CAMPAIGN '96: THE BIG FUNK

AS DEMOCRATS RETAKE THE AGENDA AND DOLE STILL STRUGGLES TO CATCH FIRE, THE G.O.P. IS GROWING WORRIED

If you happen to be a prominent Republican these days, you have to wonder where your revolution went. The party that entered Washington in glory last year is looking anything but triumphant now. With its members divided among themselves, cranky about their presumptive presidential nominee and nervously entertaining the thought that their House majority might not survive November, Republicans are going through what even House Speaker Newt Gingrich calls a "funk."

This funk starts at the top. Bob Dole's campaign has yet to find its feet or its voice. His strategy of running for President by running the Senate has hit...

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