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Netherlands Starts Work on Enabling Further 10 GW of Offshore Wind by 2030 – Offshore WIND

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The Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Dilan Yeilgz-Zegerius, has announced the start of spatial planning procedures for cable routes that would connect more than 10 GW of the countrys planned additional offshore wind capacity to the national grid.

In a letter sent the House of Representatives on 2 December, State Secretary Yeilgz-Zegerius informed the government of commencing investigations of grid connection routes for further 10.7 GW of installed offshore wind capacity the country plans to add by 2030, nearly twice the previously planned target.

Last month, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management issued an Additional Draft North Sea Programme 2022 2027 which increases the Dutch target from the current 11.5 GW to 22.2 GW of operating offshore wind capacity by 2030 by proposing to develop additional 10.7 GW in order to meet the EUs current goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 compared to the 1990 levels.

According to the Additional Draft, the new offshore wind capacity would be developed within the newly designated, as well as the existing zones. The newly designated zones 1,2, and 5-East would accommodate 8 GW of offshore wind capacity, the IJmuiden Ver North 2 GW, and the remaining 700 MW zone was identified within the southern part of Hollandse Kust (west) area.

The procedure for a cable connection through the Wadden Sea, which will be included in the new spatial programme, has already started.Options for a cable from the already planned wind energy area to the north of the Wadden Islands are examined in conjunction with a cable route for the new 5-East wind energy area. The current plan is for both routes to end up in Eemshaven.The route options located more to the east in the Wadden Sea will also be further investigated.

In addition, the government is examining whether there is still room after 2031 for a possible extra cable and a pipeline to transport hydrogen produced offshore to Eemshaven.

Based on potential challenges that could emerge following route investigations and consultations, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has decided to survey potential cable routes for 12 GW of capacity, in case some will not be identified as feasible.

Spatial procedures are thus starting for:

The Dutch government expects to have realised the two connections to Maasvlakte and the connection to Borssele by 2030, at the latest, while the other 6 GW of connections, one link to Geertruidenberg and two to Eemshaven, have some technological and environmental challenges with 4 GW likely to be realised by the end of 2031.

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Four Jones Act CTVs Built to ABS Class to Support US Offshore Wind – The Maritime Executive

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PublishedDec 6, 2021 10:58 AM by The Maritime Executive

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Four Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) are to be built to ABS Class by Blount Boats for American Offshore Services (AOS) to serve wind farms on the U.S. East Coast.

The 30-meter-long, Jones Act-compliant CTVs will be delivered in 2023 and 2024.

American Bureau of Shipping is assisting the local content supply chain development of offshore wind here in the U.S. with support for the vessels, such as these, that will be critical to establishing the industry. In addition, we are proud to add these CTVs to that list in supporting the clean energy transition and look forward to seeing them in operation on the East Coast, said Greg Lennon, ABS Vice President, Global Offshore Wind.

"AOS is a shining example of how U.S. contractors can work in partnership to rapidly advance our local industry, says James Clouse, Managing Director and co-founder of AOS. "We are realizing our dream of moving America's offshore wind industry forward and doing it with partnerships built on shared vision and values."

"We are excited to build this next generation of CTVs for AOS," said Marcia Blount, Blount Boat President. "A hybrid-ready CTV is a fitting addition to the new and growing offshore wind industry in the United States, and we are proud to be a part of it in such a vital way."

The vessels are just the latest assets designed specifically for U.S. offshore wind operations to be built to ABS Class. Charybdis, the first Jones Act-compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel is now under construction to ABS Class. The first U.S flagged Jones Act offshore wind farm service operation vessel ever ordered will be built to ABS Class.

The products and services herein described in this press release are not endorsed by The Maritime Executive.

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Denmark to Add up to 3 GW of New Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030 | Offshore Wind – Offshore WIND

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The government of Denmark and several political parties have agreed to add up to 3 GW of new offshore wind capacity to be developed before 2030 as part of the Finance Act 2022.

According to the green sub-agreement to the Finance Act 2022, 2 GW of offshore wind capacity must be offered for development before 2030.

It has also been agreed that the government, in connection with the energy and supply plan in 2022, will present analyzes that can form the basis for a possible tender for an additional 1 GW.

