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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 25, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
RAY SILLER
FROM:
ED WALTERS
SUBJECT:
ALBUQUERQUE LOCAL COLOR
THE EVENT:
On Monday, October 26, the President will address 6,000
supporters at the Civic Plaza in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico
at 2 p.m. Ricky Skaggs will be there, along with a local band
called Route 66 and the El Dorado High School band.
LOCAL COLOR:
The Civic Plaza is in the middle of downtown Albuquerque,
and features what they call the Bicentennial Tree -- the seed was
carried to the moon in 1976 by astronauts aboard Apollo 14, then
planted in Civic Plaza. Olympic gold medalist Trent Dimas
(swimming) is from Albuquerque, as is Indy 500 winner Al Unser:
both champions were welcomed home with rallies in the Civic Plaza
("Bodes well for me, I hope.")
There will be two banners: Annoy the Media -- Re-elect Bush;
and Albuquerque Wants President Bush -- Trust, Honor, Character.
Additionally, there will be hand-held signs saying "Viva Bush" in
George P. fashion. When the First Lady visited Albuquerque on
Aug. 25, there were hand-held signs saying "Senora Bush."
Captain Ozone [aka Al Gore] made an appearance at the Kodak
International Balloon Fiesta earlier this month in Albuquerque.
There were 600 balloons and 250,000 people there.
Industry: Nuclear power is big business in New Mexico. One
large factor in the President's 1988 win was Dukakis's uneasiness
with nuclear energy. The state is home to Sandia, a key nuclear
research facility in the U.S., and it is volunteering to be a
dumping site for nuclear waste.
ALBUQUERQUE LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 23, 1992
PAGE TWO
Government is also big in the city. Sandia and Kirtland AFB
are the city's biggest employers. Kirtland, Cannon, Holloman Air
Force Bases. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is also in New
Mexico, as is White Sands Missile Range (the first firing range
for the A-bomb). Also National Solar Observatory and National
Radio Astronomy Observatory. Government accounts for 26 percent
of all jobs in the state, one of the highest figures in the
nation.
One striking feature of Albuquerque is its deep roots in its
Indian and Hispanic culture. Even as the city booms, there is
areal cultural identity rooted in a civilization dating back as
far as the 1400s (i.e. the principles that guide change are the
principles that never change).
Ted Kennedy was recently stumping in Espanola and Santa Fe
for Gov. Clinton (10/15). His travelling companion -- University
of New Mexico Hospital doctor-in-residence William Kennedy Smith.
The elder and aging Kennedy evoked the memory of his brother John
in support of Clinton.
George Jr. spoke for his father in Las Cruces, NM on Tuesday
(10/21), telling supporters to ignore the polls, full speed
ahead. Marilyn Quayle met with Hispanic leaders and a victim of
gang violence on the same day in Albuquerque. Jack Kemp was in
Roswell, NM last week, also. The President last visited
Albuquerque Sept. 5 when he visited Sandia Laboratories. Both
Quayle and Gore will be in New Mexico Wednesday.
FAST FACTS:
Land of Enchantment; State Motto: Crescit Eundo (It
grows as it goes).
An Albuquerque Journal poll Sunday (10/18) found:
Clinton 42%
Bush
30%
Error +/- 3%
Perot
9%
The results are almost identical to those of a 9/12
poll. Three biggest issues facing the nation: economy,
jobs, deficit.
Unemployment in Albuquerque: 5.1 percent; Statewide:
7.2 percent.
ALBUQUERQUE LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 25, 1992
PAGE THREE
Billy the Kid Bonney, Kit Carson, Peter Hurd, Nancy
Lopez, Bill Malden, Georgia O'Keefe, Al Unser, and
Bobby Unser are all from New Mexico.
Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands AFB, Sandia Labs,
Kirkland AFB, University of New Mexico all in
Albuquerque.
Bill Clinton impact in New Mexico:
Payroll tax of 7-9 would put up to 54,000 jobs at risk
statewide;
Tax on foreign investment jeopardizes 17,400 workers in
the state;
Carbon tax would threaten up to 24,000 jobs and could
raise NM energy bills almost $370/year.
Defense cuts will cost 3,900 jobs (according to a
University of New Mexico study).
Total: about 100,000 jobs lost or at risk.
Use these stats as cited: words are carefully chosen.
POLITICAL CLIMATE:
New Mexico has voted heavily Republican between 1968 to
1984, but the 1988 election there was close (Bush 52%, Dukakis
47%). According to the 1992 Almanac of American Politics,
Albuquerque is among the least Republican of Sun Belt cities.
Almost all state officials are Democrats, with the exception of
Sen. Pete Domenici and Albuquerque's Rep. Steven Schiff.
