Attention Turns to Clinton Ticket NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition

He brought up two names - House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey. And he also wondered whether Gen. Colin Powell of the Bronx, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, might be a Democrat. Powell has not stated publicly his party affiliation. In addition...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Myron S. Waldman. WASHINGTON BUREAU. Susan Page
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 20.03.1992
EditionCombined editions
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Clinton, Bill
Gephardt, Richard A
Lieberman, Joe
Thomas, Clarence
Tsongas, Paul
Washington
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Summary:He brought up two names - House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey. And he also wondered whether Gen. Colin Powell of the Bronx, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, might be a Democrat. Powell has not stated publicly his party affiliation. In addition, Gephardt has shown himself to be an intelligent, patient and tough politician, widely admired by his fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill. But he's a leader of the House that raised its pay and that has been tarred with the check-kiting scandals. Besides, Gephardt himself admits to bouncing three checks worth about $215. And he's from Missouri, a state that abuts Arkansas - so a [Bill Clinton]-Gephardt ticket could kiss geographical balance goodbye. [Bill Schneider] said that means California is essential to Democratic hopes. Since there are no vice presidential type Democrats currently available in California - former Gov. Jerry Brown still wants top billing on the ticket - he suggested that the Clinton camp might consider someone like former presidential rival Bob Kerrey, the Vietnam War hero and senator from Nebraska. And as for reaching other constituencies such as upper middle-class voters, Schneider said that [Paul Tsongas] would do very well in that regard.