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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 26, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 13 columns Tom Rau Mbrown benefiting from year of the outsider move Over Pat Buchanan. The anti Bush vote is now keeping company with an anybody but Clinton contingent on the other Side of the ballot. Jerry Browne a Victory in the Connecticut primary on tuesday demonstrated that a substantial anti establishment vote lurks on both sides Republican and democratic. And it looms even larger than the weekly one third protest vote that continues to hound president Bush even though he won again in Connecticut. Democratic front runner Bill Clinton a surprising loss to Brown suggests the Arkansas governor has his work Cut out for him As attention shifts to the volatile new York primary two weeks from now. A defeat in Delegate Rich new York could seriously undermine Clinton a credibility As the presumed democratic nominee. The same forces of unrest that Buchanan rallied to Embarrass Bush in earlier primaries Are now being harnessed on the democratic Side by Brown. A Brown is tapping the same kind of outsider vote a said Paul Erickson a senior Buchanan adviser. �?o1992 will be remembered As the year of the  the situation is improving for Bush As Buchanan fades from the scene. But Clinton a problems seem to be compounding As Brown supplants Buchanan As the prime grenade thrower of this unpredictable presidential season. The Only Solace that either Side May draw is that the a anti Bush vote among republicans May eventually cancel out the a anti Clinton vote among democrats in the general election. A my guess is both of these candidates Are going to come into election Day with a one to one ratio of favourable to unfavourable a said gop pollster Bill Mcinturff. Mcinturff said the Best thing Bush has going for him is that a the democrats Are going to nominate a potentially flawed  Bush was hammered by much the same Basic protest vote in Connecticut that has pursued him from the new Hampshire primary. The difference is that the Buchanan vote which was 37 percent in new Hampshire had fallen to 22 percent by Connecticut. An uncommitted Block of delegates claimed 9 percent and former Kun flux Klansman David Duke received about 2 percent. Bush aides a and to an extent the president himself a attributed the negative vote to Connecticut a battered Economy. And Bush Campaign chairman Bob Teeter stressed that a every week these primaries have been better for  but the combined vote against Bush was still in the one third Range where it has been All season a and this in one of Bush a claimed a a Home states. The real Surprise of tuesday was the strength of Browne a showing on the democratic Side a candidate who was dismissed As a minor entry just a few weeks ago. Add to that the fact that former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas Drew 20 percent even though he had withdrawn from the race. In fact some 64 percent of those who voted in the Connecticut democratic primary cast a vote against Clinton. A not Only have we seen an anybody but Bush vote but this suggests that there a a substantial anybody but Clinton vote a said Stuart Rothenberg a political analyst and newsletter publisher. A a Here a a Guy who a the anointed candidate of the democratic establishment. Every pundit in town has Given him the nomination. It strikes me that there continue to be elements of both parties As Well As among independents not Happy with the  the results suggest a a very bitter sort of personal campaigns in the fall where the two candidates focus on each others weaknesses rather than on their own strengths Rothenberg suggested. Although the Connecticut results show there May be some Rocky times ahead for Clinton he still remains the Odds on favorite to win the democratic nomination. C Tho associated press Robert w. Stewartt s first things first for Clinton beat Brown a nagging debate that had raged within the presidential Campaign of Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton appeared to have been settled tuesday night. Clinton a narrow defeat in the Connecticut primary apparently has persuaded the arkansans that the candidate to beat at least for the moment is former California gov. Edmund g. A a Jerry Brown jr., and not president Bush. At a late night appearance before a cheering crowd at Gallagher a Steak House in Manhattan Clinton Dan grate lated Brown on his upset win in Connecticut a democratic primary. But Clinton immediately sounded a Call to arms in the fight for the 244 democratic delegates at stake in the april 7 new York primary. A we had a Small setback in Connecticut tonight and it was a Good education a declared a smiling Clinton. A what it tells us is the people in this country do not want this process to be Over and i done to want it to be Over either. �?o1 want us to come into new York with our guns blazing ready to Roll. This is the Best kick off we could get. No one will take this election for  in his speech and in earlier interviews in new Jersey Clinton blamed his loss to Brown on a combination of Clinton a own inattention to Connecticut and Browne a attacks on him. A i realize now that i just Haven to been there in Connecticut enough to have any kind of message Impact a Clinton told reporters at a fund Raiser in West Orange . A fall the negative stuff had been there and i just did no to have the time that i  during the Campaign Brown attempted to paint Clinton As the a a scandal a week candidate. He pointed to questions about Clinton a character that surfaced earlier this year including an unsubstantiated allegation of martial infidelity and controversies about Clinton a draft record. Brown also blasted Clinton for playing a round of Golf last week at a Whites Only country club in Little Rock. In a probable preview of the attack that Clinton forces plan to mount on Brown in new York Clinton on tuesday night accused the former California governor of political hypocrisy and characterized Brown As a Chameleon who has few deeply held principles. A a he a always been an adroit politician Quot Clinton said of Brown. A remember what he a Best at a coming in focusing resentment and reinventing himself for whatever Issue works at the  ironically that charge that was levelled at Clinton during the Connecticut Campaign largely because of his vocal support for the multimillion Dollar sea Wolf submarine construction program. The huge nuclear powered submarines arc built at the electric boat division of general dynamics corp. In Groton conn., which is heavily dependent on the submarine Plant and its 18,000 jobs. Both Bush and Brown say the program should be terminated. Clinton and his aides said they had no plans to Campaign hard in Connecticut until shortly before Clinton a big victories in the March 17 Illinois and Michigan primaries and that the delay May have Cost them the election. It was Only after those Clinton wins aides said that they began to suspect that they could defeat former Massachusetts sen. Paul e. Tsongas in Connecticut who complicated matters further by unexpectedly suspending his Campaign last thursday. A Tsongas pulled out five Days ago i think the voters Are still a Little raw about that a said Dee Dee Myers Clinton a press Secretary. A a they re angry they believe Bill Clinton drove Tsongas out of the race and they re unwilling to come on Board the Clinton Campaign. And 1 think that a  Myers said that new television spots to air in new York will Point out the distinctions Between Clinton and Brown a and emphasize Clinton a message the same Way we compared the Clinton plan to the Tsongas plan. A a Jerry a message is appealing its one of change and there Hasni to been a lot of scrutiny of him a Myers said. According to Clinton that will soon change. C los Angeles tunes  
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