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2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, March 9, 1992 Cerrey exits presidential race; Harkin may withdraw today! By Anna Griffin State and National Editor The field of Democratic presidential hopefuls continued to narrow last week, with Thursday's departure of U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey and reports that Sen. Tom Harkin would drop out of the race to day. Kerrey, a former governor of Ne- 1 presidential jr : ampaign 1 992 braska, announced his withdrawal from the presidential race after several disap- Bar INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Boston University Explore trie World This Summer ,-Through'Study Abroad ' Internship Program , londou, Buand ladnd, Spain i - Sydney, Australia Washington, P.C. . , i V ' , ' ' s I LanguageLib ral Arts Programs : f Ancient Greece Eastern Europe London, England Madrid, Spam Nikopolis, Greece 1'adova, Italy V ' -" s li'-'Pans, Franco For iwuginn details compleet the coupon below and mall It to: BuataoJUnivcrsity, international Programs 232 Bay State RwABmJR, Boston, MA 02215 617353-9888 An equal opportunity, tffimnttvf onion injtitution. pointing finishes in recent prima ries. Harkin, a sena tor and former U.S. representa tive from Iowa, reportedly was planning to follow Kerrey's lead and drop out of the race this morning. Kerrey sdepar- -1 A P Bob Kerrey ture left Harkin as the only true Mid western candidate in the 1992 presiden tial race. But despite recent caucus vic tories in Minnesota and Idaho, The As sociated Press re ported Sunday that Harkin had told officials of the Iowa Democratic Party that he would announce his decision to withdraw during a speech at Gallaudet Univer sity in Washing ton, D.C., today. mm Jiim 1 Tom Harkin Harkin has not campaigned for this week's Super Tuesday primaries and finished with just 6 percent of the vote in Saturday's S.C. primary. Name Addrcss City State Zip Phone ( ) Summer Fall Internship Program D London, England Madrid, Spain D Sydney, Australia Washington, D.C. CollegeUniversity Spring O 19 languageliberal Arts Programs Ancient Greece O Nikopolis, Greece Eastern Europe Padova, Italy London, England Paris, France D Madrid, Spain msmsmmmmm Neither the Iowa Democratic Party nor members of Harkin's campaign staff would confirm the senator's plans to withdraw. Despite Kerrey and Harkin's similar Midwestern backgrounds, the Iowan did not benefit heavily from Kerrey's deci sion to leave the race. Most experts agreed that Kerrey's support would fall toeither Paul Tsongas or Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton. Both Kerrey and Harkin were ex pected to be among the front-runners when the campaign began. But both senators failed to capture widespread support for their platforms. Kerrey's campaign, which focused primarily on health-care reform, did manage to drum up support for a na tional health-care program but failed to electrify voters. Kerrey's concentration on one issue may have cost him votes, said UNC political science Professor Thad Beyle. "He and his handlers said, 'Let's just jump on (health care) and go with it,'" Beyle said. "If you just pick up one issue, you're not going to do very well nationally." For Kerrey, low voter support trans lated into a lack of campaign funds. "We were ready to go full throttle but unfortunately we ran out of gas," Kerrey said Thursday. "(After last Tuesday's primaries) I felt a little like the Jamaican bob sled team a lot of spirit but unfortunately not a lot of medals." Unlike Clinton, Tsongas and Kerrey, Harkin has readily acknowledged the liberal nature of his beliefs and has emphasized his populist nature in cam paign speeches and position papers. But despite the present national trend of. voter distrust and dissatisfaction, Harkin's barnstorming campaign was not what Americans wanted, Bey le said. "He's hitting the issues the way the old-style liberal campaigners like Truman and FDR hit them obviously the voters didn't want to hear that," he said. Despite their disappointing finishes in the 1 992 campaign, both Kerrey and Harkin could be back in the spotlight when the 1996 race rolls around. A Kerrey campaign worker said the senator had not ruled out mounting an other run at the presidency. "There's always the possibility fhaf he'll run again in 1996," said the offi-,; cial, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "The senator isn't saying he' will, but he certainly isn't through with national politics yet." Although Harkin may consider run ning in 1996, the political mood of the" country also may be vastly different ip 1 996,hurting the liberal 's chances fronV the outset, Beyle said. "The potential for Kerrey to enter (in 1996) is much greater than Harkin," he said. "The nature of the issues will prob . ably be so different." :! In comparison to the remaining. Democratic hopefuls, including Harkin, Kerrey is a political newcomer. . After serving as governor of Ne braska from 1982-1986, Kerrey for sook another term to run for the U.S. Senate, where he has served since 1 989. Kerrey's opponents, Harkin, Clinton, Tsongas and former California Gov. Jerry Brown, have a combined 53 years of experience in elected offices. 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Former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke won about 7 percent in his first primary ballot appearance. On the Democratic side, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton won an overwhelm ing victory, pulling about two-thirds of the vote. Former, Ntossachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas was fat behind with about 16' percent of thf jYQte. Campbell pulled out all the stops to deliver the state for Bush, just as he did four years ago. ' In 1 988, Bush won 48 percent against three challengers, a victory that helped him effectively sew up the nomination' on Super Tuesday. In the Democratic primary, organi zation and ties to the region boosted Clinton to his big win. ; Clinton, who vacations in the state,; assembled a dizzying array of support-' ers, from the white Democratic estab lishment to many black lawmakers. " He visited the state three times, and his slick campaign team organized big' rallies during the campaign's final week. . Yet it may have been Clinton's South-', ern roots that helped him the most. A CNN exit poll showed 72 percent of. native Southerners voted for Clinton," compared to 13 percent for Tsongas. ; ; Clinton also piled up huge victories' among black voters and the poor. CNN said 80 percent of blacks support him and 82 percent of those who earned less; than $15,000 a year. .; The results spelled bad news for Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, who lobbied hard for; black votes. : Harkin even campaigned with Jesses Jackson and used Jackson's picture irt television commercials, though Jack son did not offer a formal endorsement. Despite the pleas, Harkin won only about 6 percent of the vote. j He barely edged out former Califor-; nia Gov. Jerry Brown, who never showed up, and had no organization or even a local telephone number. Chief from page 1 The committee will have representa tives from all levels of the department, from officers to captains, he said. "Their say will be equally as important as ours.'! , Thenewchiefshouldbeableto"more or less fit right in with our department like it is," Bowler said. Officials should choose a chief as soon as possible because vacancies in the department are putting a strain on the force, he said. "It's nice to have a day off once in a while." ; Bowler said he wanted to know if candidates would consider implement- ing some ideas Trujillo had that the former chief didn't have time to put into action. ! "There are still a few more change or ideas that Mr. Trujillo had that a lot of us were looking forward to," he said; "These will be brought up to the candi dates when we interview them." ; Elfland said that if the committees, did not select a chief out of this field of applicants, the department might need, to find someone to take the post on an interim basis while a nationwide search was conducted. i "Hopefully, we'll get someone this way, and we won't have to cross that bridge." . J
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