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Republican State of Anxiety: ARIZONA 1992 VOTE: Bush: 38% Clinton: 37% Perot: 24%

The Dole campaign very much wants to avoid the embarrassment of losing this Republican bastion. Clinton almost snatched the state four years ago, and polls indicate he could grab it this time. Last week Dole brought his anticrime message to Barry Goldwater's home state, worth eight electoral votes. Dole also made sure to pay a courtesy call on the conservative patriarch (who has already endorsed him), just as President Clinton did the week before. G.O.P. Senator John McCain flatly told the Omaha World Herald...

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