Speeding Up Development of 10 GW North Sea Energy Island

Furthermore, the parties to the agreement have agreed to develop the North Sea energy island to its full capacity as soon as possible, with 2040 as the target point.

No More Lottery, Please.

Currently, Denmark plans to add up to 7.2 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. This includes the 3 GW of capacity at the North Sea energy island, the 2 GW at the Bornholm energy island in the Baltic Sea, the up to 1.2 GW at the Hessel zone in the Baltic Sea, and 1 GW at the Thor zone in the North Sea.

Mads Nipper, CEO of rsted, the worlds leading offshore wind development, has welcomed the new sub-agreement, but has also called on the government to change the current tendering specifications.

Thanks a lot to the Danish Government and support parties for further accelerating the near term roll out of offshore wind in Denmark! Our seabed and wind conditions are ideal to be a net exporter of green energy. No lottery next time, please Nipper said in a social media post.

Nipper was referring to the outcome of the recently closed tender for the development of the Thor offshore wind farm which came down to a lottery draw after more than one pre-selected bidder had proposed to build the wind farm to the maximum capacity of 1 GW at the minimum price of DKK 0.01/kWh.

According to the current tender specifications, the concession agreement is awarded to the tenderer with the lowest tender price. If more people bid with the same lowest bid price, the bidder with the highest proposed wind farm capacity wins. If both the bid price and the capacity are the same, the tender is decided by a lottery draw.

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Heerema renews contract with Kongsberg Digital | Offshore – Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine

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HORTEN, Norway Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has renewed its long-term system support program (LTSSP) contract with Kongsberg Digital for another five years.

The LTSSP is in support of a K-Sim Offshore Crane simulation system, which features digital twins of HMCs semisubmersible construction vessels, ships, and barges. HMCs simulation center is at the companys headquarters in Leiden, the Netherlands. The simulation system was installed in 2015.

Kongsberg Digital will continue to maintain the simulators, from hardware upgrades through to additional ship models, library objects, and equipment models. The simulation system is used to confirm feasibility of new methods and equipment and to optimize efficiency and safety performance for current execution methods.

Jan Pieter de Vries, Manager Simulations and Visual Products, HMC Academy, said: By renewing this LTSSP we are ensuring that our clients, offshore crew and project teams continue to benefit from the most advanced simulation-based training and project preparation on the market, simulating real-world scenarios.

The simulation center includes two offshore crane operator domes and a bridge with K-Sim DP simulator, based on the same Kongsberg Maritime K-Pos DP systems used on HMCs vessels. Detailed models of Heeremas semisubmersible crane vessels, heavy-lift vessel, tugs and barges ensure realistic scenarios and enable detailed pre-mission training for heavy-lift projects.

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W&T Offshore represents a wealth of opportunity in the Gulf – World Finance

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Gulf of Mexico 

Interview with: Tracy W. Krohn, Chairman & CEO, W&T Offshore

December 7, 2021

An independent oil and natural gas producer, focused in the Gulf of Mexico in the US, W&T Offshore has weathered the pandemic and is well positioned in the market. Armed with over $250m in cash, an inventory of high-quality development and exploration opportunities, and a track record of making accretive acquisitions, the company is well placed to navigate a changing operating environment in the US. The Chairman and CEO at W&T Offshore, Tracy W. Krohn, discussed getting through a pandemic, incorporating ESG, and the future of the industry, with World Finance.

By focusing on the Gulf of Mexico for over 35 years, the company has developed the ability to operate efficiently and effectively in the basin amid various shocks like commodity price fluctuations and hurricanes. Currently, W&T is active in 41 producing fields in federal and state waters and has under lease approximately 611,000 gross acres, including approximately 424,000 gross acres on the Gulf of Mexico shelf and approximately 187,000 gross acres in the Gulf of Mexico deepwater. A majority of the companys daily production is derived from wells it operates. Krohn commented, Our focus on the Gulf of Mexico has been the key to our success. Due to our expertise, other operators seek us out when looking for partners. We have attracted and maintained an excellent technical team with deep experience in the Gulf. We have also developed good relationships with state and federal regulatory agencies and have an excellent safety record. All of these elements contribute to our leadership position in the Gulf of Mexico.

