European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fec Fory brother who gave Jackson wha he a fled his redneck . Richard Gephardt. Do. Boasts the endorsement o1 35 Southern members of Congress while Goff has you Rcd democratic Sale legislators and Ollice hollers. Gore recently picked up support irom sen. Terry Sanford and former gov Jim Hunt. Both of North Carolina and on monday added endorsement irom Florida slate House speaker Jon Mills and Texas state Hausa speaker Gibson d Gib Lewis. Vice president George Bush eagerly tells of his Texas roots while sen. Bob Dolezol Kansas emphasizes his Southern ties is Wile. Elizabeth is irom Salisbury. . Olhorn candidates have resigned themselves to Wail until Otter the february caucuses in Iowa and pro May in new Hampshire to locus on the South. The main thing we re trying to do is win Towa and new Hampshire so we can Gudown South and show our friends there what we be done said Mike Mccurry a Campaign spokesman Lor former Arizona gov. Bruch Babbitt. Adding to the tendency to locus on Bra and new Hampshire has been the difficulty in deciphering who southerners Are and what Are their interests. People Are going to find out just How varied and Complex to have  said Charles Capps chairman of the Southern legislative conference and a Democrat irom Cleveland miss. For instance oilmen in Louisiana and Oklahoma cannot easily be lumped together Wilh tobacco Farmers in the Carolines or textile workers in Georgia. There Are several souths said Harold Stanley a visiting research professor Al the University of Alabama. Whal plays Well in one segment won l necessarily play Well in  primary Bonanza associated press Twenty states and one territory hold primaries or caucuses on tuesday March 8.19sb. Here is a list including numbers of delegates at stake in each party. Fourteen Aro Southern and Border states Alabama primary s3 dem 38 cop Arkansas primary 33 dem 27 gop Florida primary 136 dem 82 gop Georgia primary. 77 dem. 48 gop Kentucky. Primary 55 dem 38. Gop Louisiana Prim try 63 dem 41 gop Maryland primary 67 dem 41 gop Mississippi primary 40 dem 31 gop Missouri primary 77 dem 47 gop North Carolina primary 82 dem 54 gop Oklahoma primary 46 dem 36 gop Tennessee primary 70 dem 33 gop teas. Primary 1s3dcm 111 cop Virginia primary 75 dem. 0 gop other states Hawaii. Democratic caucuses. 20 Idaho democratic caucuses 1b Massachusetts primary 98 dem 52 gop Nevada. Democratic caucuses. 16 Rhode Island primary 22 dem 21 gop. Washington caucuses 65 dem nol binding Lor gop territory american Samoa democratic caucuses 3 Al stake in the democratic contests on super tuesday Are 1.243 delegates Here will be 4,160 total democratic delegates Vilh 2,081 needed to nominate. Al stake in the Republican contests that Day will be 700 delegates there will be 2,277 total Republican delegates. Wilh 1.139 needed to nominate. All the slates of the South except one South Carolina hold primaries on super tuesday. South Carolina will hold a Republican primary on saturday March 5, three Days before super tuesday with 37 delegates Al stake South Carolina democrats hold caucuses on March 12. With 44 delegates Al slake. Nuary24,1988 wooing the unsold South by William m. Welch associated press Democrat Paul Simon claims thai if he s no quite a southerner he s from Southern Illinois Send that s pretty  Bob Dole says he has a Southern strategy his wife who is from North Carolina. Everybody it seems in this presidential season wants to claim or develop some Affinity with the South. And it s no wonder since 14 Southern and Border Stales will Hod primaries on the same Day March 8. To decide More than a Quarter of the delegates to both the democratic and Republican conventions. But whether the creation of this new Region Wido primary is having any real influence on Iho positions of the candidates in either parly is a question still being answer cd Wilh the voting less than to months away All the candidates have been paying visits to the South. Bui analysis say there s been Lilloo overt promising or pandering to Southern interests. For one thing most Ara Loo Busy paying alte lion to the traditional Early con tools Tov b. And new Hampshire respectively Lour and Threa weeks ahead of super tuesday ii was the frustration with those Early contests and their perceived Liberal influence Hal prompted Southern democrats to establish their same Day voting in the first place. There has nol been Ade emphasis of Iowa and new Hampshire they Stilt have disproportionate influence said de Lazarus a Washington pollster now doing surveys or sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee. Deciding just whal Aro Southern issues is no easy question. Pofi Lical analysts say the South is anything but solid anymore. For instance Energy policies Aro key in the producing states Olte As Oklahoma and Louisiana where economics have been ravaged Wilh the decline in Oil prices. But the desired answer Lor Many in those slates an Oil import fee has no More lure in the other Energy consuming slates of the South than it does in new Hampshire. Tobacco is a big Issue in Kentucky and the Carolines where politicians Lor generations have paid homage to the Golden Leal Hal Means jobs and dollars. Bui the Federal Price support subsidy has opposition elsewhere and so Lar none of the candidates has beaten a path Down tobacco Road this season. The textile and apparel industries of Georgia. North Carolina and South Carolina Havo been Hurt by foreign imports and some candidates have to led to develop thai Issue. Bui import restrictions Are a Par of the bigger Trade imbalance and candidates Are mindful thai fim ils in one area can backfire in another As in the Case of Iowa Farmers who want to sell their crops overseas. Beyond those specifics analysts and pol lakers say general issues of Strong National defense economic development education Day Cam and support for family values Are whal Southern voters Are concerned Aboul. Many of the Southern Stales have not snared in the economic Boom that Iho North Oast. West coast and some other regions have enjoyed. Jesse Jackson a native southerner has been hit Long Iho Trade Issue and loss of Domestic jobs. He s won Potile receptions from White audiences but polls Don l indicate he s been Able to broaden his base Signil Mcanlly beyond Black voters University of North Carolina political Scie Lisl Worle Black says the big question on super tuesday is How Many democrats Cross Over to Vole in the Republican primaries attracted by Dolo. George Bush or perhaps Pat Flo Bertson. Once democrats leave the old in May be def inuit to win them Back in november he reasons. But ii the South does t evoke monolithic political responses some analysis argue that 81 least the Early regional voting is forcing candidates in Bolh parties to pay attention to them. Jay hakka a Tallahassee fla., democratic Ali visa who was one Olathe Realor. The super tuesday primary said the intent was nol Loet Icil Southern based promises but to make the candidates lace an audience with a Range of interests broader than those of Iowa or new Hampshire. Our intent was to have the candidates speak to the broadest electorate possible he said. In thai respect in gives an indication of the kind of candidate that would be a Good general election candidate. It s the regional primary More than the Southern Ness of in thai Haa great Appeal said Hakes who is slate director for sen. Bob Graham and is unaligned in the presidential  ins emphasis on organization required Lor Iowa s caucuses and the personal campaigning required in tiny new Hampshire campaigning in the Southern regional primary must be done mainly by  Region As defined by the primary a crotches irom Florida to Maryland to Missouri to Texas and the Southern Campaign May consist mainly of three weeks of Airport news conferences in one Southern Media Market after another. Here s the first lest of who s got what it takes to win a television Campaign and in Iho 1980s running for president is More than anything else a television Campaign Lazarus said. The stars and stripes Page 15