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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 5, 1992
Super Tuesday aspirants target small voter groups
The Associated Press
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Along Florida's "condo coast" of retirement communities, the very idea of limiting Social Security increases is political poison.
Therefore, Bill Clinton's suggestion that his chief Democratic rival might to limit cost-of-living increases in entitlement programs drew gasps from the hundreds of retirees.
Clinton's visit this week was part of a preemptive strike against Paul Tsongas, who hopes for a come-from-before showings elsewhere in the South.
Success with selected groups helped Michael Dukakis win the primaries in Florida and Texas four years ago and was one of the reasons Clinton was courting specific constituencies Tuesday. Therefore, with little time left, Tsonga must choose his targets carefully
"Paul doesn't need a lot of gold," said Massachusetts Democratic
Chairperson Steven Grossman. "But he does need to show everywhere that he is a credible national candidate."
Eight-five percent of Florida's population was born elsewhere. The Democratic primary constituency includes thousands of transplantes from the Northeast, including a politically active Jewish community.
A new poll showed Clinton leading Tsongas 27 percent to 21 percent, but a large undecided block remains. A plurality in the polls agreed with Tsongas' characterization of Clinton proposed middle class tax cut as a "gimmick."
Tsongas makes the case for keeping cost-of-living increases at 1 percent below inflation in his detailed economic book, saying such a reduction is "not a great deal but would establish a policy of economic response."
Political analysts say positions like
that and a liberal social record, including support of gay rights legislation, could hurt Tsongas in many pockets of the South with high elderly populations and social conservatives.
"There is Yuppie support for Tsongas to tap," said Davis. "His vote is more muscale than downscale."
Tsongas is by far the choice of those with postgraduate degrees.
"A lot of Democrats are going to be looking at Tsonga now," said Texas political consultant George Christian. "He has virtually no organization and he certainly doesn't have the money that Clinton has. But he's become a candidate."
As in Florida, Tsongas is targeting the areas where Northeastern Dukakis found Southern success four years ago. He has the backing of many Democratic elected officials and Mexican-American groups — key supporters of Dukakis. Tsongas also has stepped up outreach efforts in the black community.
Buchanan vows to press on and asks Bush to leave race
The Associated Press
BATONROUGE, La. — Presidential challenger Patrick Buchan vowed yesterday to resist pressure from the White House and the GOP establishment to drop out of the race, saying, "We're going to keep right on going."
"They're going to have to battle for a long time now," the conservative commentator said, campaigning in Louisiana on the morning after capturing about a third of the vote in three GOP primaries elsewhere.
In a gesture of bravado, Buchanan sought to turn the tables on Bush by calling on the president to drop out of the race. Martin Fitzwater, White House press secretary, said that "Buchanan has finally lost his senses. Buchanan has gone looney tunes on us."
Bush, meanwhile, flew to Florida, which also has a primary next week, and appeared at a fundraiser with
Norman Schwarzkopf.
Buchanan told reporters in Shreveport that Bush could not command the swings vote and "Reagan Democrats" who helped put Republicans in the White House over the last dozen years.
"I'm the only guy in this race that has a snowball's chance," he said.
Despite Buchanan's declaration of "tremendous victory" in the latest primaries, his advisers were privately expressing disappointment with his showing in Georgia.
There, despite a week-long campaign bitz and a flurry of vivid, negative television ads, Buchanan mustered just 36 percent of the vote in the GOP primary, a point less than he won in New Hampshire Feb. 18, and only six points more than his showing Tuesday in Maryland and Colorado, where he did not campaign.
Buchanan has yet to win a primary, or even come close.
"We've got to find a place where we can put him right on the canvas. It's got to be one of those Super Tuesday states. We've got to increase that margin." Buchanan said as he campaigned in Louisiana, a Super Tuesday state.
But Buchanan and his aides are hard pressed to say which of the Super Tuesday states they expect to capture - although they frequently cite Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi as places they expect to do well.
Mary Matalin, political director of the Bush campaign, said that despite Buchanan's apparent determination to press on, he was going to be out of the race numerically by mid-May.
Sofar, Bush has amassed 148 delegates, while Buchanan has won only 20.
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