Notebook

By Kathleen Adams, Janice M. Horowitz, Lina Lofaro, Tyler Maroney, Brian Reid, Alain L. Sanders and Rhea Schoenthal

Verbatim

"Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed."
--Hillary Clinton to Jim Lehrer on whether she keeps a diary

"I think a lot of it has been the failure of the welfare system."
--Bob Dole in Chicago on the rise of domestic violence

"Let me tell you, I don't think that domestic violence discriminates...And the only color violence knows is the color purple-the purple color that I see on my clients."
--Berta Hinojosa, head of a family-violence center in Chicago, responding to Dole

"It's amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you're
no longer President."
--George Bush

Veep Made to Order?

Now that Bob Dole has appointed former Representative Robert Ellsworth to head his vice-presidential-search team, fresh wannaveeps are cropping up everywhere. The newest name being circulated by the conservative wing of the party is Congressman Christopher Cox. Who? Cox, 43, an articulate four-termer, is in many ways a composite of what Dole needs in a running mate. He is a Californian (Orange County) who can help the Kansan win the Golden State's treasure trove of 54 electoral votes. Cox also is a Roman Catholic who grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, thus appealing to the swing ethnic voters in the battleground states in the Midwest. And he has elite credentials: law and business degrees from Harvard and a staff job in the Reagan White House. His biggest drawback: someone so young would make Dole seem older than he already is. But the same was said about Dan Quayle.

--By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum

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