Schiff came to New Mexico for law school from Chicago and
never left. He became a cop in Albuquerque, then a D.A. for the
city. He was first elected to Congress in 1988, and he has a
reputation for his anti-crime crusades as well as his stalwart
ethics (he accepts no honoraria, for example).
ALBUQUERQUE LOCAL COLOR
OCTOBER 25, 1992
PAGE FOUR
HUMOR/APPLAUSE LINES:
I heard that Al Gore -- Senator Ozone -- was out here for
the International Balloon Fiesta. Filled 600 balloons by
himself.
Don't let Senator Ozone into this lovely park, or you'll
find him hugging the Bicentennial Tree.
Albuquerque is at the forefront in dismantling nuclear
weapons. I guess with the historic disarmament agreements I have
signed with Boris Yeltsin, you guys have been awfully busy. I
hope to make you even busier for four more years.
Our support is like your state motto: Crescit Eundo: It
grows as it goes.
State Bird is the roadrunner. Beep Beep. Might be
something funny about that.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
1) U.S. SENATOR PETE DOMENICI
2) U.S. CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCHIFF (1st District)
3) U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOE SKEEN (2nd District)
4) HON. GARREY CARRUTHERS, former Governor of New Mexico
5) MR. JOHN LATTAUZIO, New Mexico State GOP chairman
6) Mr. Aubrey Cookman, Honorary B/Q Chairman
7) Hon. Tom Balock, Former Governor of New Mexico
8) Mr. Hoyt Pattison, New Mexico B/Q Co-Chair
9) Mr. Edward Lujan, former State GOP Chairman
10) Mr. Greg Bemis, Candidate for U.S. Congress (3rd Dist.)
11) Mr. Frank Bond, B/Q supporter
12) Mr. Benny Gallegos, B/Q supporter
13) Mrs. Shirley Leslie, former New Mexico National
Committeewoman
(Political's suggested Acknowledgements in CAPS)
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October 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR MEL LUKENS
FROM:
RONALD C. KAUFMAN
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
SUBJECT:
RECOMMENDED GREETERS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT
TO NEW MEXICO -- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1992
The office of Political Affairs would like to recommend the
following individuals greet the President on arrival in New
Mexico on Monday, October 26, 1992.
1)
Senator Pete Domenici
U.S Senator
2)
Congressman Steve Schiff
1st Concressional District
3)
Congressman Joe Skeen
2nd Ceagressional District
4)
The Hon Garrey Carruthers, Former Governor of New Mexico
19
Mr. John Lattauzio New Mexico State GOP Chairman
6)
Mr. Aubrey Cookman, Honorary Bush/Quayle Chairman
7)
The Hon. Tom Balock, Former Governor of New Mexico
8)
Mr. Hoyt Pattison, New Mexico Bush/Quayle Co-Chair
9)
Mr. Edward Lujan, Former GOP State Chairman
10) Mr. Greg Bemis, Candidate for Congress (3rd District)
11) Mr. Frank Bond, Bush/Quayle supporter
12) Mr. Benny Gallegos, Bush/Quayle supporter
13) Mrs. Shirley Leslie, Former New Mexico National
Committeewoman
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF
TIM MCBRIDE
PAUL BATEMAN
DAN MCGROARTY
DAVID BATES
LAURA MELILLO
TONY BENEDI
HENSON MOORE
PHILLIP BRADY
JANE MOORE
ANN BROCK
JANET MULLINS
MICHAEL BUSCH
ED MURNANE
NICK CALIO
ROGER PORTER
BILLY DALE
PATTY PRESOCK
DAVID DEMAREST
STEVEN PROVOST
BILL FARISH
SUSAN PORTER ROSE
LAURIE FIRESTONE
DENNIS ROSS
MARLIN FITZWATER
BRENT SCOWCROFT
CLAYTON FONG
DORRANCE SMITH
GARY FOSTER
JUDY SMITH
JOHN GAUGHAN
KATHY SUPER
BOYDEN GRAY
PEGGY SWIFT
KAREN GROOMES
MARGARET TUTWILER
EDE HOLIDAY
DAVID VALDEZ
CONSTANCE HORNER
ROSE ZAMARIA
TOM HUFFORD
ROBERT ZOELLICK
RON KAUFMAN
USSS/PPD OPS
BOBBIE KILBERG
WHCA OPS
CECE KREMER
MEDICAL UNIT
WILLIAM KRISTOL
AIRLIFT OPS
MICHAEL LUCAS
WHTV
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
JOHN G. KELLER, JR. une FOR J6K
SUBJECT:
TRIP OF THE PRESIDENT TO BILLINGS, MONTANA;
DENVER, COLORADO; ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO; DES
MOINES, IOWA; PADUCAH, KENTUCKY; KETTERING,
OHIO; AND LIMA, OHIO, OCTOBER 26 - 27, 1992
For your use and planning purposes, the attached is a preliminary
outline schedule for the Trip of the President to Billings,
Montana; Denver, Colordao; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Des Moines,
Iowa; Paducah, Kentucky; Kettering, Ohio; and Lima, Ohio, October
26 - 27, 1992.
