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J.D. Capelouto
Sun, May 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM PDT 1 min read
polls show Americans are dissatisfied with Trump’s leadership on the war.
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The Seattle Times
Wednesday, October 14, 1992
Quayle, Gore Set Themes For Last Weeks -- Stockdale Never Answers Own Query: `Why Am I Here?'
Times News Services
It may be remembered more for its furious, even nasty partisanship than for any impact it might have on the outcome of 1992 presidential election.
But yesterday's clash of the running mates did reveal that the campaigns have decided on lines of attack for the next three weeks: President Bush against Bill Clinton's character and tax policies; Clinton against Bush's economic record; and Ross Perot against Washington politicians and their deficit.
In yesterday's debate, Vice President Dan Quayle and Sen. Al Gore Jr. of Tennessee did a better job articulating their campaigns' basic messages than President Bush and Arkansas Gov. Clinton did in Sunday's low-energy affair.
In the crossfire, retired Vice Adm. James Stockdale often seemed lost - a civilian who had wandered into a private war.
The succession of sharp clashes between Quayle and Gore over taxes, trust and character gave this debate a much rougher edge than the decorous first encounter between the presidential contenders. But traditionally, the vice-presidential debates have only minimally affected the outcome of presidential campaigns.
An ABC poll taken immediately after the debate showed Clinton leading Bush 47 percent to 38 percent, with Perot trailing at 12 percent. Those figures were virtually unchanged from a poll completed before the debate.
If yesterday's debate has any impact, some observers said, it may be to diminish the momentum Perot generated Sunday.
Although Stockdale's earthy directness occasionally echoed Perot's own success at knifing through his opponents' stilted political rhetoric, more often he appeared uncertain and overmatched; for long stretches in the free-form debate he disappeared entirely. Stockdale, a senior research fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution at Stanford University, never seemed to entirely answer the question he posed at the outset: "Why am I here?"
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Trump says US to escort 'neutral' ships through the Strait of Hormuz
J.D. Capelouto
Sun, May 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM PDT 1 min read
US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a new operation to escort “neutral” ships that are stuck in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Project Freedom,” set to commence Monday, is aimed at assisting “innocent bystanders,” Trump said, without specifying which countries the effort would apply to.
The directive came after Iran said the US responded to its latest peace proposal, which Trump had called unacceptable.
Tehran’s plan would reportedly set a deadline for talks to reopen the waterway but put off negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program — which is seen as a nonstarter for Washington.
“The political, economic, and even diplomatic aspects continue to get worse,” a Republican strategist said, as polls show Americans are dissatisfied with Trump’s leadership on the war.
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