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By Charles Madigan By Jon Margolis Vice President Geor11e .Bush swept the SuJ.>Cr Tuesday pnmary Emerging from Super Tuesday, collcctmg an army of l_tc­ the Republican Party is on . the pu'bli<;an delegates and marchmg verge of getting it~lf a no'!'mec to face what be a and the Demoerauc Party •s on in the the the verge of a new leading

The Democrats now have a · sas. . h I front-runner in their effort to lind Massachusetts Gov. M1c ae someone to run in fall in what in­ Dukakis, civil rights leader Jesse creasingly appe~rs to '?c a general Jackson and Sen. Albert Gore of election campaign ag~~~nst. George Tennessee split votes all across t~e Hush. But that Demoerauc f~nt­ 20 states that held Democratic runncr, Gov. Michael Dukakis of primaries or caucuses. The o!lt­ Massachusetts, faces a far more comc set the scene for a gruchng complicated situation than does light in Illinois. and beyond b,Y Hush, starting with next week's Il- offsetting Rep. Rtchard Gephard.t s linois primary. . earlier victories and giVIng a shm Dukakis' Illinois problem IS not chance for revival to Sen. Paul so much Sen. Albert Gore of Ten­ Simon of Illinois. nessee, who seems ·to have dis­ The vice president's victory, an­ placed Rep. Richard Gephardt of ticipated days ago, was as much a Missouri, at least for now, as the measure of the continued affection candidate chasing the front-run­ for President Reagan as 11 was for ncr. the Bush candidacy, a strong con­ Rather his problem is Sen. Paul nection that Dole never was able Simon of Illinois, who did not to overcome. . even compete in Tuesday's con­ At stop after stop dunng the tests but still is leading in most hectic Super Tuesday campatgn. Illinois polls. . . .. Bush wrapped himself in the "I'm very serious about llhnots,, mantle of a president who remams said an "cxccedm~ly happy tremendously popular across the Dukakis in an intcmew Tuesday South. . . h "This is a unique poht•ca1 ap­ .. ., pcning," Bush .told checrinl!. cam­ ._, \.".!• paign workers tn Houston.. It ~x­ cccded my fondest expectations. night at his primary night party at . "This region still strongly backs a Northwest Side theater. "I re- ' Ronald Reagan and his agenda," spcct Paul a lot. As a matter of 1 said Richard Bond, Bush's cam­ fact my respect for him grew as I paign manager. "That helped canipa1gncd with ~im. But. I'm Bush. Ae's a very strong and very committed to runmng a nauonal popular president." . campaign. I'm going to run a "1 would certainly hate to be m strong full-fledged campaign [in Il­ Sen. Dole's shoes · after tomght, linois], particularly on the eco­ and especially if he loses m ll.b­ 11 nomic issues. • nois," said Bush's national cam­ Still Dukakis' campaign aides paign chairman, Lee Atwater. do noi expect him to win Illinois. Bush's landslide will end the They could be plaY)ng the "expec­ campaign of Rep. Jack Kemp of tations game," trymg to mak~ New York, who has run out of victory next week seem more •.m• money and has drawn httle att~n­ prcssive, but the~ say .they th!nk tion. It also could halt s~lauon he might well limsh thlfd, be.hmd that Pat Robertson's 'invisible" both Simon and Jesse Jackson, the evangelical army would a_Ppcar third of Tuesday night's Demo­ and carry the former rehf!IOU.s cratic winners. The prospect .or broadcaster to a decent showmg, 1f their front-runner limshmg th1rd See Bush, pg. 14 in one of the nation's largest states docs not comfort Democrats. . The results leave the Democrauc Full coverage picture less mu~dled . !han,· it was, because Dukak•s has clearly· J>e­ e Simon says he is the day's real comc the man to beat and because winner. Page 12. one of the contenders trying to e The . battle for Illinois will be beat him Gephardt, was severely waged on many fronts. Page 12. damaged Tuesday night. But it is still muddle9 enough, e Dukakis, Bush teams enjoy super celebrations. Page 13. because Gephardt, the winner of AP two early contests, i:an not yet be.