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Show i r Dole presidency likely to be Sunday October 29, A. THE DULY HERALD, ! Pmt, liak Pajjf E5 M steady, solid and thoughtful By PCTEB SLEW! and JOOI ENOA wugnMiiooer Newspapers WASHINGTON Bob Dole's tame sita atop a shining resume that lack just one entry to fulfill bis dream. At 73, he has been 2 war hero, 2 master legislator and : eh- - longest-servin- g Republican ;.. Senate leader in history. .Yet Dole has spent the better f. - pari of 20 year reaching for the r me prize that now look likefy to r escape hi grasp. But what if? What if Clinton falter, voters take " a fresh lootu and Doie becomes the " 43 rd president? '. ' Americans coufcf probably expect are administration without firework or artifice but also ; without an established aim beyond good stewardship and tower taxes. Dole's theme is steadiness. He ; promise solid, predictable leadership in place of a White House ' known for crisis management and inconsistency. He likes to tell crowds that he is an honorable man. trusted by his former Senate colleagues Co keep his word When I'm president of the United States. I will keep my word." Dole say, "My word is there would be the budget efort That would be core of his domestic agenda." Nothing flashy gleam from Dole's campaign speeches. No grand idea, no Great Society, no Contract With America. He does promise to "end the IRS as we knew rtT a play on Clinton' promise "to end welfare as we know it" Details are sketchy. Dole say he would shut the of Education and Department Energy, although he would preserve the Energy Department's most advanced laboratories. He - . , my bond " Yet the Kansas Republican has not painted a vision of a Dole pres- idency in bold or clear colors. Gleaning from; hi speeches and talk with his advisers suggest a 'stewardship both modest and unambitious, a presidency of safe steps rather than great leaps. Republican strategist William Kristoi foresees Dole reacting to events as an "in-bo- x president."' It would be a ""manajeriaL take- - Dole adviser. "Having said that, I think Bob Dole would be the leader of the country as well as the leader of the party. The Congress would defer to Bob Dole in terms of the direction of the country." Merksamer thinks Dole would also be likely to reach out to Democrats on Capitol Hill, as he did in the Senate: "One of the great failures of the Clinton administration has been a great failure to work with Republicans. Dole would make efforts to include the Democratic leadership." Much of a president's success in Republican strategist pledges co increase deploy ment of the National Guard along U.S. Borders to slow drug trafficking. He would spend billions more than Clinton co build an le defense system. "This is a guy who has never had any great policy agendas." said Burden Loomis. apolitical science professor at the University of Kansas. "My sense is you've got a guy who neither in terms of pushing vast new programs or cutting back current programs has himseif a huge agenda." There is some evidence that the defining agenda in a Dole administration would come from Congress. Logic suggests that the groundswell needed to propel Dole to' victory would almost certainly mean strong Republican majorities in the House and Senate. That, in turn,, would mean important influence for House speaker Newt Gingrich and his conservaactivist, budget-cuttintive Republican followers. Such a Congress could help Dole with his many proposed tax cuts, but might also press him to go further on regulatory relaxation and social issues than Dole would like. Keeping a firm hold on the reins would take effort, yet friends and adviser believe Dole has been well conditioned by years of a monumentally complex job depends on the way he governs, the way he leads, the connection he makes with citiens and minions alike. Jimmy Carter was infamous for while Ronald micromanaging. Reagan preferred the forest co the trees. Clinton, never responsible for anything more than the government of a small state, understood little of Congress and ran a chaotic White House at first But he is a master communicator with voters. Dole is very different. He spent 35 years on Capitol Hill learning the art of the deal. He is expert at building consensus, but is known for making decisions that catch even his closest advisers Ross K. Baker, a Rutgers" University professor, said Dole's tendency to drop decisions like bombs on unprepared staffers could cause problems for his presidency. He warned that Dole "would emerge out of the Oval Office with a gotcha announcement" that would leave little chance to prepare public opinion. As a senator. Dole was credited with considerable listening skills. Because of a disability that makes handwriting painful and tiring. 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Bob Dole knows the characters and the plots and the end game of each one." ,J Roderick A. DeArment, another former chief of'staff in Dole's Senate office, played down speculation that Dole would keep his own counsel to the exclusion of top : aides. "He has some past reputation, particularly with campaigns, of trying to manage things. He's quite good at delegating, despite the reputation." DeArment said "Dole has to have confidence in the people to whom he's delegating, and if he picks strong Cabinet members, he would" : .MATTRESS SALE !H this week only i door crasher .irrrr. Twin r 4. 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