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WASFIINGTON (AP) — Presi-
Ident Clinton entered the cam-
' paign’s final weekend leading in
” more than enough states to win a
second term, but locked in a tight
race with Bob Dole in the Moun
tain West and across the South,
according to a 50-state Associated
'ress survey.
Benefiting from leads in Pacif-
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ois, Clinton was clearly leading
25 states and the District of
a combined 314
electoral votes.
. , . ... Dole could bank on fewer
1 than a d ozen states and 100
electoral votes.
‘‘Bob Dole is the underdog,”
GOP Chairman Haley Barbour said
Thursday in a considerable under
statement. “But he can still win.”
As Dole sought a dramatic
comeback and Clinton bid for an
Electoral College landslide, the
key in the closing days was a
dozen tossup states in which nei
ther candidate could claim a
comfortable lead.
This group included several tra
ditional Repub
lican strong
holds that have
eluded Dole
throughout the
fall: Florida, Ari
zona, Indiana,
Virginia and
South Dakota.
Other battle
grounds includ
ed Kentucky,
Tennessee, Georgia, Nevada, Mon
tana and Colorado.
Republicans put Louisiana on
this list, too, though Democrats
said Clinton's lead is comfort
able there and nationally. “I can
not remember approaching
Election Day with a map that
has been so positive and so truly
national for a Democratic presi
dential campaign,” said Clin
ton’s deputy campaign manager,
Ann Lewis.
Dole vowed to prove the skep
tics wrong, and said that begin
ning at noon Friday he would
campaign virtually non-stop for
96 hours in pursuit of 270 elec
toral votes. “I will give it all I’ve
Clinton
got,” he vowed at a Miami event.
It will take quite a bit. Even if
Dole won every tossup state, he
would still be short of victory.
Aides said their long shot strategy
for getting to 270 counted on win
ning all the toss ups and one of
two scenarios: defeating Clinton
in California, or in all of three
Midwest battlegrounds — Ohio,
Michigan and Missouri. Clinton
held sizeable leads in each state.
Most Republicans were show
ing a loyal front. Still, there was
evidence in states where Dole
trailed badly that GOP officials
were worried about the impact
further down the ballot.
Clinton’s electoral strategy is
anchored on
the coasts: He
leads comfort
ably from
Maine to Mary
land in the East
and in Wash
ington, Oregon
and California
to the West.
Most remark
able, however,
has been his consistent lead in
the industrial states. Dole has
conceded New Jersey, Pennsylva
nia and Illinois and trails by eight
points or more in Missouri,
Michigan and Ohio, depending
on whose polls are to be believed.
On the other hand, Dole leads
mostly in smaller, traditionally
Republican states: Oklahoma,
Idaho, Utah, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Nebraska and his na
tive Kansas. A handful of other
states appeared to be trending
Dole’s way in the final days, in
cluding North Carolina, Alaba
ma and, most importantly,
Texas, according to officials in
both campaigns.
Schwarzkopf
Continued from Page 1
Schwarzkopf, graduated from the U.S. Mil
itary Academy and spent his life as a pub
lic servant.
‘‘When the man died, his total estate
was $3,000,” he said, “and yet by every
measure he was a great success in life.”
The leadership his father lived by is still
present in the military, Schwarzkopf said,
and respect for military leadership is on
the rise since Desert Storm.
‘‘Everywhere I go I see a renewed respect
for military leaders, and also for the people
in the ranks,” he said. “I see a great respect
for anyone who serves the country in the
armed forces today, and that’s good news.”
For A&M graduates planning a career in
the military, more good news is that
Schwarzkopf said there is a tremendous
amount of respect for the officers A&M
produces.
“I’ve always been very impressed
throughout my military career with the
Texas A&M graduates that I’ve run into,” he
“I see a great respect
for anyone who serves
the country in the
armed forces today,
and that's good news.”
Norman Schwarzkopf
Retired Army general
said. “One of the finer schools, I think, that
produces officers for the United States
Army is Texas A&M.”
And Schwarzkopf said he has one major
piece of advice for future Army officers.
“Stay focused on doing your duty, and don’t
worry about who gets the credit,” he said.
Young people should not take for grant
ed the opportunities they have living in the
United States, he said.
“In most countries you live in in the
world today, by this time, your future has
already been predetermined for you,” he
said. “But that’s not the case in the United
States of America. You can literally be any
thing you want to be. And because of that,
people can dare to live their dream.”
Saying that he is honored to have such
captive audiences among young people,
Schwarzkopf emphatically rejects the sug
gestion that he might enter politics in the
twilight of his career as a public servant.
“Given the state of government in Wash
ington, D.C., I’m personally convinced that
I can continue to serve my country and
probably serve it more effectively out of
politics than in politics,” he said. ‘T’ve
served my country all my life, and I’m go
ing to continue serving my country for the
rest of my life.”
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