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Subject: Clinton wins big, but Tsongas, Jackson wait in the wings
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 9:08:55 PDT
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	Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton won the big New York primary that he
needed to maintain his momentum against former California Gov. Edmund 
``Jerry'' Brown, but the question loomed Wednesday whether
disenchantment among the voters would invite Paul Tsongas back into the
race or Jesse Jackson to enter it.
	Tsongas, the former Massachusetts senator who put his active campaign
on hold three weeks ago, benefitted from a strong protest vote to finish
second in New York and did fairly well elsewhere to prompt him to re-
evaluate his status.
	Brown gave Clinton a run in Wisconsin and Minnesota but finished
third in New York, where he had made investment in being the candidate
that could stop the Arkansas governor.
	President Bush swept through the Republican primary field, leaving
challenger Patrick Buchanan far behind him in voting in Wisconsin,
Kansas and Minnesota.
	``Today's results are another endorsement of our proposals for
fundamental reform,'' Bush said in a statement issued by the White House
Tuesday evening. ``While the Democrats offer only confusion, we are
earning a mandate to change America as we changed the world.''
	While Clinton won big Tuesday, there were clear indications many
Democrats distrusted him, and others were not happy with the candidates
they had to chose from.
	Clinton seemed to acknowledge this in his victory speech, noting that
votes for Tsongas and Brown were ``votes for change,'' and he urged his
supporters to ``reach out to those who did not vote for me but voted for
change.''
	With the next primary now three weeks away in Pennsylvania, Clinton
had time to try to bring those disenchanted Democrats into his fold.
	Stepping into a major labor dispute, he scheduled a visit to Peoria,
Ill., to meet separately with management and striking workers of
Caterpillar.
	Tsongas, speaking from his front lawn in Lowell, Mass., said a
decision on whether to return to the campaign would not come until
Thursday at the earliest.
	Tsongas said he did not want to enter the race just to play the role
of the ``spoiler,'' adding, ``It really is a matter not only of how I do
... but how the others do.''
	Brown, who's big push in New York did not pay off, vowed again to
continue all the way, and, invoking Revolutionary War hero John Paul
Jones, said: ``We have just begun to fight.''
	``This campaign is the voice of the voiceless,'' he said. ``We intend
to represent the unrepresented.''
	Democratic National Committee Chairman Ron Brown said on the NBC 
``Today'' program Wednesday that he had talked with Tsongas Tuesday
evening and planned to talk with him again.
	``We're going to talk about how much he's needed and those voters he
has attracted are needed in the fall campaign as we focus on defeating
George Bush,'' Brown said. ``And we're going to talk about some of the
mathematics of it, whether it's doable.''
	Jesse Jackson, appearing on the CBS ``This Morning'' program,
expressed disappointment at what he called a ``painfully low'' voter
turnout ``because the message was so narrow.''
	``Two candidates attacking each other is like a Class B violent
movie, and it becomes entertainment and the real unmet needs of the
people are not addressed,'' Jackson said.
	But Jackson added, ``If ... these uncommitted, unexcited,
uninterested numbers continue to grow, if there's just a vacuum ...
somebody must step in.''
	Pressed as to whether he would consider running, Jackson said, 
``Well, under some conditions. Right now, unless the message gets
broader and acceptable ratings increase, the ground work is, in fact,
laid for a third party.''
	Efforts to get Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot on the ballot as a
third choice in November continued to gain momentum with new committees
formed in Georgia and Missouri to accomplish that.
	Clinton was close to two-thirds of the delegates needed to win the
nomination in July. But despite his overwhelming lead, many Democrats
worried that he had been too battered in the primaries, and there are
too many doubts about his character to make him a winner in the fall.
	Exit polls conducted by the television networks showed that 66
percent of the Democrats in New York and about 60 percent in Wisconsin
and Kansas said they were not satisfied with the candidates now running.
	A look at Tuesday's primaries:
	New York: With 100 percent of the vote counted, Clinton had 41
percent to Tsongas's 29 percent and Brown's 26 percent. The GOP primary
was canceled and Bush got all the delegates.
	Wisconsin: With 95 percent in, Clinton was holding a 38 percent to 35
percent lead over Brown with Tsongas a distant third at 17 percent. Bush
outpolled Buchanan by 5-to-1.
	Kansas: With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Clinton won 51
percent of the vote with Tsongas at 15 percent, ``None of the above'' at
14 percent, and Brown at 13 percent. Bush had 62 percent to none-of-the-
above's 16 and Buchanan's 15 percent.
	Minnesota: With 84 percent of the vote in, Bush led Buchanan by a 65
percent to 24 percent. Democratic delegates were picked in caucuses
earlier. Clinton led a beauty contest poll, 33 percent ot Brown's 30 and
Tsongas's 20 percent. The non-binding race remained too close to call
Wednesday morning, largely because of a large block of votes outstanding
in St. Louis County where Brown was leading Clinton 2,908 to 2,094 with
87 of 247 precincts reporting. If that trend continues, it could pull
Brown into a virtual tie with Clinton since statewide. 
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