European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Low key Dole to direct Senate majority by Katharine a seelye the new York times he world has nipped upside Down and suddenly sen. Bob Dole r-kan., is on top. But with the Low key Dole it can be hard to Tell. A a a a a a a a a a t _ h Telephone from his office in Washington in a h Standard Dole growl of understatement when h asked his View of this month s election results which swept the republicans into majorities in both houses of  cop tide May have rescued Dole 71, from the minority sidelines elevating him once More to Senate majority Leader and holding out the Promise of front runner status if he runs again for president but Dole is one to keep his Hopes in Check. After All he grew up poor in the Kansas dust bowl and was so grievously wounded in world War ii that he was not expected to live when he did survive All he looked Forward to was an  pension. Quot he never gets too High and he never gets too Low Quot said his longtime Friend former sen. Warren Rudman . Quot that s very important whether you re in the infantry or in the Senate. When everyone else is jumping around he s very  one clue to his new stature is his Reading material. Quot i m going to read the Truman Book Quot he said slightly amused. Quot everybody s Reading it Quot he was alluding to White House aides who were rifling through David Mccullough s biography to see How former president Truman a Democrat dealt with a Republican Congress. In the first two years of president Clinton s term Dole As minority Leader was already the most important Republican in Washington. In the next two he will not Only have More Power but also a lot of reinforcements. The whole political equation has tilted in his favor. Quot Bob Dole has spent much of his career measuring himself against presidents and finding that he measures up Quot said Norman Amstein an analyst at the american Enterprise Institute. Quot he sees this election As a Triumph for himself and that gives him a springboard Quot but there Are complications. Can he switch from his role As minority Leader effectively thwarting democratic legislation to the Job of forging a viable Republican Agenda can he serve As both majority Leader and run a presidential Campaign a especially when two fellow republicans sen. Phil Gramm of Texas and sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania also have their eyes on the White House and what of the feisty new speaker of the House rep. Newt Gingrich r-ga., who once called Dole Quot the tax collector for the welfare state Quot will Gingrich s incendiary pronouncements in the Post election frenzy eclipse the understated Dole and nudge him further to the right than he might want to move for a while at least Dole and Gingrich will try to work in tandem. Quot they Are both serious people who understand they Are yoked together Quot said William Kristol a Republican theoretician. Quot the Success of each is linked to the other and the Republican Congress needs to  but this is an Odd pairing. Where Gingrich is expansive verbal and visionary Dole is laconic Flinty and tactical. Where Gingrich delegates authority Dole is stringently self reliant. Bob dote meets the press after the elections to discuss what the cop now the majority plans for the Senate where the Boyish Gingrich is exuberant Over his newfound Power the Darker Dole is stepping gingerly casting Helms eco As the cooler head profoundly aware that the j jump Steps voters who gave them strength can just As easily snatch amp away., a a. A Quot he snows this is a test Quot said sen. Alan k. Simpson a a you a a for end code. Quot anytime he flunks it it will be magnified into Crita of any presidential aspirations in contrast to or Ich with his contract with America Dole appears to be improvising. His vision it seems is whatever works. A a. A a a a Quot he has an ideology but he is not an ideologue Quot Orre Tein  does not have the Sharp set of in tories that Phil Cramm or Newt has. He is More skilled in leg seating but this to not prize by his More confront Atlonia  Dole used to say that his dream was to be majority Leader with a president of the opposite party. But now that such an Opportunity presents itself he hesitates to specify what he wants to do. Quot obviously i m getting All these suggestions from new members Quot he hedged. Quot but until we coordinate everything with the committee chairmen and the governors it would be too Early to say this is Bob Dole s Agenda because it May not be anyone else  what then is his goal As majority Leader to try to my to. To amp a. Sen. Richard Selby of Alabama Center is congratulated by Dole and sen. Phil cranium after announcing his switch from Democrat to Republican. A give people some feeling that we can get something done other than appropriations Bills Quot he said. Quot there ought to be some Way with this Modem technology a we do nothing All Day and Don t Start voting until dark. Members should be disciplined enough to work in the  Dole who was elected to the House in 1960 and to the Senate in 1968, has served longer As a Republican in Congress than anyone else. He said he knew that the institution was scorned. Quot people consider us part of the problem Quot he said but he cannot mask his scepticism about overhauling it Quot if we do lobbying Reform ethics Reform congressional Reform make All these Laws apply to us is that enough he asked. Quot we did some things two years ago and i did t see anybody ride in Here and say boy this is great Quot. \. Dole said he would decide by mid february whether to run for president Quot he has to sort out How he can manage the running of the Senate As Well As manage a Campaign Quot Rudman said. Dole s previous National campaigns have not been successful. For one thing he is not a big picture v communicator. For another americans like their leaders sunny and optimistic and Dole famous for his acid wit often seems to glower. Quot in Small groups you love him Quot said another Friend sen. Orrin g. Hatch a Utah Quot Butin larger groups his sardonic humor does t carry him  his Public image is so negative that he sought out an. Image consultant and paid Ner to help him appear More likable. He might want to ask for a refund. The latest new York times lbs news poll found that his favourable rating has plunged since 1987 while his unfavourable rating has More than doubled today 25 percent of All americans View him negatively die same number who View him positively. The other 50 percent Are undecided in addition Dole will be 73 by the time of the 1996 elections and will have spent 36 years on the National stage. A 1 Quot is he a Symbol of Washington and Congress Quot asked Charles e. Cook jr., editor of the Cook political report a Washington newsletter. Quot and How will Congress look in the next two years will it become productive or More gridlocked in that sense his Fate is in his own hands and newts although i Don t know that Newt really cares if Bob Dole is  combative Gingrich to in e up House by Dan Sewell the associated press Small College history teacher now making history rebel in the House he soon will Lead Newt Gingrich is Savouring his improbable Rise from Quot an  brat with a weird name and no Money Quot to an Agenda setter for the nation. Gingrich worked into the Early morning on the Day after election returns assured the republicans of a majority in the House making it Likely that he would become the first gop speaker in 40 years. He huddled with supporters and aides for lengthy discussions and kept checking election returns in his Quot War room Quot where Republican gains were marked in on maps of the nation s regions. Looking in for a last update at 4 a.m., Gingrich pondered a few moments when asked his personal reaction to the night s news. Quot it is an extraordinary moment in history Quot he said. Quot it s just sort of amazing to be  after sleeping barely 1 i hours Gingrich was up at Daybreak for the morning talk shows and what became a running news conference with reporters trailing him As he rushed through Back corridors at the convention Center that was his election night Headquarters. Audacious and combative for his first eight terms in Congress Gingrich mixed in statesmanship along with his usual Defiance As he discussed the Job he is in line to take in january. He offered conciliation instead of House speaker to be Newt Gingrich lays out plans for the House s transition to Republican control. Confrontation Quot common ground Quot instead of partisanship. He said he wanted to work with not fight president Clinton and pronounced their Short Telephone talk the Day after the elections Quot positive and  but he also warned that while the cop would cooperate it would not Compromise. He carried around a copy of die to guide in which the contract with America he helped orchestrate As a National Republican Campaign platform was printed As a checklist. He urged americans to Post it on their rep. Dick Armey of Texas Likely House majority Leader talks to reporters As Gingrich and probable House agriculture committee chairman rep. Pat Roberts of Kansas wait their turns. Refrigerators and tune in starting Jan. 4 to watch the new House carry it out. There was plenty of newspeak the jargon of a politician who Calls himself Quot a conservative  his theme is Quot the renewal of american civilization Quot promoting Quot american exceptionalism dismantling Quot the welfare state Quot reversing the Quot counterculture Quot that has undermined society and utilizing Quot the third wave information revolution Quot described by a favorite author Alvin Toffler. The former West Georgia College assistant professor now 51, sprinkled his comments with historical references quoting Winston Churchill referring to the political careers of Henry Clay Andrew Jackson and James Madison and stumping reporters by asking what he had in common with the last speaker of the House from Georgia Charles Crisp in 1891-95. A answer neither was born in Georgia a Gingrich was born in Harrisburg a. Crisp in England. As he claimed his lopsided Victory in his own race for re election against Democrat Ben Jones Gingrich had the band play Happy Days Are Here again which he noted to a packed ballroom was Franklin d. Roosevelt s theme. Intrigued by the Way Roosevelt wielded Power Gingrich has been Reading for biographies and even transcripts of his White House press conferences. Born Newton Leroy Mcpherson his parents were divorced and he was adopted by his Stepfather career military Man Robert Gingrich. He married had two daughters divorced and then remarried. He called his life Lucky and wonderful but added Quot it s been hard Quot after losing two races he won on his third try in 1978. He quickly became a fiery Bac Bencher going on the attack to role one speaker tip o Neill and then get another Jim Wright ousted on ethics charges. He and other conservative republicans voiced their views and Agenda to the National audience of a Span after usual House business was closed. Bucking seniority with the help of other conservatives Gingrich narrowly won election As minority whip in 1989. With current minority Leader Robert Michel deciding not to seek another term in Congress Gingrich found his goal of becoming speaker suddenly within reach a if republicans could gain 40 seats. He smiled at being called Quot a master strategist Quot saying he would Call himself Quot a persistent  v 1 Quot if i were a master strategist i would have gotten Here a lot sooner Quot he said. 18 the stars and stripes monday november 21,1994 the stars and stripes 19