For the oil and gas industry, changes and adaptation have been part of its evolution. In the Gulf of Mexico, W&T has witnessed significant changes to its peers in the basin. Years ago, the area was mainly a reserve of larger corporations that were focused on shallow waters. Those operators then transitioned to drilling to greater depths and in deeper waters. This was driven by huge amounts of capital and technology required to pursue those higher risk, higher potential opportunities. Today, the players are fewer and the large independents and majors are focused primarily on ultra-deep waters or onshore, and W&T has prospered as others exited the Gulf of Mexico. Throughout our history, W&T has capitalised on opportunities that arose in the Gulf. We have built the company through a combination of two main strategies. First, opportunistic, accretive acquisitions and the successful exploitation of those acquired properties. And second, a very successful exploratory and development drilling programme. Moving forward, we will continue to look at both and the relative benefits each offers, said Krohn.

Working togetherNew policies from President Bidens administration have also presented changes for the oil and gas industry. In January, the administration announced a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters (which was subsequently blocked by a federal judge in Louisiana in June). Despite such political challenges, Krohn is optimistic. He noted, W&T has successfully operated during both Republican and Democratic administrations for decades. The officials and regulators we work with on a daily basis are good, pragmatic people. Rules and regulations change but weve always been able to find a way to work together. W&T is not losing sight of the need to remain relevant amid widespread calls for changes to the energy mix in the US. When asked about the transition away from fossil fuels, Krohn offered a pragmatic perspective. People will have different views on what our energy mix should look like in the future and how quickly we need to make changes to achieve that mix. However, any transition will take time and the oil and gas industry should play a role in managing that change successfully. That should not be a controversial statement. I do think there will be ramifications if renewable sources of energy cant deliver on their promises and if proven, reliable sources of energy like oil and gas continue to be starved of investment to such a degree that they cant make up the demand gap. Political leaders should consider the unintended consequences of that type of scenario.

We have actually been successfully managing ESG elements for a long time; we just communicate about them differently today

Similarly, companies are now learning to navigate a growing focus on sustainability. The company understands that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is becoming increasingly important to many of its stakeholders. To successfully access the credit or equity markets today, ESG is an important consideration. Krohn continued, We have actually been successfully managing ESG elements for a long time; we just communicate about them differently today. For example, we have an excellent track record of operating in a responsible and safe way that respects the environment and protects workers. That didnt start recently because of ESG. What has changed is that our processes and reporting are now more formalised and we are communicating more effectively with our stakeholders.

W&T issued its inaugural ESG report this year and has demonstrated its commitment to improving its ESG performance and transparency by adding ESG targets to its executive compensation programme. The industry is recovering from the impacts of COVID-19 that ignited a collapse in prices, slowed activity and adversely impacted the financial position of numerous companies. W&T was able to work through the situation more effectively than most. In the early days of the pandemic, when oil prices went negative, we adjusted our capital spending and temporarily shut-in properties that werent economic at very low prices. This wasnt the first time we have seen a rapid and precipitous fall in prices. We knew what we had to do and quickly took action. Our properties are all conventional fields. They have shallower declines and we can reduce spending for a period of time without a major financial impact, said Krohn.

Battling a hurricaneIn November, the company released its third quarter results showing strong operational and financial results reflective of the improving economy. During the third quarter of 2021, the company saw an 85 percent increase in revenues for the quarter to $133.9m compared to $72.5m in the same period last year. Production for the quarter stood at 3.2m barrels of oil equivalent comprising 1.1m barrels of oil, 0.4m barrels of natural gas liquids, and 10.5bn cubic feet of natural gas. Production for the period was reduced by approximately 5,500 barrels per day as a result of deferred production related to Hurricane Ida, with approximately 80 percent of the companys production shut-in at one point due to the storm. Fortunately for W&T, its assets and infrastructure did not suffer any significant damage. This emanates from the fact that the company has operated in the Gulf of Mexico for years and has seen and dealt with many hurricanes. Hurricane Ida was the biggest weather event in the Gulf of Mexico this year. When it became clear that it was going to be coming into the Gulf and would be near our assets, we did what we always do in those situations: temporarily shut-in production, secure facilities to greatly reduce the potential of an environmental incident, and evacuate our employees and contractors. What impacted us the most was the lack of electricity onshore to refiners and processing plants who buy our production. They were down and we had to wait for them to come back online, remarked Krohn.