Please keep in mind the following information has not been
finally approved and is subject to change.
Attachments
PRELIMINARY OUTLINE SCHEDULE
Revised 10/24 10:00 am
October 26 - 27, 1992
Monday, October 26, 1992
8:40 am
MOTORCADE departs Holiday Inn Billings Plaza en
route Billings Logan International Airport.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
8:55 am
MOTORCADE arrives Billings Logan International
Airport.
9:00 am
AIR FORCE ONE departs Billings, Montana
(M.S.T.)
en route Denver, Colorado.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: None)
10:15 am
AIR FORCE ONE arrives Stapleton Airport,
(M.S.T.)
Denver, Colorado.
10:25 am
MOTORCADE departs Stapleton Airport en route
Colorado Convention Center.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
10:45 am
MOTORCADE arrives Colorado Convention Center.
*
ADDRESS ACE HARDWARE SEMI-ANNUAL
CONVENTION AND EXHIBIT
- Open Press
- Remarks
(10:50 am - 11:20 am)
*
PRIVATE TIME: 30 MINUTES
(11:25 am - 11:55 am)
1
12:00 pm
MOTORCADE departs Colorado Convention Center
en route Stapleton Airport.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
12:20 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Stapleton Airport.
12:25 pm
AIR FORCE ONE departs Denver, Colorado
(M.S.T.)
en route Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 25 Minutes)
(Interchange: Yes)
(Time Change: None)
1:50 pm
AIR FORCE ONE arrives Albuquerque International
(M.S.T.)
Airport, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2:00 pm
MOTORCADE departs Albuquerque International
Airport en route Site.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
2:20 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Site.
*
ALBUQUERQUE WELCOME
- Open Press
- Remarks
(2:25 25 pm - 2:55 pm)
3:00 pm
MOTORCADE departs Site en route
Albuquerque International Airport.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
3:20 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Albuquerque International
Airport.
3:25 pm
AIR FORCE ONE departs Albuquerque, New Mexico
(M.S.T.)
en route Des Moines, Iowa.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 50 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: Ahead 1 Hour)
2
6:15 pm
AIR FORCE ONE arrives Des Moines International
(C.S.T.)
Airport, Des Moines, Iowa.
6:25 pm
MOTORCADE departs Des Moines International Airport
en route Embassy Suites on the River Hotel.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
6:40 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Embassy Suites on the River
Hotel.
*
MEDIA INTERVIEW WITH DAVID FROST
- Closed Press
(6:45 pm - 7:15 pm)
RON Des Moines, Iowa
3
Tuesday, October 27, 1992
6:35 am
MOTORCADE departs Embassy Suites on the River
Hotel en route State Capitol.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
6:40 am
MOTORCADE arrives State Capitol.
*
TODAY SHOW INTERVIEW
- Closed Press; Live Television Coverage
(7:00 am - 7:30 am)
7:35 am
MOTORCADE departs State Capitol en route Embassy
Suites on the River Hotel.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
7:40 am
MOTORCADE arrives Embassy Suites on the River
Hotel.
*
PRIVATE TIME: 1 HOUR
(7:45 am - 8:45 am)
8:50 am
MOTORCADE departs Embassy Suites On the River
Hotel en route Des Moines Convention Center.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
8:55 am
MOTORCADE arrives Des Moines Convention Center.
*
"ASK GEORGE BUSH"
- Open Press
- Remarks
(9:00 am - 9:40 am)
*
PRIVATE TIME: 20 MINUTES
(9:45 am - 10:05 am)
10:10 am
MOTORCADE departs Des Moines Convention Center
en route Des Moines International Airport.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
4
10:25 am
MOTORCADE arrives Des Moines International
Airport.
10:30 am
AIR FORCE ONE departs Des Moines, Iowa en route
(C.S.T.)
Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: None)
11:45 am
AIR FORCE ONE arrives Campbell Army Airfield,
(C.S.T.)
Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.
11:55 am
MARINE ONE departs Campbell Army Airfield en route
Paducah Landing Zone, Paducah, Kentucky.
(Flying Time: 35 Minutes)
12:30 pm
MARINE ONE arrives Paducah Landing Zone.
12:35 pm
MOTORCADE departs Paducah Landing Zone
en route Site.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
12:45 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Site.
*
PADUCAH WELCOME
- Open Press
- Remarks
(12:50 pm - 1:20 pm)
1:30 pm
MOTORCADE departs Site en route TBD TV Studio.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
1:40 pm
MOTORCADE arrives TBD TV Studio.
