a look at life on the campaign trial
QUOTABLE
H
This bill is
a mean
spirited
attempt to
divide our
nation and
use anti
gay
■
DEFAZIO
prejudice
for the most cynical
political purposes. It’s the
same kind of gratuitous
gay-bashing that we ’ve
seen the OCA engage in
for years in the State of
Oregon.
— Rep. Peter DeFazio
on the House vote Friday to
ban same-sex marriages
-„
BRIEFLY
Buchanan miffed
with Dole’s aides
WASHINGTON — Repub
lican rebel Pat Buchanan an
grily sniped at rival Bob
Dole’s presidential campaign
aides Monday, calling them
“little twerps” whose service
to the GOP pales next to his
own.
“Look, I’m a good Republi
can. I bet I got more service in
the Republican Party than all
these little aides, anonymous
aides, that are quoted con
stantly,” Buchanan said in a
broadcast interview.
He was responding to a
CNN report in which an un
named Dole aide speculated
the presumptive Republican
nominee is actually helped by
criticism from Buchanan on
the party’s right wing.
Asked Monday if Dole was
the strongest candidate for the
GOP nomination, Buchanan
replied, “No. I’m the strongest
candidate.”
Dole intensifies search for ninnina mate
■ INQUIRY: Several different
Republican state governors
are being considered
By John King
The Associated Press
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico —
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge
said Monday he had been inter
viewed by a member of Bob
Dole’s vice presidential search
team and asked to provide “pre
liminary information” that
sources said included health and
financial records.
As Dole intensifies his search,
the 50-year-old Ridge “is the top
horse at the moment,” according
to a senior Dole aide. Dole himself
spoke for 20 minutes Sunday
with another prospect, Wisconsin
Gov. Tommy Thompson, but
aides to both men said the vice
presidential nomination did not
come up.
Ridge, a decorated Vietnam vet
eran who served 12 years in the
House before being elected Penn
sylvania governor in 1994, attend
ed baseball’s All-Star game with
Dole last week. Ridge was con
tacted later in the week by Roder
ick DeArment, a lawyer conduct
ing background investigations for
Dole’s search team.
Sources familiar with the
search had told The Associated
Press on Monday that Ridge had
been interviewed by DeArment.
Asked about the source accounts,
Ridge told AP: “We had some pre
liminary discussions about that.”
The governor declined to speci
fy what was discussed or what in
formation the Dole campaign
sought from him. But the sources
said the request was for biograph
ical, medical and financial
records being collected as part of
the search team’s background in
vestigations.
Ultimately, Ridge predicted
Dole would choose someone else.
“There was a request for some
preliminary information, which I
— we’ll see where it goes,” he
said.
Dole himself has said he would
consider New Jersey Gov. Chris
tine Whitman. But one Republi
can associate of Whitman said
Monday that she said no when
Dole’s search team asked recently
if she would submit health, finan
cial and other records.
Dole spoke to Thompson on
Sunday to discuss his Tuesday
speech to the National Governors
Association meeting in Puerto
Rico. Thompson is chairman of
the organization. Aides said Dole
asked about the weather and wel
fare reform, a central theme of his
speech, but gave no clues of his
consideration of Thompson as a
potential running mate.
“I don’t think I’m going to be
fig
I don’t think I'm going to be
the choice. ... I’m too
opinionated.
— Gov. Tommy Thompson
Wisconsin
--99
the choice,” Thompson said Mon
day, noting that his state had only
II electoral votes. “Besides,” he
said, “I’m too opinionated.”
As Dole intensifies his search,
the developments are of more
than passing concern at the NGA
meeting. In addition to Thomp
son, John Engler of Michigan and
George Voinovich of Ohio are of
ten mentioned as vice presiden
tial prospects.
Others include former South
Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell
and Arizona Sen. John McCain.
And Dole has at several meetings
mentioned James A. Baker IB, the
former secretary of state and trea
sury secretary.
Dole will turn 73 next week.