The company announced that its cash position at the end of the third quarter of 2021 stood at over $250m, due in large part to a creative securitisation transaction with Munich Re in May. For many years, W&T used a reserve-based lending (RBL) credit facility that was underwritten by a bank group and secured by its proved reserve base. Over the years, the market for RBL facilities has become less attractive, particularly offshore. Due to losses occasioned by commodity price downturns, many banks have exited the market. The remaining few are now offering less flexible and more onerous commercial terms, which have generally become tougher and less appealing for oil and gas companies. Krohn commented, Fortunately for W&T, one of our largest assets is our Mobile Bay complex. Those assets are long-lived and have shallow declines, which is a great profile for lenders. Using Mobile Bay as collateral, we were able to work with Munich Re to structure a first-lien secured term loan that appropriately valued the collateral at an attractive cost of capital. The transaction provided us a lot more financial flexibility and dry powder to pursue attractive acquisition opportunities and consider additional exploratory drilling. When asked about the current state of the M&A market in the Gulf of Mexico, he explained, The increase in commodity prices in the second half of 2021 has widened the bid-ask a little, making it slightly tougher at the moment. Broadly speaking however, it is a good environment for M&A. Many larger operators are rationalising their portfolios and for some of them, the Gulf is no longer a core asset. Other operators have balance sheet issues that they are trying to fix following the pandemic and a period of low commodity prices.

Though doomsayers are forecasting the end of the oil and gas industry, the industry veteran believes the industry will continue to be around for years to come. Krohn stated, Transitioning the energy mix to one that relies more heavily on renewables will take time. Natural gas in particular can play a really important role during that transition. There is no question that there will be changes, but I am confident in the ability of the people in our industry to adapt.

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Dont Even Think About Betting on Sports in NY if You Work These Jobs – Sports Betting Dime

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New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh reacts after a missed extra point by kicker Alex Kessman (not pictured) in the first half at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in East Rutherford.Nyj Vs Phi

Its an exciting time for most New York sports bettors.

With the online NY sports betting launch just around the corner, the majority of people in the state will have direct access to betting with their favorite sportsbook apps and websites. That said, the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) has updated their rules and regulations to exclude certain professions from being able to bet on sports.

The NYSGC already had a previous list of professions they considered to be prohibited sports bettors. The NYSGC document that listed these professions, Part 5239: Sports Wagering at Casino Lounges and Other Public Casino Locations, refers to these prohibited sports bettors as any person or entity whose participation may undermine the integrity of mobile sports wagering on a sports event or the conduct of such sports event itself. These professions include:

That NYSGC document has been recently updated to include additional professions that the commission would describe as prohibited sports bettors. This includes:

It appears as though NYSGC is doing its best to ensure the integrity of New York online sports betting will remain intact ahead of the big launch. The commission is covering all its bases to see that there wont be anyone with close ties to sports action who can bet on them in New York.

If youre Kevin Durant, for example, its probably safe to say you wont be allowed to put any money down on the Brooklyn Nets.

Exactly when online sports betting will launch in New York remains the million-dollar questionbut you can rest assured knowing itll be sooner rather than later.

Online sports betting in New York is expected to launch in the coming weeks, and there are a number of major sportsbooks coming to the state for its much-anticipated debut. Theres plenty of reasons for sports bettors to get excited. New York sportsbooks are expected to follow suit with great bonus offers available in other states, like DraftKings Sportsbooks $1,050 Sign Up Offer.

But DraftKings wont be the only sportsbook bringing the heat to New York. FanDuel Sportsbook is expected to bring its Risk-Free Bet Up to $1,000 to sports bettors in the state as well. To cap things off, BetMGM is also likely going to bring its own $1,000 Risk-Free Bet Sign Up Offer to the table.