*
TV STUDIO "ASK GEORGE BUSH"
- Closed Press
(1:45 pm - 2:15 pm)
5
2:20 pm
MOTORCADE departs Site en route Paducah Landing
Zone.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
2:30 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Paducah Landing Zone.
2:35 pm
MARINE ONE departs Paducah Landing Zone, Paducah,
Kentucky en route Campbell Army Airfield, Ft.
Campbell, Kentucky.
(Flying Time: 35 Minutes)
3:10 pm
MARINE ONE arrives Campbell Army Airfield,
Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.
3:20 pm
AIR FORCE ONE departs Ft. Campbell, Kentucky
(C.S.T.)
en route Dayton, Ohio.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: Ahead 1 Hour)
5:20 pm
AIR FORCE ONE arrives Wright Patterson Air Force
(E.S.T.)
Base, Dayton, Ohio.
5:30 pm
MOTORCADE departs Wright Patterson Air Force
Base, Dayton, Ohio en route Faze Pavillion,
Kettering, Ohio.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
5:45 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Faze Pavillion.
*
KETTERING WELCOME
- Open Press
- Remarks
(5:50 pm - 6:20 pm)
6
6:25 pm
MOTORCADE departs Faze Pavillion en route
Kettering Landing Zone.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
6:35 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Kettering Landing Zone.
6:40 pm
MARINE ONE departs Kettering Landing Zone,
Kettering, Ohio en route Lima Landing Zone, Lima,
Ohio.
(Flying Time: 30 Minutes)
7:10 pm
MARINE ONE arrives Lima Landing Zone, Lima, Ohio.
7:20 pm
MOTORCADE departs Lima Landing Zone en route
Holiday Inn.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
7:30 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Holiday Inn.
RON Lima, Ohio
7
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BUSH
BACKGROUNDER
QUAYLE
October 17, 1992
Issues Office
92
PRESIDENT BUSH ENCHANTS NEW MEXICO
President Bush Is On the side of New Mexico's Workers: President Bush cares
about the needs of New Mexico's workers, families, and communities. The
President's Agenda for American Renewal will put New Mexico on the road tc
economic security and prosperity by getting government off the backs of
hardworking Americans. President Bush will cut taxes on businesses and
individuals to create new jobs; slash government spending to reduce the
deficit; provide affordable health care without imposing new payroll taxes;
and open foreign markets to New Mexico's world-class products. Bill Clinton,
on the other hand, would hit workers in New Mexico with new taxes and burder
their employers with costly new mandates.
Bill Clinton will have to raise taxes on individuals with taxable
incomes starting at $36,600 a year to raise his $150 billion. Bill
Clinton would impose the largest tax increase in American history -- at
least $150 billion. He says he would only tax the rich, but don't be
fooled; in order to get the $150 billion, he will have to raise taxes or
the middle class -- individuals with taxable incomes starting at $36,600
a year.
But, there's more -- Clinton has hundreds of billions of dollars more 11
promises that he has not funded: Guess where he will get the money te
fund them? $150 billion is only Clinton's advertised amount of net
revenue. Clinton has also made hundreds of billions of dollars worth of
unfunded promises. To generate revenue to cover just a portion of these
promises, Clinton would have to start his tax increase with taxable
incomes as low as $20,100.
Clinton would have to impose a 7-9 percent payroll tax to pay for his
costly qovernment-run health insurance scheme. Clinton admitted in USI
Today that his plan would require a payroll tax. Clinton's plan could
cost 700,000 jobs in the near term and would put at risk up to 54,00(
jobs in New Mexico alone. The National Federation of Independent
Businesses says the eventual job loss would total between one and two
million jobs. In firms that could meet the cost of Clinton mandates
the average worker's take-home pay could be cut by $1,700 per year. I:
addition, Clinton's mandated job training program would impose ye
another payroll tax of 1.5 percent.
Clinton has also proposed to tax foreign investment in the U.S. --
move that would jeopardize the jobs of 4.5 million Americans, including
up to 17,400 workers in New Mexico. Clinton's protectionist tax would
make foreign firms less willing to create jobs in New Mexico.
Clinton and Gore favor a drastic plan to impose a punishing carbon ta:
on U.S. businesses and households in order to stabilize emissions O
carbon dioxide. According to the CONSAD Research Corporation, thei
plan would cost 600,000 jobs and threaten up to 24,000 jobs in Ne
Mexico alone. The Congressional Budget office estimates that a carbo
tax would cost $100 billion per year -- almost $1,100 per household
And two members of the Illinois Commerce Commission have released
study indicating that household utility energy bills in New Mexico woul
increase an average of almost $370 per year.
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1030 15th St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005
BQ '92 STAFF SECR.
