AND HIS VEEP?

It won't be Dave - who pulled out a campaign button showing himself with Dole, under the slogan: "Dole and Dumber." Said Dole: "You were not my first choice." Then, reconsidering, Dole added: "You could make people happy and I could give them the hard stuff."TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompsonreports that Dole and popular ex-Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell have talked in the last month, though a Powell associate says they discussed "world issues." In the PBS interview, Dole said Powell "certainly would" be on his list of potential running mates, but he mentionedseven Republican governorsas vice presidential prospects, too.