For the complete list of sportsbooks that will be available in New York when online sports betting launches, we got you covered:

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Sports Betting Comes to Wisconsin VCY America – VCY America

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2021 | Week of December 6 | Radio Transcript #1441

Last week Wisconsin made historyand it wasnt good history. Thanks to Governor Evers, sports betting is now legal in The Badger State.

On Tuesday, November 30, the Oneida Casino in Green Bay began offering sports betting. Heres how the tribe talks about this latest way for people to lose their money: Bet on your favorite sports at the Oneida Casino Sportsbook. We are the first and only casino in Wisconsin authorized to offer sports betting. Bet on teams and players in virtually every sportfrom hardball to pigskin, from hockey to hoops, and on guys who drive it 400 yards or 500 miles.

Essentially, sports betting is available more than twelve hours a day, seven days a week at this casino with longer hours on days the Packers have a home game. This is also available online. Apparently, the only stipulation is that someone has to be on the casino premises, but that doesnt mean in the casino, just on the property.

What happened last week now represents the largest expansion of gambling in Wisconsins historyand thats because up to this point, online gambling of any sort hasnt been available in our state. And its happened because the governor acted unilaterally and amended the gaming compact with the Oneida tribe.

Technically, the governor didnt do anything illegal. Wisconsin law allows the governor to negotiate and sign gaming compacts that govern how the tribes and the state handle the casinos without any legislative input or oversight. Thats been challenged in court, but the legislature has never prevailed.

In Wisconsin, only the Native American tribes can have casinosand until just a couple of months ago, the tribes could build casinos only on tribal lands. When the governor approved a new Ho-Chunk casino in Beloit, he approved the first off-reservation casino in the state. Right now, we have over 20 casinos, but that will likely significantly increase over the next decade.

Heres why this will probably happen. In Wisconsin the unwritten but generally acknowledged agreement is that what one tribe gets, the other ten tribes eventually get. That means that probably sooner rather than later, more tribes will ask the governor to amend their compacts to allow for sports betting, and several other tribes will likely begin the process of applying for off-reservation casinos.

The legalization of sports betting is particularly onerous. Up until a couple of years ago, we had a federal law prohibiting sports bettingfor all the reasons you can imagine. However, the US Supreme Court determined that it was putting the issue back to the states. In Wisconsin, instead of letting the lawmaking branch, the state legislature, consider the issue, the governor stepped up and made the decision for all of us with his unilateral decision.

Wisconsins gambling history is one of going from none to almost unlimited gambling opportunities, especially with the addition of sports betting, which is primarily online and therefore targets young people. In particular the target is college-aged males, a group that is unusually vulnerable to the siren song of lady luck. Studies show college and university students tend to have higher rates of problem gambling, as compared to the general population. This bodes very badly for the next generation.

Of course, any expansion of gambling comes with increased at-risk, problem, and pathological gamblers. Its just inevitable.

Because so much gambling today is online, especially this new sports betting, parents need to take every precaution they can to protect their childrenwho are not immune to the lure of gambling as they surf the internet. In age-appropriate ways, talking with kids about Gods view of money and financial stewardship and why gambling doesnt fit with a biblical worldview is a good place to start. Additionally, establishing family rules for devices and the Internet, setting up strict parental controls on all devices, and installing the very best filters you can, will help young people avoid the trap of gambling that can lead to a serious addiction.

Wisconsin Family Council opposes the expansion of gambling because it harms Wisconsins best natural resourceher families. Problem gambling much too often leads to other addictions, broken marriages and destroyed families from the lying, the financial stress, criminal activity and more that so often comes with this addiction. Wisconsin is not well served by this latest gambling expansion. As with all gambling, its a very bad bet.

This is Julaine Appling for Wisconsin Family Council reminding you the prophet Hosea said, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Julaine Appling has taught on the junior high, high school, and college levels, and for five years was the administrator of a private school. In 1998 she was asked to become the Executive Director of Wisconsin Family Council, where her mission is to advance Judeo-Christian principles and values in Wisconsin by strengthening, preserving, and promoting marriage, family, life and liberty. In addition to regularly being interviewed for Wisconsin television, radio, and newspapers, she is the host of "Wisconsin Family Connection," aired weekly on almost 50 radio stations in Wisconsin including the VCY America radio network.