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BUSH
BACKGROUNDER
QUAYLE
October 17, 1992
Issues Office
92
PRESIDENT BUSH ENCHANTS NEW MEXICO
President Bush Is on the Side of New Mexico's Workers: President Bush cares
about the needs of New Mexico's workers, families, and communities. The
President's Agenda for American Renewal will put New Mexico on the road to
economic security and prosperity by getting government off the backs of
hardworking Americans. President Bush will cut taxes on businesses and
individuals to create new jobs; slash government spending to reduce the
deficit; provide affordable health care without imposing new payroll taxes;
and open foreign markets to New Mexico's world-class products. Bill Clinton,
on the other hand, would hit workers in New Mexico with new taxes and burden
their employers with costly new mandates.
Bill Clinton will have to raise taxes on individuals with taxable
incomes starting at $36,600 a year to raise his $150 billion. Bill
Clinton would impose the largest tax increase in American history -- at
least $150 billion. He says he would only tax the rich, but don't be
fooled; in order to get the $150 billion, he will have to raise taxes on
the middle class -- individuals with taxable incomes starting at $36,600
a year.
But, there's more -- Clinton has hundreds of billions of dollars more in
promises that he has not funded: Guess where he will get the money tc
fund them? $150 billion is only Clinton's advertised amount of new
revenue. Clinton has also made hundreds of billions of dollars worth of
unfunded promises. To generate revenue to cover just a portion of these
promises, Clinton would have to start his tax increase with taxable
incomes as low as $20,100.
Clinton would have to impose a 7-9 percent payroll tax to pay for his
costly government-run health insurance scheme. Clinton admitted in USA
Today that his plan would require a payroll tax. Clinton's plan could
cost 700,000 jobs in the near term and would put at risk up to 54,000
jobs in New Mexico alone. The National Federation of Independent
Businesses says the eventual job loss would total between one and two
million jobs. In firms that could meet the cost of Clinton mandates,
the average worker's take-home pay could be cut by $1,700 per year. II
addition, Clinton's mandated job training program would impose yet
another payroll tax of 1.5 percent.
Clinton has also proposed to tax foreign investment in the U.S.
move that would jeopardize the jobs of 4.5 million Americans, including
up to 17,400 workers in New Mexico. Clinton's protectionist tax would
make foreign firms less willing to create jobs in New Mexico.
Clinton and Gore favor a drastic plan to impose a punishing carbon ta:
on U.S. businesses and households in order to stabilize emissions o:
carbon dioxide. According to the CONSAD Research Corporation, thei:
plan would cost 600,000 jobs and threaten up to 24,000 jobs in Ne
Mexico alone. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a carbo;
tax would cost $100 billion per year -- almost $1,100 per household
And two members of the Illinois Commerce Commission have released
study indicating that household utility energy bills in New Mexico would
increase an average of almost $370 per year.
Paid for by Bush Quayle '92 General Committee, Inc.
1030 15th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005
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OCT 20'92
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BUSH
BACKGROUNDER
QUAYLE
Issues Office
92
October 17, 1992
PRESIDENT BUSH ENCHANTS NEW MEXICO
President Bush Is on the side of New Mexico's Workers: President Bush cares
about the needs of New Mexico's workers, families, and communities. The
President's Agenda for American Renewal will put New Mexico on the road to
economic security and prosperity by getting government off the backs of
hardworking Americans. President Bush will cut taxes on businesses and
individuals to create new jobs; slash government spending to reduce the
deficit; provide affordable health care without imposing new payroll taxes
and open foreign markets to New Mexico's world-class products. Bill Clinton
on the other hand, would hit workers in New Mexico with new taxes and burder
their employers with costly new mandates.
Bill Clinton will have to raise taxes од individuals with taxable
incomes starting at $36,600 a year to raise his $150 billion. Bill
Clinton would impose the largest tax increase in American history -- at
least $150 billion. He says he would only tax the rich, but don't be
fooled; in order to get the $150 billion, he will have to raise taxes or
the middle class -- individuals with taxable incomes starting at $36,60
a year.
But, there's more -- Clinton has hundreds of billions of dollars more 1,
promises that he has not funded: Guess where he will get the money t:
fund them? $150 billion is only Clinton's advertised amount of ne'
revenue. Clinton has also made hundreds of billions of dollars worth 01
unfunded promises. To generate revenue to cover just a portion of these
promises, Clinton would have to start his tax increase with taxable
incomes as low as $20,100.
Clinton would have to impose a 7-9 percent payroll tax to pay for his
costly qovernment-run health insurance scheme. Clinton admitted in USI
Today that his plan would require a payroll tax. Clinton's plan could
cost 700,000 jobs in the near term and would put at risk up to 54,00(
jobs in New Mexico alone. The National Federation of Independent
Businesses says the eventual job loss would total between one and two
million jobs. In firms that could meet the cost of Clinton mandates
the average worker's take-home pay could be cut by $1,700 per year. I:
addition, Clinton's mandated job training program would impose ye
another payroll tax of 1.5 percent.
