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Dole's double play evades ad rule
Globe staff, 02/21/96
       
       
       
       After having been widely criticized for running negative ads, the
       Dole campaign yesterday went to great lengths to hide its radio
       attacks on Lamar Alexander. Federal law requires that campaigns
       identify themselves on all radio spots, but Dole apparently evaded
       that rule by running positive and negative spots back-to-back -
       while taking credit only for the positive one. After a male voice
       announces "paid for by Bob Dole for president," the same voice
       goes on to extol Dole's ideas and accomplishments. Then, after a
       long pause, a female voice comes on and offers a harsh attack on
       Alexander, concluding, "He's not what he pretends to be." The Dole
       campaign persuaded radio executives that the two ads were actually
       one combined spot - thus requiring only one identification. Dole's
       spokesman was unavailable for comment. Alexander repeatedly has
       claimed that Dole's negative advertising "is beneath him."
       
       
       
       Vermonters must pick an affiliation
       
       
       
        MONTPELIER, Vt. - Elections officials worry that Vermont voters,
       unlike their New Hampshire neighbors, are going to be put off by
       the March 5 presidential primary. They aren't fretting about
       negative campaigning or lack of focus on the issues. Instead, they
       fear Vermonters will not want to be identified as Democrats or
       Republicans or members of the Liberty Union. ``It's been at least
       a generation since Vermonters had to indicate a choice on a party
       ballot,'' Secretary of State James Milne said. Town clerks and
       boards of civil authority will have to maintain public records of
       the ballot choice made by each voter.
       
       Buchanan on 13 of 31 N.Y. ballots
       
       
       
        ALBANY, N.Y. - Patrick J. Buchanan has managed to make it on the
       ballot for New York's Republican presidential primary March 7 in
       another of the state's congressional districts, lawyers said
       yesterday. The ruling, issued by the Appellate Division of the
       state Supreme Court, means Buchanan is on the primary ballot in 13
       of the state's 31 congressional districts. Bob Dole, who has the
       support of the state party hierarchy, is on the ballot in all 31
       districts. Publisher Steve Forbes, after spending more than $1
       million in New York, is on the ballot in 27 districts. The other
       Republican contenders, facing the nation's toughest state ballot
       access laws, decided to skip the primary.
       
       On primary day, they went to dogs
       
       
       
        MANCHESTER, N.H. - Despite yesterday's wintry weather and snow on
       the ground, it seemed like Dog Days for Bob Dole and Steve Forbes.
       Both GOP presidential contenders encountered unlikely supporters -
       of the four-legged variety - when they visited polls. Dole,
       accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, and Gov. Stephen Merrill,
       stopped to pet a dog on his way to Webster Street Elementary
       School. The black Labrador retriever was wearing a long
       rectangular Dole sign. ``Dogs for Dole, it's looking good,'' Dole
       said. Making a similar visit to a polling place in North Salem,
       Forbes greeted a dog that had been outfitted in a dark blue coat
       with the ``Forbes'' magazine logo. The candidate posed with the
       dog and said that if elected, ``there'll be a dog biscuit for
       every dog.''
       
       Alexander's case of voter block
       
       
       
        MANCHESTER, N.H. - Former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander found
       one obstacle to a big turnout today in New Hampshire's primary -
       himself. The Republican presidential hopeful found that he and his
       entourage were blocking the way to the same polling place at
       Webster Street Elementary School that Dole had visited. So
       involved in fielding questions from reporters, Alexander didn't
       realize that some people in the crowd were not reporters - but
       voters trying to get past the crowd and into the building.
       
       Whitman center of speculation
       
       
       
        WASHINGTON - New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman said yeterday the
       Republican center is too strong to be ignored, and the party could
       pick a vice presidential nominee with her moderate stance. Whitman
       told a National Press Club audience that she does not expect to be
       that nominee. Whitman has endorsed Senate Majority Leader Bob
       Dole.
       
       This story ran on page 12 of the Boston Globe on 02/21/96.
       
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