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By Ryan Thornburg
Washingtonpost.com Staff
Friday, March 26, 1999

Texas Gov. George W. Bush joined fellow Republican presidential explorer Elizabeth Dole on Thursday in offering one of his first foreign policy opinions as a candidate. Bush said, "My worry is the worry of a lot of people I have heard from in Texas, and that is, will the airstrikes achieve the president's stated mission of bringing (Yugoslav President Slobodan) Milosevic to the peace table to sign an accord with Kosovo?"

"I think everybody at the White House should all be arrested as security risks." – Pat Buchanan, in Baton Rouge, La. (The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., March 26)

Dole, who along with Bush has shied away from media questions and offered little in the way of policy initiatives, made her remarks on Kosovo in The New York Times on Wednesday. "Because I believe this action can be instrumental in forging a peaceful solution to a dangerous, escalating military conflict, I support it," she said.
• Governor Weighs In on Kosovo Operation (The Austin American-Statesman, March 26)

Georgia's Barnes: Rookie of the Year?
Among all the first-year governors, perhaps the most successful has been Georgia Democrat Roy Barnes. Showing a greater willingness to negotiate than Zell Miller – the popular Democratic governor who left office in January – Barnes successfully navigated every one of his 27 legislative proposals through the state capitol. His plans included everything from micro-programs such as a plan to deal with Atlanta's sprawl to statewide healthcare reforms that allow patients to sue HMOs.
• Session Ends With Barnes Savoring Victories (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 25)
• Sun Sets on Session as Barnes' Star Rises (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 25)
• Legislature Approves Last Two Pieces of Barnes' Health-Case Legislation (The Savannah Morning News, March 25)
• Lawmakers to Focus on Barnes' Bills (The Augusta Chronicle, March 22)

La. Congressman Opposes Anti-Duke Coalition
Calling former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke "a non-factor" in his Republican candidacy for the vacant 1st District congressional seat in Louisiana, Rep. Jim McCrery (R-La.) said he opposes a plan by Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) to create a unified national front against Duke.
• House Republicans Split on Help Beating David Duke (The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., March 25)

Utah Democrats to Target Rural Voters
Not finding very many of their own kind in the city, Utah Democrats are setting out for the rural areas of the state in search of new supporters. Although Democrats made slight gains in state legislative elections last year, the state is still solidly Republican in statewide and national elections and only 13 percent of the entire population lives in rural areas.
• Utah Democrats Go the Rural Route In Search of Voters (The Salt Lake Tribune, March 25)

Ryan Thornburg can be reached at ryan.thornburg@washingtonpost.com