·.·.•. Albert Gore gets a running start • The Du Page GOP Is a tough counted out, and because the '•' After voting '1h Brciokllne, ~lass act to break up. Page 14. Michael Dukakis gives a from his farm near Carthage, other two contenders who did well Tenn., before voting Tuesday. See Campaign, Pll· l2 3-year-oid supporter. Campaign Cootinued from page I on Super Tuesday-Jackson and Gore-seem ill-prepared to exploit · .their successes. Gore is not political­ .lr well-positioned outside ·the South ·and Jackson's apJ>CBob Dole of Kansas to scheduled a press conference ries and caucuses in Michigan, Wis- giving him bargaining JXli'W at or :. win next 1\tcsday's primary in llli­ Wednesday, when he is expected to consin, New York and Pcnnsylwnia. before the Democratic convention. ;nois. drop out, perlJaps epdorsing Bush in The candidate many Democrats, Despite his sucoess, JaCkson still . , ,. But while making \an· Illinois win hopes of being chosen as the vice including · Dukakis' high conunand, appears to be the candidate of ·. for Dole more necessary, the Super presidential candidate. think could do well in some of those minorities, unable to expand his . ·Tuesday results could make it more ' •. That proniii\«;nt Republicans al­ states is Gephardt. But the MGsml!ination m~ntioned fre­ from moderate. white Soutl!el:hers, pen:ent of v.1tites. · · \·~?,, g>ous broadcaster and Baptist minis­ 'fililred, or some of his recent quently ·was DIJk.a~•s-Gorc. "AI could '!ot sufVlve Super Tuesday, That is slightly better th8n he did ter finished a poor third throughout '!rtatements chased away potential · Gore has a decss10n to make and until the weekend, mQSt' bad as- in 1984 but Jackson's wbii.el voters the South. ·st.pportcrs. \Yednesd.ay· momi!Js." S;B!d Mark sumed that the survivor· would be appear' wbe from both very iilcntiti­ Even among his coreligionists, ·;r ' Whatever the reasons, the appar- Siegel, a Democratic. political con­ Gephardt, alrca!ly . t)te winner in able and very Small minorities them­ . ~obertson did not fare wcU. Accord­ en! fiZZle of his conservative 'ausade sultan! ':"iio has rema,iped neutral m Iowa and South Dakota . selves. Many of them ,re ~y Jng to exit polls taken by ABC 'delight,ed Republicans, some of the ~tial .race:- ~ he ~~ But Gore, who had saved his cam- actsve holllO!IeJole. Among the larger group of .c:entrist voters, · issues. '"Dulcakis .f!IBY be ~· days of the campaign. In the all-inr- huge blad< llllliority, such v0t.ers arc .evangelicals, Bush got 45 percent ·Instead, 11 IS the mainstream, cs- but J)fObably not, Siegel ,_ud.. The portant delegate count, Gore was hardlr enough to provide the ami Dole won 34 percent while tablisluncnt Willi! of the Republican candidate Who SBVllj!CS him IS not winning alrnQSt as many as Dukakis strcnpn for no~n. , much less . ~obertson received only 15 percent. ·.llft(y that is dominant Even in the going to be his runnmg mate, and is Tuesday, and 11,10re than Jackson. for VICtory in a general , ~. · · · 'The Dole campaign had counted t1195t conservative P!Jrls of the coun- go!'!~! to weaken the ticket for the Super Tuesday was surely a good Without any noticeable strength ·dfl Robertson to hold down Bush's : tzy, the two candidates who repre- fall. night for Jackson, too. He led the among average voters; J~n · s po­ , IJclcgate total Tuesday. But either sent the party's right wing. Robert- Uke other Democrats, Siegel said balloting in at least four states, per- litical future n::mains limited Robertson's appeal was never as '· . ...