Clinton has also proposed to tax foreign investment in the U.S. --
move that would jeopardize the jobs of 4.5 million Americans, including
up to 17,400 workers in New Mexico. Clinton's protectionist tax woul
make foreign firms less willing to create jobs in New Mexico.
Clinton and Gore favor a drastic plan to impose a punishing carbon ta
on U.S. businesses and households in order to stabilize emissions C
carbon dioxide. According to the CONSAD Research Corporation, thei
plan would cost 600,000 jobs and threaten up to 24,000 jobs in Ne
Mexico alone. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a carbo
tax would cost $100 billion per year -- almost $1,100 per household
And two members of the Illinois Commerce Commission have released
study indicating that household utility energy bills in New Mexico woul
increase an average of almost $370 per year.
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Date: 10/19/92 Time: 00:46
Clinton Maintains Double-Digit Lead in N.M. Poll
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) New Mexico voters surveyed in a new poll gave
Democrat Bill Clinton a double-digit lead over President Bush while
independent Ross Perot remained a distant third.
The Albuquerque Journal reported in a copyright story Sunday
that 42 percent of the voters surveyed said they supported Clinton.
Bush had the support of 30 percent of those polled and 9 percent
backed Perot, running as an independent.
Eighteen percent of the New Mexicans said they still were
undecided on the presidential race and 1 percent said they
supported none of the above.
Clinton led Bush and Perot among all age groups in the survey.
He also led among both men and women and in all three of the
state's congressional districts.
The statewide poll of 925 registered voters was done for the
Journal by Research and Polling Inc. of Albuquerque. The survey was
conducted Oct. 13-16 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3
percentage points.
The Journal poll began Tuesday, after the first of the
nationally televised presidential debates last Sunday night. The
polling concluded Friday evening after the second debate on
Thursday. The survey period included the vice presidential debate
Tuesday night.
The survey numbers were nearly identical to those in a Journal
poll conducted Sept. 8-11.
A Clinton win in New Mexico on Nov. 3 would be the first time a
Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state since
Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
Voters in the new poll were asked if they had been watching the
presidential debates.
Seventy-eight percent said they had watched one or more of the
debates but 88 percent of that group said the debates had not
changed their mind about whom to vote for. Those results had a
margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Among Clinton supporters, the most frequently cited reason for
their support was that the country needs a change.
The most frequently cited reason for supporting Bush was that
he's doing a good job. An almost equal number of people said they
were supporting the president because they didn't like Clinton.
The top reason Perot supporters gave for backing the Texas
billionaire was the belief he would improve the economy.
Nearly three-fourths of the voters surveyed said the economy and
jobs are the biggest issues facing the next president. The next
most frequently mentioned issue was the federal budget deficit.
Some 47 percent of the voters polled said they would be willing
to make personal financial sacrifices, such as paying higher taxes
or accepting cuts in federal programs like Medicaid and Medicare,
to reduce the deficit and the national debt. Thirty-seven percent
said they would not be willing to make such sacrifices, and 16
percent said they were undecided.
AP-NY-10-19-92 0046EDT
Date: 10/21/92 Time: 18:44
EDs: CORRECTS Bush Jr. references in 1st, 5th grafs; picks up
LAS CRUCES (AP) George W. Bush, son of President Bush, is
urging his father's supporters not to get discouraged by polls that
show Bush running behind Democratic presidential nominee Bill
Clinton.
You have to fight through these tough polls. The press doesn't
run this country, the younger Bush told about 200 people
attending a Republican Party fund-raiser here Tuesday. The people
of this country run this country.
There are 14 days before the election and a lot can happen.
I've been all over this nation and I haven't met anyone who
has been polled, he said.
George W. Bush was among several notable Republicans, including
Marilyn Quayle, wife of Vice President Dan Quayle, who spent time
in the state this week as part of the Bush-Quayle campaign's effort
to overtake front-runners Clinton and running mate Al Gore.
Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr. , who also campaigned for the
president in Las Cruces, echoed the younger Bush's sentiments.
I can't believe those polls, said Lujan, a former 10-term
Republican congressman from New Mexico.
Everywhere I go, hardly anyone says they're going to vote for
Bill Clinton, he said. They all say they re going to vote
George Bush.
AP-NY-10-21-92 1844EDT
Date: 10/21/92 Time: 16:12
Marilyn Quayle: Bush Has Been Good to Hispanics
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) Marilyn Quayle told Hispanic business and
community leaders here Wednesday a vote for Democratic presidential
candidate Bill Clinton would be a vote to set Hispanics back.
The wife of Vice President Dan Quayle wound up a campaign visit
to New Mexico by meeting with an estimated 150 Hispanic leaders
from throughout the state before leaving for Greeley and Fort
Collins, Colo.
