JP> . . . He raised the matter of assault weapons, which has been
JP> politically difficult for him since he promised the National Rifle
JP> Association last summer that repealing the 1994 ban on 19 kinds of
JP> assault weapons would be one of his legislative priorities.  The ban 
JP> is
JP> supported by the vast majority of voters, including suburban
JP> Republicans, whom Mr. Dole needs if he is to carry states like Ohio,
JP> which Mr. Clinton won in 1992 and where the President is leading in
JP> polls now.
    Dole will win Ohio regardless of whether he sells out on the gun issue or 
not.
    Union-card workers dominate that state, and they feel sold out by the 
Clintons on NAFTA.  Buchanan would have done great in Ohio if he'd stayed in.
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