United States Presidential Elections 1992

"V" FOR VETO: The White House is loading its guns for a barrage of new presidential vetoes this summer and autumn as part of President Bush's new resolve to present a "tough-guy" image to voters in advance of the 1992 election campaign. Aides say the President's threats last week to veto the civil rights bill and a separate measure allowing regional "Baby Bell" telephone companies to manufacture communications equipment were just the beginning.

Hillary Clinton returned Thursday to the turf that gave her husband's presidential campaign an unlikely boost last year, shuttling into Orange County to spread her gospel of renewed family values, women's rights and support for children. The wife of presidential hopeful Bill Clinton talked with teen-agers at a Santa Ana high school and spoke at a $100-a-plate political fund-raiser, repeatedly stressing that she wants to be a "voice for children" in America.

GORE PROSPECTS: By establishing himself as his party's most visible and forceful spokesman in the post-Desert Storm policy debate, Sen. Albert Gore Jr. (D-Tenn.) is shortening the odds that he will enter the 1992 Democratic presidential competition.

"V" FOR VETO: The White House is loading its guns for a barrage of new presidential vetoes this summer and autumn as part of President Bush's new resolve to present a "tough-guy" image to voters in advance of the 1992 election campaign. Aides say the President's threats last week to veto the civil rights bill and a separate measure allowing regional "Baby Bell" telephone companies to manufacture communications equipment were just the beginning.

The business cards are still at the printer. There are no slick bumper stickers or brochures, unless one counts the 85-page volume with the hefty title--"A Call to Economic Arms"--passed out at the door. The Paul Tsongas presidential campaign lurched into Los Angeles this week, with more of a city council flair than one befitting, in his words, the world's supply of Democratic presidential candidates.

A pretty house on a cul-de-sac here may one day be marked as an historical site, if Richard B. Boddie's dream comes true. Boddie, a 52-year-old professional lecturer and college professor who lives with his wife and three daughters in the house on Voyager Circle, is engaged in a national political contest with history-making potential. He is running for the 1992 presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party.

The 1992 Republican Convention is likely to be held in San Diego, primarily because the White House is nervous about political fallout surrounding Gov.-elect Ann Richards in Texas and former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke in Louisiana, key GOP sources said Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton returned Thursday to the turf that gave her husband's presidential campaign an unlikely boost last year, shuttling into Orange County to spread her gospel of renewed family values, women's rights and support for children. The wife of presidential hopeful Bill Clinton talked with teen-agers at a Santa Ana high school and spoke at a $100-a-plate political fund-raiser, repeatedly stressing that she wants to be a "voice for children" in America.

ONE MAN'S GUESS: Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul E. Tsongas is running for President, not prophet, but during his announcement swing last week he ventured a prediction on the final shape of the contest for the 1992 Democratic nomination. By the time voting begins next February, Tsongas said, he expects to be jostling for votes with Govs. Mario M. Cuomo of New York, L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia and Bill Clinton of Arkansas, Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore Jr. and two-time candidate Jesse Jackson.

The business cards are still at the printer. There are no slick bumper stickers or brochures, unless one counts the 85-page volume with the hefty title--"A Call to Economic Arms"--passed out at the door. The Paul Tsongas presidential campaign lurched into Los Angeles this week, with more of a city council flair than one befitting, in his words, the world's supply of Democratic presidential candidates.

A pretty house on a cul-de-sac here may one day be marked as an historical site, if Richard B. Boddie's dream comes true. Boddie, a 52-year-old professional lecturer and college professor who lives with his wife and three daughters in the house on Voyager Circle, is engaged in a national political contest with history-making potential. He is running for the 1992 presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party.

The 1992 Republican Convention is likely to be held in San Diego, primarily because the White House is nervous about political fallout surrounding Gov.-elect Ann Richards in Texas and former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke in Louisiana, key GOP sources said Wednesday.