Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 15:50:37 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;INSIDE POLITICS ON TOUR House Speaker Thomas Foley, Washington Democrat, embarks today on an "unprecedented series" of meetings in Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta with the 64 newly elected House Democrats. He hopes to build support for Bill Clinton's domestic agenda and to foster loyalty among the large crop of freshman, many of whom do not have established ties with the chamber's leadership. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer called the journey "a populist touch: He will be going to the freshmen, rather than waiting, as in the old days, for the novice members to pay respects to him." Mr. Foley said most of the incoming Democrats have pledged support for his re-election as speaker: "I don't have any sense of anything except for very strong support from the group." THE WEEK'S QUOTES "My God," exlaimed New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan to the Wall Street Journal in talking about the Clinton victory. "Now it's our deficit." Edwin J. Feulner Jr., president of the Heritage Foundation, wrote in the Journal, "George Bush's loss marks a major setback for the Republican Party, not the end of the conservative revolution." On CNN, Labor Secretary Lynn Martin, asked if she wants to head the Republican National Committee, said: "I don't know. A lot of people have asked about it. I'll be talking to people as varied as Pat Robertson." PEROT QUOTES Georgetown politicial scientist Stephen Wayne on Ross Perot: "What's changed by virtue of the Perot candidacy? Very, very little. I'm not sure there's going to be any lasting legacy. It was an ego trip that, for 19 percent of the electorate, touched a responsive chord." William Bennett on whether Mr. Perot deserves a place in the new administration: "How about we just settle for, 'Ross, you deserve some credit for touching a chord in people.' " Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, said on CNN: "Give the man credit for getting 19 percent . . . [but] is he elevated to Cabinet status, is he a major factor in our future? I don't think so." Comedian Jay Leno said Mr. Perot has asked for a recount: "He said he paid for 20 percent of the vote and only got 19." Mr. Leno added that the post-election news is going to be less interesting: "It's just not the same. It's like watching 'Fantasy Island' without Tattoo. You miss the little guy." HINDSIGHT William Kristol, Vice President Dan Quayle's chief of staff, said President Bush mishandled voter unrest: "When 75 percent of the country thinks you're on the wrong track, you can't look like you're sitting back." Former Ronald Reagan political advisers Lyn Nofziger and Ed Rollins agreed. The three, on CNN, also agreed that Mr. Clinton had fashioned a formidable campaign. Mr. Rollins, who served briefly this year as co-manager of Ross Perot's independent bid for the presidency, said Mr. Clinton's was "the best campaign I've ever seen a Democrat run." He added that the Bush White House "always underestimated this candidate. . . . They thought they had [Michael] Dukakis all over again. Obviously he was a much better candidate than Dukakis." Mr. Rollins and Mr. Nofziger said the Bush campaign abandoned key people from Mr. Reagan's years who might have helped, including themselves. Both said they offered and were rejected. QUIT FOR QUAYLE QUARTERLY In Bridgeport, Conn., they are sounding the death knell for a magazine that has thrived on a steady diet of Dan Quayle gaffes. The Quayle Quarterly will shut down when the vice president makes his career change but not before a farewell issue with headlines such as "Democracy Without Dan" and "Get a Job." The editors couldn't be happier, the Associated Press said. "I realized that to think about Dan Quayle as much as I have is beginning to affect my brain," said Deborah Werksman, who edits the magazine with her husband, Jeffrey Yoder. The self-proclaimed "Watchful Eye on the Vice Presidency" has built a circulation of 12,000, with subscribers in all 50 states. It combines mostly critical articles on Mr. Quayle's activities in office with a nearly day-by-day documentation of his blunders. The magazine's 11 issues served as a prime advertising vehicle for partisan Quayle-hunting paraphernalia, from a misnumbered Quayle wristwatch to the Dan Quayle Spelling Checker software. Its issues included such nuggets as Mr. Quayle's refusal of an honorary membership in the Gilligan's Island Fan Club because of "ethical constraints." This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM