Dole Races Clock In Six-State Sprint

Racing the clock across four time zones, Bob Dole exhorted voters in a failing voice Monday to turn out an “arrogant” administration in favor of a candidate they can trust.

Closing out his third - and most likely last - run for the White House, the Republican told a crowd of hundreds, “I need your votes. There’s still time.”

Dole, his voice cracking after 70 hours of virtually non-stop campaigning, said that re-electing President Clinton would amount to ceding the White House for four more years to an administration with no regard for the law.

“I’ve seen a lot of presidents come and go, but I must say I’ve never seen a more arrogant group than … occupies the White House right now. They don’t believe that the rules apply to them. They believe they can do anything and get away with anything,” said Dole.

George and Barbara Bush, and their son George W. Bush, the Texas governor, hooked up with Dole in Houston, before leaving him to finish out Monday’s six-state sprint with stops in Louisiana, Tennessee and Iowa.

Dole, who hoped to replicate Truman’s dramatic come-from-behind win in 1948, planned to lead his entourage on a pre-dawn pilgrimage today to Independence, Mo., where the 33rd president launched his political career. From there, Dole will drop into Russell, Kan., to vote in his home town.