Kerrey

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Sen. Bob Kerrey's impressive victory in the South Dakota presidential primary creates an ironic situation in the campaign for the Democratic nomination.In the four states that have held primaries or caucuses so far, three of the five principal candidates have won at least one - Kerry,former Sen,Paul Tsongas in New Hampshire and Maine,and Sen Tom Harkin in his native Iowa.Another, former Gov. Jerry Brown of California, has scored a near-victory, in the Maine caucuses. Yet the fifth -- winless Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas -- is regarded as the man to beat as the campaign turns south.

Although Bob Kerrey has no plans to visit Maryland, he hopes to gain voter support with radio advertisements and surrogate campaigners.Martin O'Malley, Maryland coordinator for the Nebraska senator, said yesterday it was still possible the candidate would appear before Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary. Mr. Kerrey is concentrating on primaries in Colorado and Southern states after winning the South Dakota primary this week."Sometimes you're called on to lead the charge; sometimes you're called on to lead a flanking movement," Mr. O'Malley said philosophically.

Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska calls his victory in South Dakota's Democratic presidential primary his "new beginning." Judged by the numbers alone, it was a clear-cut victory. He got 40 percent of the vote, far outdistancing Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin's 25, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's 19 and Paul Tsongas' 10. But judged by geography, it was a regional victory for a senator from an adjoining state.Mr. Tsongas' victory in the New Hampshire primary and his tie in the Maine caucuses were also due to regional considerations.

Although Bob Kerrey has no plans to visit Maryland, he hopes to gain voter support with radio advertisements and surrogate campaigners.Martin O'Malley, Maryland coordinator for the Nebraska senator, said yesterday it was still possible the candidate would appear before Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary. Mr. Kerrey is concentrating on primaries in Colorado and Southern states after winning the South Dakota primary this week."Sometimes you're called on to lead the charge; sometimes you're called on to lead a flanking movement," Mr. O'Malley said philosophically.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A buoyant Sen. Bob Kerrey headed south today to challenge Gov. Bill Clinton in Georgia, after his impressive victory in yesterday's South Dakota primary.Mr. Kerrey of Nebraska, proclaiming he had "struck gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota," broke into the winner's circle for the first time this primary season by establishing his affinity with the dominant farm community here, as a concerted effort to do the same by another South Dakota neighbor, Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, fell short.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The fight for the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination comes to South Dakota tomorrow with two farm-state neighbors, Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska and Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, facing each other for Midwest regional bragging rights -- and a lifeline for their imperiled campaigns.The Democratic primary has been widely billed as an elimination contest between Mr. Kerrey, who ran third in the New Hampshire primary, and Mr. Harkin, who finished fourth, although both vow to press on no matter what the outcome here.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The great air war is well under way.Voters here face a bewildering crush of advertisements, many negative, as the presidential primary campaign heads into its final weekend.Hundreds of ads run morning, noon and night on TV and radio -- more than $4 million worth of messages.There's Bob Kerrey running in a sweat suit, Tom Harkin rolling up his sleeves, Paul Tsongas swimming, Bill Clinton talking, President Bush strolling across his office."I'm confused. There are so many campaigning at this point," lamented Loretta Yurck, a worker in a Claremont wool-making plant visited yesterday by Mr. Kerrey, a Democratic senator from Nebraska.

NASHUA, N.H. -- At a news conference outside City Hall here the other day, Sen. Bob Kerrey excoriated President Bush and "the old men and old money that surround him."An hour or so later, speaking to students at Hesser College in Manchester, Mr. Kerrey said that the nation "can no longer afford the old indifference of George Bush, the old ideas of George Bush and the old men of old money that surround him."In the back of the gymnasium a Kerrey strategist was telling reporters that the lines about "old men" and "old money" were going to be a regular part of the Nebraska Democrat's litany for the rest of the New Hampshire primary campaign.