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Where's Liddy?
By Tamala M. Edwards
Bob Dole says he's out to close the gender gap, yet his campaign
is not using its greatest asset with working women: Liddy. Since
her boffo show in San Diego, Elizabeth has gone under the
national radar. She spends most of her time in places like
Dover, Delaware, and Knoxville, Tennessee--not exactly major
markets. She makes a fleeting appearance in one ad. The press is
usually not allowed on her plane. What's more, she's rarely at
her husband's side. And when she is, she almost never makes any
remarks. The campaign says that Elizabeth will be seen
more--this week she's on the Tonight Show--but the established
routine will hold. Conventional wisdom says First Ladies don't
impact elections. But it doesn't make sense for the campaign to
turn its popular steel magnolia into a wallflower.
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