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What are the benefits of sports betting? – News Talk Florida

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Making sports bets has never been as easy as it is today, thanks to the impressive growth of the online betting market where platforms offer different advantages, tools and services to their users that not only facilitate access to different types of bets, but also offer a way to have fun and even have real earnings.

The website MightyTips is a specialist in this matter and is the best place for those who want to find the best betting options.

There are several benefits besides these above that you need to know, thats why we ask the help of Kate Richardson to separate here in this article the main benefits of sports betting sites that accept revolut.

Just look at the spread sports betting market to get an idea that this is a world of numerous possibilities, so lets see what the four main advantages of this market are.

One of the great fears of new users at the beginning of the popularization of online sports bookmakers was about the payment methods, whether they were safe, accessible and efficient. In general they werent at first, few options were available and these options could be quite problematic.

However, over time, the market has shown its potential and new payment platforms are being presented. Currently we can say that this is no longer a problem, the bettors can choose among a variety of:

Depositing and withdrawing money from bookmakers became safe, cheap and fast for all users, including in foreign currencies, this improved accessibility and the chances of better results in bets.

And you can make them at any sports betting apps canada, making the whole process easier.

This is one of the main advantages of the sports spread betting market, in the past, to place a bet, the user had to live in a country where it was allowed to bet, go to a physical establishment and choose between some sport options and types of bets to place. It was limited, dangerous and extremely inconvenient for everyone.

With the emergence of the online betting market all that changed, now the bettor can place their bets wherever they are as long as they have their device connected to the internet, whether on a computer, tablet or smartphone.

A new level of options was literally created in the online betting market, starting with the number of bookmakers as there are hundreds in operation offering the most varied types of attractions.

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Bob Dolea Washington fixture who served for 27 years as a Republican Senator from Kansas, and was also a former candidate for both the presidency and vice-presidencydied in his sleep on Sunday at the age of 98. Last February, he had revealed he was being treated for lung cancer.

In February 1985, Washingtonian ran the following profile of Dole, who had been elected Senate Majority Leader the year before.

Here is the text of that 1985 article:

Bob Hope who is the Bob Dole of stage, screen, and television reportedly once said that the formula for a successful act is to stride up to the microphone and bowl over the audience with two lightning-fast minutes of one-liners.

And so, ladies and gentlemen, lets have a big round of applause for the new Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole!

There is no doubt that Bob Dole can lay em in the aisles. But the question is: Can he get his now expanded audience to take him seriously as Senate Majority Leader and, potentially, as a candidate in 1988 for the Republican presidential nomination?

A decade ago, the question itself might well have had em in the aisles. Then, Dole was not only regarded as the Senates funniest member, he was also seen as a slashing, driven partisan in the mold of Richard Nixon himself so much so that when Nixon chose him in 1971 to be Republican national chairman, succeeding the big and affable Rogers Morton, a White House aide said Nixon had replaced a St. Bernard with a hungry Doberman pinscher.

Not since the days of the two McCarthys from the Midwest Joe of Wisconsin and Gene of Minnesota had the Senate had such a verbal executioner. Joe was best known for his sobriquets for fellow senators such as Sanctimonious Stu Stymington and Stillborn Pell. Gene, when he heard that Republican presidential hopeful Governor George Romeny had said he was brainwashed in Vietnam, observed that hed thought a light rinse might have done the job. Similarly, Doles humor wasnt always appreciated in the Senate because it so often came at the expense of others.

As the partys national chairman, Dole was tough. The 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, George McGovern, later lamented that Dole used to eat me for breakfast, and he was far from the only Democrat to feel Doles bite. Dole acknowledges today that he was very partisan in the post but, he says I assumed it went with the territory. Dole quickly won the label of hatchet man, and it stuck even after he got booted as chairman following the 1972 election to make room, he says, for George Bush, who wanted out as United Nations ambassador.

For all his partisan efforts, Dole was never appreciated by the henchmen around Nixon, and in the inaugural parade of January 1973, he recalls, he was shunted to a rear car.