There's very much at stake in this election and it's very
important to have the Hispanic vote, Mrs. Quayle said after the
breakfast meeting. The strides that have been made in the United
States by people of Hispanic origin are tremendous and we cannot
break that stride.
President Bush has been working for Hispanic Americans
throughout his entire political career.
That theme was echoed by New Mexico GOP leaders Edward Lujan and
David Archuleta, who urged Hispanics to join the Bush-Quayle
bandwagon.
President Bush has included Hispanics at senior level
positions in his administration as equal partners in managing our
country's future, said Lujan, the party's former state chairman
and brother of Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr. After all
these gains, why would we throw it all away?'
Archuleta, chairman of New Mexico Hispanics for Bush-Quayle,
said Clinton has ignored minorities, particularly Hispanics, during
his tenure as Arkansas governor.
Mrs. Quayle arrived in Albuquerque on Tuesday from Hobbs and
toured pediatric units at University Hospital and the adjoining
Cancer Research Center. She then shared a potluck dinner with about
200 party faithful at a middle school.
She urged volunteers to work door-to-door during the final two
weeks before the Nov. 3 election, telling them, The national
media isn't on our side.
In Hobbs, a Republican stronghold, she lauded the Bush and
Reagan administrations before a crowd of about 400.
AP-NY-10-21-92 1612EDT
Date: 10/21/92 Time: 00:16
Texas House Race Casts Doubt On Belief Hispanics Loyal
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) Republican Henry Bonilla's challenge
to four-term Democrat Albert Bustamante is raising doubts about
traditional notions that Hispanic loyalties always rest with the
Democratic Party.
Republicans have learned that by running Hispanic candidates,
you get Hispanics coming out, said Robert Brischetto, executive
director of the Southwest Voter Research Institute.
Bonilla, 38, took a leave of absence from his job as a public
affairs producer at a television station in San Antonio to oppose
Bustamante in the newly drawn, predominantly Hispanic district.
The two candidates are among the record number of Hispanics 29
in all who are seeking a seat in the House this year, more than
double the 13 who sought elected office in 1984.
The 20 Democrats and nine Republicans running in Arizona,
California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York and Texas are looking to increase the current House total
of 14 Hispanics.
The potential for a Republican Hispanic victory exists in Texas,
where in 1986, Roy Barrera Jr. ran for attorney general and
captured 40 percent of the Hispanic vote the largest percentage
of the Hispanic vote any statewide GOP candidate has drawn.
Barrera, now a state co-chairman of the Bush-Quayle campaign,
contends that more Hispanics are turning to the Republican Party
because its focus on pocketbook issues' appeal to the ethnic
group.
Says Bonilla: The gravity is clearly with this (Republican)
side because the philosophy of our party is more in sync with the
working man.
But former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, a senior adviser to
the Clinton-Gore campaign, says South Texas Hispanics are
overwhelmingly Democrat a view shared by Heywood Sanders, an
urban studies professor at Trinity University.
There tends to be an enormous amount of party loyalty and
allegiance that people tend to pass on from generation to
generation, Sanders said. I don't see a big Hispanic vote ready
to turn Republican in this election.
Taxes, government spending and pay raises have been a source of
friction between Bonilla and Bustamante in this vast southwest
Texas district stretching from San Antonio to El Paso.
Bustamante is also battling the anti-incumbent zeal that is
evident nationwide. He predicts victory but adds, Of course, you
never know. It's one of those years.
Grand jury probes and the use of television station equipment
have also been a factor in the race.
Bustamante is under federal investigation in an
influence-peddling probe that began more than three years ago. In
July, M. Douglas Jaffe Jr., a prominent businessman and a friend of
Bustamante, was indicted for election law violations in the case.
Bustamante believes the investigation is a political vendetta
stemming from his support of Hispanic FBI agents in a successful
discrimination lawsuit against the bureau.
Bonilla often mentions the probe in his campaign attacks.
There is a perception out there that Albert's been involved in
something very shady, Bonilla said. They see SO much smoke,
they suspect there must be fire somewhere.
Meanwhile, the Bonilla campaign has been criticized for use of
computer and camera equipment at KENS-TV in San Antonio. Bustamante
prohibiting station bias for a particular candidate.
Station officials deny there has been any favoritism.
The camera equipment was used to produce a campaign ad, and
Bonilla's wife, KENS news anchor Deborah Knapp Bonilla,
acknowledged using a station computer to keep a list of campaign
contributors.
The campaign contends Mrs. Bonilla's record-keeping was
incidental use'' of a computer and does not violate any federal
regulations. Bonilla said the amount of time his wife used her
computer for campaign purposes amounts to about $7.50 worth of time
at a typewriter and copy store.
