2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 1, 1996 NATION/WORLD GOP reassessing Forbes candidacy rhe Washington Post WASHINGTON - The rapid rise of Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. has prompted Republican Party leaders to reassess his presidential candidacy and begin to consider what life might be like for the party with him as their nominee. Most party leaders still question whether Forbes can win the nomina- tion, but the clearest sign of their new attitude came Tuesday night at the an- nual Saluteto Congress dinner in Wash- ington when House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) dismissed the view that Forbes cannot be nominated as inside-the-Beltway conventional wis- dom. Praising Forbes as a "genuine risk- taker," Gingrich went on to say, "This city, being a remarkably insular place, is convinced Steve Forbes can't win because he doesn't have the experi- ence, he doesn't have the practical background, he's not uniquely quali- fied to be an insider." Gingrich's comments stopped well short of an endorsement of Forbes's candidacy, and the speaker said noth- ing to undermine the candidacy of Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) the longtime GOP frontrunner who now is scrambling to fend off Forbes. 'Gingrich made clear yesterday he was not taking sides Tuesday night, suggesting he was more interested in tweaking the conventional wisdom of the capital. "It's wonderful to see this city set up rules--an outsider can't win," he told 'Yeporters. "It was hopefully an amus- ifg speech and amusing dinner. Don't 6Verwrite that." But Gingrich voiced publicly what other Republicans have begun to say privately, which is that in achieving a NATIONAL REPORT Panel names Nobel Peace Prize nominees OSLO, Norway - A Chinese dissident, a 100-year-old Dane, ajailed Israeli nuclear activist and Russian mothers against the war in Chechnya are among those nominated for the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize. By yesterday, the deadline for nominations, the awards committee had trot finished counting the number of candidates for this year's award. Norwegian media said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbroo@ seemed a certain candidate for his peacemaking in Bosnia - but there was-no confirmation on that report. The secretive five-member committee never reveals the names of candidates and only discloses the total number, usually more than 100. The names of candidates are disclosed by those making the nominations. Last year's Nobel Laureate, anti-nuclear activist Joseph Rotblat, has said the 1996 winner should be Mordechai Vanunu, imprisoned since 1986 by Israel for exposing its atomic weapons program. Other known nominations include: Imprisoned Chinese dissident and human rights activist Wei Jingsheng; U Russian human rights activist Sergei Kovalyov, and the Russian anti- group Soldiers' Mothers; * Turkey's Kurdish parliamentarian Leyla Zan. AP PHOTO On a campaign stop in Londonderry, N.H., Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole and New Hampshire Gov. Steve Merrill smile as they are presented with apple pie from Top of the Tree BakingCo. President GordonWeinberger. level ofcredibility, Forbes's candidacy has tapped into forces that continue to roil the electorate and that the Republi- cans need to understand them better to prepare for their fall campaigns. Twelve years ago, former vice president Walter Mondale, the estab- lished front runner for the Democratic nomination, demolished a similar challenge from then-senator Gary Hart with a television ad featuring a flashing, red telephone - symboliz- ing the Soviet threat - and a quip - "Where's the beef?" - designed to undermine Hart's claim as the candi- date of new ideas. Dole has attempted a similar rebuttal to Forbes, with ads that accuse his rival of "untested leadership, risky ideas." But the political environment has changed dramatically since the mid- 1980s, and what Gingrich was suggest- ing Tuesday night was that, despite his inexperience, Forbes's optimistic, out- sider message may play better under today's rules than many of his skeptics - including those in the Dole cam- paign - have suggested. "Experience is a qualification, but it's not a compelling reason in and of itself to elect someone president," said Democratic pollster GeoffGarin. "And these days Washington experience is a double-edge sword." But Garin said Forbes's lack ofexpe- rience in office remains an obstacle to actually winning the nomination. "When the day is done, voters are going to stop and worry about Forbes's lack of experience," he said. "But we're not there in the process." Republican leaders reassessing the Forbes candidacy believe that his great- est asset is what one called his "Reaganesque message." Washington wonders about fiction author WASHINGTON-- The anonymous author of "Primary Colors" - the fic- tional treatment of the 1992 Clinton campaign that has soared atop bestseller lists and stymied political Washington's efforts to divine its cre- ator - is negotiating for a million- dollar paperback contract and a big- money deal for a second book, accord- ing to an authoritative New York pub- lishing source. One day after President Clinton challenged reporters to find out who wrote the novel that portrays him with what one aide called "intense am- bivalence," a parade of suspected au- thors and obsessed insiders took to the TV chat shows and kept phone lines buzzing as they traded specula- tion. A well-reviewed but - if not for the mystery over its authorship - other- wise unremarkable novel has, by dint of its uncanny verisimilitude and a bril- liant marketing ploy, turned into a publicist's dream. Even the president, who called the mystery "the only secret I've seen kept in Washington in three years," announced he plans to read it. Only the author and the book's agent, Kathy Robbins, know the name, pub- lishing sources say. Christians lobby GOP to save speies WASHINGTON - Joining with en- vironmentalists in an unusual political alliance, a coalition of evangelical Chris- tians yesterday launched a campaign to keep Republicans in Congress from weak- ening the Endangered Species Act. The Evangelical Environmental Net- work, which said it represents over 1,000 churches nationwide, equated the GO assault on the endangered speciesi with a modern-day sinking of Noah's ark. The group said it is underwritiig a $1 million public awareness campaign to drum up support for the "protection of God's creation." Ron Sider, professor of theology and culture at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, saidthe group was formed to dispell the idea that conser- vative Christians are at odds with en ronmentalists. "ECONOMY Continued from Page IA election year, was cautious in its reac- ti6n. