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By the numbers, he was correct in casting the race as “far from over.” Yet Dole is poised for giant gains when 18 states divvy up more than 700 delegates in the next week — 10 states on Tuesday, New York on Thursday and seven more on next week’s “Super Tuesday.” In the Dole camp, there was even talk of a “Junior Tuesday” sweep, with Georgia the biggest question mark because of con servative commentator Pat Buchanan’s ap peals to social conservatives. Weekend polling by the Dole campaign showed grow ing leads in Florida and Texas, the two biggest prizes next week. As Dole begins to look like a winner, many in the party are beginning to look ahead, to assess the obstacles if Dole does indeed emerge as the GOPs presumptive nominee. “The next president” is how House Speak er Newt Gingrich referred to Dole after vot ing for the Senate majority leader on Mon day — using an absentee ballot for Tues day’s Georgia primary. Gingrich made his sentiments public in an effort to bring peace to a contentious nominating battle that has jeopardized in ternal party consensus on trade and other economic issues and brought to the surface the always divisive abortion debate. In the speaker’s calculation, and he has plenty of company in the GOP establishment ranks, Dole is almost the nominee. “I think it is virtually over,” said William Kristol, the conservative strategist and maga zine publisher. Still, never a Dole fan, Kristol said, “I fear he may come out of this not a very strong candidate.” Already, Dole trails President Clinton in national surveys, although the outlook for Dole improves, but is hardly optimistic, in a state-by-state electoral college analysis. Beyond that, Dole — or any GOP nominee besides Steve Forbes — will be out of money by the be ginning of April at the latest, while Clinton sits on more than $25 million in primary money avail able to spend before the August conventions. Dole had hoped to have the nomination virtually locked up already, so he could return to his duties as Senate majority leader and push an elec tion-year agenda through the GOP Congress. Now Dole will be forced to campaign hard through at least the end of March, when California holds its primary. Still, many Republicans feel it is imperative that the GOP Congress move swiftly — to re pair its own tarnished image and to set the agenda for the fall campaign. Kristol and others put welfare reform and tax cuts atop their wish list. Legal reforms, rollbacks in racial preference programs and regulatory reform were mentioned by other Republicans as a way to solidify the GOP base and contrast the party with Clinton. Some Dole aides also favor pushing modest health care reform legislation. “Give us four or five weeks after we get a clear nominee and I think we will be able to frame a race versus Clinton,” Gingrich said. There are several more problems for Dole. For starters, the biggest worry in the Dole campaign now is Buchanan. Since losing South Carolina to Dole, Buchanan has been scathingly critical of Dole. No one in the Dole camp considers Buchanan a serious threat for the nomination, but most believe a rapprochement is critical so that Buchanan’s conservative delegates do not dis rupt the San Diego convention. Then, of course, there is Dole himself. “If it is Dole, he is going to have to look more comfortable, like someone who has a commanding presence instead of a defensive presence,” said Merle Black, an Emory Uni versity political scientist. “He needs to look like a president.” On this point, should Dole emerge as the nominee, Gingrich sounded more confident. “Senator Dole is a much better leader than he is a candidate and he will be a much better president than he is a candidate,” the speaker said. “The reverse can be said of the man who will be his major fall opponent.” Dole Enjoy free food & pleasant conversation MARCH * Whitewater trial began jury selection WEHNER IX - X PM MSC L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness Fellows Program presents Layne Hedrick A Pa&sa^e Through Egypt David Lewis The American Evangelical Missionary Presence in Post-War France: A (Survey oF6trugxles Tuesday, March 5 7:00pm Rudder Tower Room 404 For more information call 845-8770 or e-mail: ji-fellows@msc.tamu.edu Persons with disabilities please call 845-8770 to inform us of your special needs. ’ □ Clinton's name not listed in indictment. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the fraud and conspiracy trial of President Clinton’s Whitewa ter partners and the man who succeeded him as governor, with Clinton himself subpoe naed to testify. In this presidential election year, the trial could prove a liabil ity to Clinton, though his name is not mentioned in the indictment against James and Susan McDou- gal and Gov. Jim Guy Tucker. The McDougals and Tucker are accused of misusing nearly $3 million borrowed from a pair of federally backed lending companies. They allegedly lied to the bankers about how the money would be used. The McDougals have subpoe naed Clinton, saying he can counter claims made by David Hale, who ran one of the lending companies. Hale is expected to testify for the prosecution that Tucker and then-Gov. Clinton pressured him to make bad loans, including one for $300,000 to Mrs. McDougal 10 years ago. Bobby McDaniel, a lawyer for McDougal, said Monday he ex pects the president to testify in person. Clinton’s lawyers prefer he testify by videotape. No deci sion has been made. Clinton and his wife say they were only passive investors in Whitewater and had no irregu lar dealings with the McDougals’ Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. 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