MR. MODERATE-MR. COOL VERSUS THE FLAME THROWER IN RACE FOR PRESIDENT

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Sunday, December 22, 1991

A year ago the Democratic nomination for president was a booby prize worth avoiding. No longer. The sluggish Bush Christmas and the now admitted Bush Recession puts the Democratic nominee in the political ballpark. Bush's eventual opponent will not be the favorite, to be sure, but will not be so far out of the running as to make 1992 like 1984 when Ronald Reagan benignly campaigned for his second-term coronation.

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