Because of his age, Dole said at
one recent meeting that it was im
perative his vice presidential pick
have a clean bill of health —
pointedly noting that media ac
counts were certain to point out
that House Speaker Newt Gin
grich is second in the line of presi
dential succession. The health
concern weighs, against the
chances of Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar
and former Defense Secretary
Dick Cheney, both of whom have
had major heart trouble.
Throughout the spring, there
was a spirited, and sometimes
pointed, competition among Mid
western GOP governors for atten
tion in the vice presidential spec
ulation game. But as Dole closes
in on making his choice before
next month’s Republican conven
tion, the jockeying has became
more subdued and polite. In part,
this is because aides to Engler,
Voinovich and Thompson say
their bosses do not believe they
will be picked. Dole has also
voiced displeasure at any public
campaigning for the slot.
Engler shrugs at the questions.
“I think Senator Dole is fully
capable of making this decision
on his own,” he said Monday.
Within the Dole campaign,
even the most ardent boosters of
retired Gen. Colin Powell have
come to believe he means it when
he says he is not interested. And
while Dole’s poor standing with
women voters would make Whit
man an attractive choice, most
Dole aides say that because of her
outspoken support of abortion
rights, picking Whitman would
be too much of an insult to the
party’s conservative base.
Oregon Senate contenders close in money totals
■ FUNDS: The difference in Tom
Bruggere and Gordon Smith’s campaign
funds is where the money comes from
By Charles Beggs
The Associated Press
SALEM — The Republican and Democratic
candidates for the U.S. Senate have campaign
chests close to the same size. The difference is
where the money is coming from.
More than half of the $1.3 million in Demo
crat Tom Bruggere’s campaign fund came from
his own pocket, according to reports submit
ted Monday to the Federal Election Commis
sion.
Republican Gordon Smith has raised virtu
ally all his campaign cash through donations,
reporting $1.2 million in receipts through June
30.
In the most recent reporting period, May
and June, Smith raised $635,000 to $241,000
for Bruggere.
Bruggere, a retired businessman who helped
found Mentor Graphics Inc., has loaned his
campaign $899,000. He says he will not put
more than $1 million of his own money into
the race.
Spokesman Geoff Stuckart said more fund
raising people were joining the campaign.
Bruggere has never run for public office.
Smith, owner of a Pendleton frozen food
company, is president of the Oregon Senate.
He spent more than $2 million of his own
money in losing a Senate contest to Democrat
Ron Wyden earlier this year.
Wyden won the seat vacated when Repub
lican Bob Packwood resigned. Smith and
Bruggere are vying for the seat being vacated
by retiring GOP Sen. Mark Hatfield.
All of Smith’s campaign income was from
contributions except for $48,000 in interest
paid by Smith on a loan he took out for his first
Senate race. It had to be listed as a campaign
receipt under federal law, said campaign man
ager Dan Lavey.
About 70 percent of Smith’s contributions
came from individuals and 30 percent from
political committees. About 20 percent of
Bruggere’s donations were from political com
mittees.
Smith reported 3,896 individual contribu
tions to 1,643 for Bruggere.
1
> JUMMER <
MONDAY^THURSDAY
12noon<*11wa
FRIDAY 12hoon- 12am
' 4-/
BILLIARDS
BOWL INC
VIDEO ARCADE
TABLE TENNIS
FOOSBALL
FREE USE OF CARDS AND BOARD OAMES
Call 346-3711 for more information
Delta Airlines
July Special
| Eugene To:
[London -$598.00*
[Paris -$805.00*
[Frankfurt -$793.00*
[Zurich -$872.00*
[Amsterdam-$854.00*
, * Delta travel must originate in July.
i Students only!
Portland To:
Auckland - $825.00!
Melborne - $895.00 1
Sydney - $895.00!
Cash
For Textbooks
Mon.-Sat.
Smith Family
Bookstore
768 E. 13th
1 Block From Campus
345-1651
Look into
ODE
Classifieds!
346-4343