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- - . -. Republicans- Weeded Out On®n Super Tuesday Illinois have been decided in the spring , will the ANDREW J.. JANSSEN true victor emerge.. Both candidates StaffColumnistStaff Columnist must be preparedpr pared for the long fight.. With two beauty contests of the 1988 race now With the departure of and history , and second tier candidates now out of the , the second tier Republican candidates race, those remaining will be getting the feeling of are now two : Rep.. from being put under the microscope in a further Buffalo , and tele-preacher- Pat . ' Robertson. Kemp is the banner 11. weeding out process to determine each parties' . carrier of the conservative cause and has support . the nominee. The answer to question as to whether I- from the major syndicated pundits.. George Bush is the man to lead his party into the They have hopes that Dole and Bush will bloody each other so election has yet to be resolved.. New Hampshire is 1 , severely that Kemp can slip past them and grab the a neighbor to one of several states Mr.. Bush calls party nomination.. ; c" home, and it is without a doubt, Reagan Country.. The Pat Robertson candidacy is an enigma.. . Bush led in the polls by as much as 20 percent . He is bringing many into the Republican in thete month of January but saw that lead vanish a party who ..inin the past have not been participants.. the polls , when This will few days before the voters went to siphon away many Senator Robert Dole of Kansas pulled up even to conservative Democrats in the SouthSou where crossover voting is permitted in the Vice -President.- . . Only a last minute change of. twelve of the Super Tuesday states.. Some , in going on the offensive salvaged what. say tactics Robertson has the could have been a Waterloo rather than a watershed most powerful political machine in America.. Waghom in the Bush campaign. . ' CPSCP $ Bush can't attack Robertson in the South Governor . Massachusetts Questions in the minds of many Republican , becausebec us much of his own support comes from party members concerning George Bush include , ' conservatives and evangelicals . can Bush rid himself of the albatross of the Events leading up the March 8 Super Tuesday showdown include a -Contra- affair which has been draped around ' primary in'in . South. Carolina and a his neck ? Can he rid himself of the image of a caucus in Minnesota , where Robertson has ' a decision the last ' proven himself by man who hasn't made real in ' ! drawing ' a . . -aa . thousand supporters. to'ato rally during a as . seven years and has been viewed the nations . . ' ' . snowstormsnow in : . , " Mourner ?" Can Bush rid himself the tonn Duluth "First of " ' " " . "wimp factor" which seems to stem from his. Robertson has more ,of an organization of country- image ? zealots in Minnesota than Iowa , where he placed will probably continue to be a secondsecond'ahead' ahead of Bush.. . The scene may be set for a ' strongs1' : obstacle in the path of Bush's becoming his few surprises on Super Tuesday, which is basically . ' . - . . . . . ' . . ' ' ' ' " . ' party's nominee , even with a possible sweep off the ' a . . 20 . a SouthernSouthern . regional primary whichw ch includes South by Bush.. Only when the battles of the major . .: . industrial states of New York , Pennsylvania , and states .