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Joseph Stiglitz, the president's chief economist, sought to emphasize the economy's strengths at present rather than any recession threat. "Although growth rates always vary 'from quarter to quarter ... we believe the economy will remain healthy in 1996," the two officials said in a statement. But many analysts said the central bank will be forced to play catch-up now. They said Fed decision-making, which is never easy when the economy is at a turning point, was complicated this time by the lack of economic data. "I think the Fed will keep us out of a recession. But it is going to be dicey," said Martin Regalia, chiefeconomist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "The retail sales and consumer confidence numbers suggest a broad-based weak- ness in the economy." Many economists believe the overall economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, has downshifted to an anemic growth rate of about 1 per- cent, a marked drop from the 3.2-per- cent rate last summer. Clitonpoint man on Wliitewater hailed as damage-control eXpert & tr...ND Tv H E Sudan asked to a . ' T: . *PhysicalChallenge * CommunitySpirit f * Global Vision * Fundraising , * NationalService * EducationI MUTM AVAILABlB for 10, 4 or 2 weeks from Seattle, WA; Portland, ©R; an Francisco,CA;Montreal,CanadaorChapel Hill,NC. RidesstartinJune,, July and August. All routes end together in August in Washington, DC. The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- Appearing on network television in defense of the president and first lady, the Clinton administration's designated pit bull sel- dom misses an opportunity to attack the Republican chairman of the spe- cial Senate committee on Whitewater. "You know, Sen. (Alfonse M.) D'Amato is a classic political hench- man," said Mark Fabiani, airing a fa- vorite sound bite on a recent Sunday TV news show. Fabiani has emerged as one of the White House's most visible defend- ers. As special associate counsel to the president, he is primarily respon- sible for parrying the damaging alle- gations stemming from the Whitewater affair. It is a role he knows well. The Harvard-trained lawyer honed his skills on behalf of Tom Bradley, the longtime Los Angeles mayor dogged by ethical troubles during his final terms. At Los Angeles City Hall, Fabiani was widely regarded as a brash, sharp- witted "boy wonder" who was particu- larly adept at containing the fallout from Bradley's legal problems. Brad- ley, now in private practice at a Los Angeles law firm, called Fabiani "an ideal person for this task. He is one of the most brilliant men that I have ever come across." Jane Sherburne, who heads the White House legal unit overseeing Whitewater, said administration offi- cials knew that Fabiani had arrived "battle-tested" after several years of fighting unproven allegations against Bradley ranging from political corrup- tion to insider trading. Indeed, some of the same damage- control techniques that Fabiani em- ployed as a hard-nosed "spin doctor" during his tenure in the mayor's office are evident in his handling of Whitewater. But Washington is a far bigger stage than City Hall, and it remains to be seen whether Fabiani can help the Clintons ride out the latest waves of controversy. comply on terrorist extradition request WASHINGTON -The United Na- tions Security Council called on Sudan yesterday to comply with Ethiopia's request for extradition of three alleged Islamic terrorists wanted by Ethiopia for involvement in an unsuccessful at- tempt to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as he began a visit to Ethiopia in June. In a rare action singling out a country for allegedly abetting terrorists, the 15- nation council acted on a complaint from Ethiopia charging that three of the 11 Egyptian nationals suspected in the murder plot are being protected by Sudan's authoritarian Islamic govern- ment. The complaint said Sudan re- peatedly has evaded Ethiopian calls for their extradition. Ethiopia charges that two of the wanted men, who have used a variety of different names, planned and directed the assassination attempt from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The abortive attempt to kill Mubarak- oc- curred as he was being driven from the Addis Ababa airport into the city, and Ethiopia contends that the third wanted man got away from police and subse- quently fled to Khartoum on a SudaneO Airways flight. Colombian hopes lawmakerS l help BOGOTA, Colombia - President Ernesto Samper's decision to seek a trial by Colombia's largely discredited Congress represents a last-ditch effort to cling to power by rallying a politic elite that has seen its power and infl ence erode steadily though a mush- rooming drug scandal. In an emotional speech Tuesday to a special joint session of Congress, Samper declared yet again his inno- cence of public accusations that be knowingly took millions of dollars from the Cali cocaine cartel for his 1994 presidential campaign and claimed to be a victim of political attacks by enemies at home at abroad. - From Daily wire services .. c....,.,.:r 1:.....:4. a --If ....... L ..,...:....,.,....a:t. ,,, n........,... . r" Space ilUim. iedx. wcal l now tor ae*n incrdib.Jle summer! 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I ran as far as possible from the area. As I was run- ning, there was an old woman whose blouse was stained with blood," he said. "There were at least 12 or 13 people lying dead on the street." Amid the debris outside the bank, police found a small card printed with the message: "This vehicle is carrying 4,000 kilograms (8,800 pounds) of ex- plosives. If you try to stop us, we will blow it up." Police believe the attackers carried the card, printed in English and Sri Lanka's majority and minority lan- guages, Sinhalese and Tamil. They maintained the bomb weighed only 110 to 220 pounds. I e Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $85. Winter term (January through April) is $95, year-long (September through April) is $165. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. 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