they need the right wing.” Seen Francisco Chronicle editorial headline: “The Dole Way: If You’re Down, Kick a Gay.” … A Pete Wilson aide suggests a new Iowa strategy for Bob Dole: replace Scott Reed with Ralph Reed. New Southern strategy? Replace Sheila Burke with Delta Burke. . . . Dole drops 7 points, from 42 to 35 per cent, in Time/CNN poll. Undecided column picks up the slack, jumping to 25 per cent. Rest of field in single digits. . . . Pete Wilson announces presidential bid—again—hits illegal immigration, affirmative action in speech with Statue of Liberty as backdrop. (Mario Cuomo suggests changing inscription to “Let us send back your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.”) . . . Lamar Alexander campaign runs New Hampshire radio ads highlighting Wilson’s former support for tax increases, affirmative action, scores California governor as “political chameleon.” . . . Continuing buzz around possible independent candidacies. The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg, noting Ross Perot won 19 per cent after he “had spectacularly proved his unfitness,” asks: Could a Cohn Powell-Bill Bradley ticket win? “There is every reason to think so.” . . . Wall Street Journal reports Pentagon is “immune to the hype” surrounding Powell. Senior officers criticize “Powell doctrine”— military interventions should only be undertaken with overwhelming force—as too risk-averse. . . . George Will on Powell: his views on the centrality of racism and the unequal distribution of wealth “arc shared by millions of good citizens. They are called Democrats.” … In Dole-Clinton race Colin Powell comes in at 27 per cent, both Perot and Bradley at roughly 17. . . . Documentary “Inside the Republican Revolution,” produced by conservative Michael Pack and hosted by Donald Lambro of Washington Times, airs nationally on PBS on September 13.

Presence of New Jersey ex-Gov. Tom Kean (R.) in official delegation to Peking conference on women supposed to make U.S. representation “bi-partisan.” But rest of delegation consists of Clinton officials; non-government delegates include Marilyn Monahan, secretary-treasurer of National Education Association, and Marie C. Wilson, president of the Ms. Foundation for Women. . . . Wall Street Journal’s Al Hunt debunks conservative assault on draft agenda by noting word “mother” appears 13 times. But Independent Women’s Forum head Barbara Ledeen notes most of those references are disparaging. (IWF distributes buttons: “Sex Is Better than Gender.”) . . . Chinese restricted demonstrations in connection with conference to a special area in school yard. Demonstrations “should not slander or attack leaders of the host country,” explained one official. . . . Delegate Lynn Cutler tells Washington Post’s Judy Mann, “The more light that you put on these issues . . . the more you help drive home the point that there are inequities here that must be addressed.” President Clinton announces task force to implement plans arising from conference. . . . Government advice to Chinese police officers, hotel desk clerks, or others who might encounter naked woman protesting at Peking conference: Throw a white sheet or coat over her. Taxi drivers urged not to pick up naked women in their cabs.