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Show Friday, August Truman's daughter By MIKE FEINSILBER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON ' - pitches at their convention last week, Republicans were able to narrow gaps revealed in a similar WASHINGTON Women AP poll conducted after last are inclined to favor the Demo- month's Democratic convention. cratic Party on critical election-yea- r But the 1,007 adults surveyed issues, according to an Asso5 in AP poll gave the Aug. ciated Press poll, suggesting Bill Clinton could reap big rewards Democrats the edge except when from a new effort to win their it came to foreign policy, the GOP's strong suit. votes. The AP poll taken after last Republicans also historically week's Republican convention have won voters' trust hands-dow- n found Americans in general are when it comes to handling more likely to prefer Democrats the economy. But the recession when it comes to the economy, and the way President Bush has education and their futures. The responded to it have reversed that margin was most pronounced trend. Forty-fiv- e among women. percent of those After four nights of prime-tim- e questioned said Democrats would By JILL LAWRENCE AP Political Writer - 21-2- Margaret Truman Daniel gave 'em hell Thursday. She said the 33rd president, her father, had been hijacked by the 41st, George Bush, and the rest of the Republican Party. . Harry S. Truman would have been "flabbergasted to learn that he has become a model for Presi-- . dent Bush's campaign for iion," Mrs. Daniel wrote in an op-- ied page article in The Washington re-ele- Post. She noted the frequent favorable "references to her ; THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, do a better job handling the economy compared with 30 percent who chose the Republicans. Among women, the Democratic preference was even stronger 48 percent to 25 percent. The breakdown for women was similarly lopsided on other questions. Asked if their futures would be better if the Republicans or the Democrats won the presidential election, 31 percent said Democrats while 17 percent said Republicans compared with 31 percent to 2 1 percent overall. As for improving the nation's schools, 47 percent of women said Democrats could do a better job and 23 percent chose Republi dyed-in-the-wo- ol Democratic father at last week's Republican National Convention. Bush, in his speech, recalled Tru1948 man's and campaign misquoted her father, she said. ; Said Bush:, "Harry Truman said this: 'This is more than a political call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win this new crusaile and keep America safe and secure for its own peo' ple." ; But, Mrs Daniel said, the quo--; tation was actually Truman's paraphrase of Franklin D. Roosevelt's own 1932 acceptance speech, "and my father gave President Roosevelt credit for it. " Since the convention, Bush has been comparing his underdog campaign to Truman's and paraphrasing what Truman said when people shouted, "Give 'em hell, Harry." Truman always would respond: "I'm just telling the truth and they think it's hellr" Truman's defeat of Republican Thomas E. Dewey has been considered the greatest presidential upset of the 20th Century. Pollsters quit polling, they were so cer-- . tain that Dewey was undefeatable. "Personally," wrote Truman's daughter, "I have always found President Bush, to be a friendly, pleasant man, invariably courteous to me. I never suspected that behind this Ivy League facade there was a political plagiarist. "Of course, after many years on the political battlefronts, nothing should surprise me. It would not surprise Harry Truman. The Republicans are just lucky that he's no longer around to shoot back. I don't think they would dare try to entice him or kidnap him or steal his best lines-- if he was still with ' us.' K M FURNITURE AND ELECTRONICS COUPON SALE offi SSs--r $00 ly She concluded by paraphrasing what Sen. Lloyd Bentsen said to : v his vice presidential opponent, Dan Quayl?, in 1988, when Quayle compared himself to John F. Kennedy.;) Said Mrs.' Daniel: "I would say to George Bush, 'You are no Harry Truman. '" 1100 Barbara talks tough in West By MICHAEL FLEEMAN Associated Press Writer - To boost LOS ANGELES President Bush's sagging campaign in the West, the White House sent a heavy hitter who bashed Democrats in Congress and accused the media of rooting for Democrat Bill Clinton. In a campaign swing through New Mexico and California, Barbara Bush has dispartisan side played a with her odds at grandmotherly image. Her jabs are carefully scripted L miSi rb0liy camcorder. U0t ,enics Pnptf crcftJnM: g""0n'Umii(0 sharp-edge- d, the " ss language Page A5 cans, compared with 46 percent effort to reach female voters. to 27 percent overall. Pollster Celinda Lake, a strateclients, On the question of which party gist for Clinton and otherwomen s said the gap between "is closest to you on most of the -. for Democrats and Reissues that matter to you," 49 support doubled in the past two percent of women chose the publicans and is at 15 to 20 percept-ag- e months Democrats compared with 29 attributed the dfc- She points. percent for the GOP. Overall, the to economic pessiDemocratic advantage was 46 velopment on the part of women and mism percent to 33 percent. the polarizing effect of GOP at tacks on Hillary Clinton jrnU ' Nearly a quarter of the women working women in general . in the AP survey preferred the "Women are really discourDemocrats across the board on education, economics, foreign aged about the economy," Lake policy and issues that matter to said. "If you look at the most them. Earlier this week, Clinton recent collapse in economic conannounced a committee of promi- fidence, it's concentrated in nent women to lead a Democratic women." come-from-behi- nd . - Poll shows women tend to favor Democratic Party this year chides Bush -- 28, 1992 is lifted straight from convention and sometimes even speeches Mrs. Bush iseems surprised at her own tone. "I may gel to like this," she told a cheering crowd in Albuquerque on Tuesday after a speech in which she accused congressional Democrats of failing to approve enterprise zones? home ownership programs and welfare reform. And at a Los Angeles housing project Wednesday, she said children could have better educational opportunity, but the "Democratic controlled gridlock Congress" has blocked the president's programs. When at interpreter repeated her remarks in Spanish, Mrs. Bush joked: "That's sort of what I said. He softened it a tad." 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