Mrs. Bonilla has since taken a leave of absence from the station
to work on the campaign.
AP-NY-10-21-92 0016EDT
Date: 10/15/92 Time: 19:59
Ted Kennedy Stumps for Democrats in New Mexico
ESPANOLA (AP) The ongoing popularity of the Kennedy family of
Massachusetts in northern New Mexico was on display Thursday during
a three-hour campaign swing by Sen. Edward Kennedy.
Speeches were given, pictures were taken and smiles shone all
around as Kennedy campaigned for Bill Clinton and other Democratic
candidates in Santa Fe, Pojoaque and Espanola.
The Massachusetts Democrat joked about his family, beamed at his
wife, donned a woven, turquoise vest and twice sang the strained
chorus of Jalisco' a cappella.
He's for the people here. He's for the Spanish people. He's
always tried to help people, said Ernest Martinez, a Chimayo
resident at the Espanola rally.
He comes to Rio Arriba County every time we need him. And we
need him now more than ever to get the Republicans out of office,
said Martinez.
Kennedy has campaigned for himself, his brothers John and Robert
or other Democratic candidates in northern New Mexico every few
years since 1960, when he coordinated John Kennedy's presidential
race.
His actions in Congress have always reflected the will of the
people of northern New Mexico, said Marlo Martinez of Espanola.
Affinity for the family began, of course, with President Kennedy,
said Martinez.
I myself have a picture of John Kennedy behind my desk, he
said.
Nowhere in the crowds about 200 in Santa Fe and 300 in
Espanola was there a sign that voters held any of Edward
Kennedy's past sins against him.
His personal life is not important. We love him, said Ernest
Martinez.
In a recent controversy with local connections, Kennedy last
year testified about his nephew, William Kennedy Smith, after a
Florida woman accused Smith of rape. Smith was acquitted by a jury
and is now a doctor-in-residence at the University of New Mexico
hospital.
Smith, who attended the Espanola rally, said he had come up from
Albuquerque on Wednesday to spend time with his uncle.
In enthusiastic speeches, Kennedy urged voters to answer the
challenge being laid down by Bill Clinton to reinvest in America's
people and jobs.
This is a watershed period of time in this nation's history.
This election is as important to the American people in the
direction of this country as it was in 1932 when President
Roosevelt won the presidency and then challenged the nation and we
went forward to rebuild America.
It's as important as it was in 1960
...
President Kennedy
challenged the country and the country responded and we had the
longest period of economic growth which translated into jobs, jobs
jobs for people, he said.
AP-NY-10-15-92 1959EDT
Date: 10/15/92 Time: 00:21
UPDATES with Kennedy's arrival and comments at dinner
SANTA FE (AP) Call it the Kennedy mystique a love affair
with one of America's most prominent families that goes back to
John Kennedy's 1960 presidential race.
Sen. Edward Kennedy and his wife, Victoria, arrived shortly
after 9 p.m. Wednesday for the first of three political events in
Santa Fe and Espanola where the turnouts were expected to be large.
More than 200 people each paid $100 for a dinner-reception with
the Massachusetts Democrat on Wednesday night at a Santa Fe hotel.
Kennedy invoked the memory of his brother, the late President
John Kennedy, who he said challenged the country to strive for
greatness.
What this election is really about is whether we're going to
have a president and I believe Bill Clinton is the one that
will really challenge the Americans and really invest in this
country, invest in its people, invest in its infrastructure and
invest in the essential aspects that can make this country a strong
country, Kennedy said.
On Thursday, Kennedy will be at two free, public events 8 a.m.
at the Santa Fe County Democratic Party headquarters on Rodeo Road,
and 9:30 a.m. at the Rio Arriba County senior citizen center on
Onate Street in Espanola.
Gov. Bruce King said there just wasn't enough of Kennedy to go
around to all the places where he was wanted.
He can't stay and I understand that, but the people of Las
Vegas would love for him to go over there and hold a rally. And the
South Valley, there's just not enough of him, King said.
Kennedy's appearance was arranged jointly by King's office, the
state and local Democratic Party organizations and the state
campaign office of the presidential ticket of Bill Clinton and Al
Gore.
The money raised will go to help the Democrats' coordinated
campaign, a pool that benefits all Democratic candidates.
King said the Kennedys' popularity in New Mexico goes back to
John Kennedy, who got enormous support for his presidential race in
1960.
John Kennedy was a very well-liked and beloved president and
he always had close connections with New Mexico. (State Sen.)
Emilio Naranjo got started to helping him very early on, as did
myself and a lot of others, King said. I was the manager of the
rural areas for Kennedy. That was one of the first statewide jobs I
had.
In 1980, King said he backed Jimmy Carter for president, but Ted
Kennedy beat Carter in New Mexico's primary.
AP-NY-10-15-92 0021EDT