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Bush seems stuck in a rut, fails to stir fears about Clinton
WASHINGTON. Sept 25: President Bush has brought back his old political team. He has tried new Unes of attack. But nothing seems to work. He seems stuck tn a rut. unable to stir fears about Bill Clinton or create optimism about four more years of Republican rule, reports AP.
One month after the Republican convention that was supposed to launch his comeback campaign, an embattled Bush continues to lag behind his Democratic rival by anywhere from 10 to 20 point*.
’We have little ups and downs In the polls but basically Clinton has kept his lead.'said
Andrew Kohut, director of surveys for the Times Mirror Center. "People are expressing as much strong support for Bill Clinton as they did for George Bush four years ago."
While Clinton has scored points by hammering Bush on the sad state of the economy, the president has not gotten much payback from his attacks on Clinton's avoidance of the draft during the Vietnam War.
In fact. Bush can't seem to decide how hard to press the so-called character Issue. Some days he says that Cllntdh hasn t told the truth about the draft while other days he says that he doesn't want to talk about it, that It's simply a mat-
ter for voters to decide.
"He (Bush) not only doesn't have a vision for America, he doesn't have a vision for get ting elected." said Lyn Nofziger, who was White House political director for Ronald Reagan. "They're running out of time if they haven't already. My feeling is. George Bush has reached the point where he really doesn't care" about winning.
In the month since James A Baker 111 took over as chief of staff, there have been some marked improvements in Bush's campaign.
Bush has sharpened the debate on differences with Clinton, particularly on taxes, and has begun to focus on
Arkansas' bottom-dwelling ranking in many economic areas.
The president has finally addressed the "vision" question, defining a rationale for a second term based on an agenda of free enterprises, lower taxes and leas government.
The indecision that plagued Bush's campaign has been replaced with a clear line of authority emanating from Baker. Campaign money Is being spent more wisely, officials say. Bush has doled out favours, pro: .Ises and tax breaks to farmers, defence employees, displaced workers, businessmen and average taxpayers — although he's been fuzzy about
how to pay for everything.
But the miracle that Republicans hoped for hasn't materialised
"We’ve stabilized and laid the groundwork for a possible breakthrough", one senior White House official said. But the official added, "It's not clear that we ll be able to make the breakthrough. We need to change the dynamic or the psychology of this campaign in the next couple of weeks.*
Bush campaign press secretary Torie Clarke said the polls "rapged from 15 to 30 points (in Clinton's favour) at the convention. Now they're ftve to 15 points... Those are very good numbers for us right now."
There has been some discussion of a pre-election an nouncement of personnel changes for a second term, a step aimed at showing that Bush administration would have new Ideas and fresh energy.
Officials most likely to be replaced are Treasury Secretary1 Nicholas Brady and budget director Richard Darman, who have failed to produce a successful strategy for reviving the economy, and Veterans Secretary Edward Derwinskl. whose low standing among veterans groups helped coot Bush the endorsement of the 2.2 million-member veterans of Foreign Wars.