Political Campaigns Tennessee

Fatigued but feisty, Vice President Al Gore returned Monday to Tennessee in a rear-guard effort to deliver his home state for the Clinton-Gore ticket. The Democratic ticket could easily win reelection even if it loses Tennessee--a state that Republicans romped through in the 1994 midterm elections. But losing here would be a deep embarrassment to Gore, who already has his eyes on succeeding Clinton four years from now.

Continuing his bid to reclaim the mantle of reform, Al Gore on Wednesday said he would build his education agenda around choice and accountability--ideas that rival George W. Bush has championed as the centerpiece of his own proposals. "I will bring about major change in education, by fighting to raise standards for every child, and provide new choices for every family," Gore told a crowd of supporters at Tennessee State University here.

On his way to Bosnia, President Clinton stopped off in the city of the Grand Ole Opry to defend his deployment of U.S. troops in the Balkans, drum up support for his budget policies and raise some money. Clinton spoke at the Peterbilt truck plant, where three workers, all in the Army reserves, were dispatched to Germany to support U.S. troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

It was not what the candidates said Monday but where they said it that spoke much about the state of the presidential race. Texas Gov. George W. Bush swooped into Arkansas, President Clinton's home turf, and declared, "I'm going to win this state." Vice President Al Gore, meantime, was in Tennessee--his own home state--where he climbed atop a chair at his Nashville headquarters and rallied supporters by exhorting, "Let's win this thing."

In perhaps the gutsiest performance in his quest for the presidency, Republican Bob Dole on Friday asked the largest black audience of his campaign--many of them skeptical, some aloof--to consider voting for him. He said he would promote a "new civil rights agenda" that would "guarantee equality of opportunity" for all. In a speech to the National Assn.

Continuing his bid to reclaim the mantle of reform, Al Gore on Wednesday said he would build his education agenda around choice and accountability--ideas that rival George W. Bush has championed as the centerpiece of his own proposals. "I will bring about major change in education, by fighting to raise standards for every child, and provide new choices for every family," Gore told a crowd of supporters at Tennessee State University here.

It was not what the candidates said Monday but where they said it that spoke much about the state of the presidential race. Texas Gov. George W. Bush swooped into Arkansas, President Clinton's home turf, and declared, "I'm going to win this state." Vice President Al Gore, meantime, was in Tennessee--his own home state--where he climbed atop a chair at his Nashville headquarters and rallied supporters by exhorting, "Let's win this thing."

Fatigued but feisty, Vice President Al Gore returned Monday to Tennessee in a rear-guard effort to deliver his home state for the Clinton-Gore ticket. The Democratic ticket could easily win reelection even if it loses Tennessee--a state that Republicans romped through in the 1994 midterm elections. But losing here would be a deep embarrassment to Gore, who already has his eyes on succeeding Clinton four years from now.

In perhaps the gutsiest performance in his quest for the presidency, Republican Bob Dole on Friday asked the largest black audience of his campaign--many of them skeptical, some aloof--to consider voting for him. He said he would promote a "new civil rights agenda" that would "guarantee equality of opportunity" for all. In a speech to the National Assn.

On his way to Bosnia, President Clinton stopped off in the city of the Grand Ole Opry to defend his deployment of U.S. troops in the Balkans, drum up support for his budget policies and raise some money. Clinton spoke at the Peterbilt truck plant, where three workers, all in the Army reserves, were dispatched to Germany to support U.S. troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina.