Mr. Inside.(Bob Dole)

From: Newsweek | Date: November 27, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Dole is universally admired in the Senate and mistrusted by the public for the same reasons. He insists on honesty and respect and does not believe in grand rhetoric. His deal-making expertise and disdain for salesmanship make him a great Senate leader but an unpopular candidate.

It was Bob dole hell. For almost two hours, the leaders of the American government sat in the White House last week making grand and useless rhetorical points, posturing rather than negotiating. Dole hates this sort of thing, hates wasted words--but he sat there, quietly, letting them vent, hoping for an opening ...

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