When President Gerald Ford picked Bob Dole as his running mate in 1976, the assumption was that he had won the job because he was such an experienced and effective ax-wielder. That view was reinforced in his debate with the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Walter Mondale. Dole was his most acerbicfirst trying to wisecrack his way through, then ranting at Democrat warsone of which, he said, was World War II.

Many Republicans blamed the narrow loss of the Ford-Dole ticket to Carter-Mondale on Doles performance that night, though Ford himself credited Dole with holding the farm belt as well as the more conservative wing of the party. While Ford was campaigning from the Rose Garden, Dole observed later, he was assigned to the briar patch in the traditional running mates role of attacking the opposition and trying to be a lightning rod for the presidential candidate.

Later, he told dinner audiences: Ill never forget the Dole-Mondale debateand dont think I havent tried. I wont say how we did, but halfway through the debate, three empty chairs got up and walked out. . . . President Ford was supposed to take the high road, and I was supposed to go for the jugular. And I didmy own.

In the wake of the Ford-Dole defeat, he recalls, Nixon called and warned him, Now its scapegoating time. But Dole weathered the criticism, and today he says of that 1976 defeat, Im sort of the survivor. Carters gone, Fords gone, Mondales gone. Im still here.

After the 1976 campaign, Bob and Elizabeth Dole sat down together and watched television tapes of the debate with Mondale as well as other campaign performances. Whether or not that exercise led him to blunt the point of his oratorical spear, he did seem to wield it with more discipline thereafter. His humor had always had a self-deprecating style, and this aspect increasingly dominatedto the relief of his colleagues.

As Dole approached 1980 and his first try for the GOP presidential nomination, he already had put much of the criticism for harshness behind him. As long as you turn it on yourself, youre all right, he says now. But you get on a roll sometimes, he adds with a wry grin, and your judgement leaves you. I try not to be a free spirit so much anymore.

In competition with Ronald Reagan on the 1980 campaign trail, neither Dole nor any of the other Republican candidates was a fair match. He still led the league in one-liners, but he never achieved much political identification outside Washington.

As a long-time member of the minority party in the Senate, he never had much opportunity to demonstrate legislative effectiveness and political leadership. Dole ran poorly in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary and then got out of the race.

The success of Reagan in 1980, and of a host of Republican Senate candidates, unexpectedly gave Dole the chance to strut his stuff. The ousting of twelve Democratic senators in the 1980 election put the Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time since the Eisenhower sweep of 1952, and Dole suddenly found himselfas they say in this townthe influential chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee.

Overnight, the spotlight was on Dole as the new President proceeded to act with a vengeance on his campaign pledge to drain the swampincluding sharp tax cuts, whose enactment came under purview of the Finance Committee. Doles performance in navigating the tax cuts, the cornerstone of Reaganomics, through his committee and the Senate at once marked him as a master legislator andto the surprise of those who still perceived him as the ruthless hatchet manas a deft conciliator.

These talents received continued exposure and drew continuing praise through 1982 and 1983, as the Reagan formula for prosperity first plunged the country into recession and then embarked on recovery. In August 1982, Dole took the lead away from a reluctant President and shaped and pushed through the Senate a tax increase of just under $100 billion that, with bipartisan support, temporarily saved Reagans bacon. If we hadnt had the 1982 bill, he muses now, what would the deficit be today?

The rescue operation was not without political cost to Dole, who came under fire from supply-siders who labeled him with the worst of all epithets in the Republican lexicona (gasp!) liberal.

But Dole did not back off. In an article in the Washington Post, he defended by noting his 94 percent rating in the Congressional Quarterly in support of party positions and 84 percent in support of Reagan in 1981.

Citing Henry Adamss observation that practical politics consists of ignoring the facts, Dole wrote, We Republicans have a responsibility to lead, to legislate effectively, and to keep the public interest always before us as our ultimate objective. We live up to that responsibility by confronting problems squarely, by standing firmly on our principles, and by reaching out through consensus to forge a partnership with those presumably non-political politicians who do not ignore the facts. We are not making a U-turn; we are merely adjusting the route to keep from going off the road. I am not a liberal. Neither am I a lemming.

In addition to shaping the 1982 bailout, Dole played a leading role in salvaging Reagans position in the 1983 bipartisan compromise on Social Security and that years down payment on deficit reduction. In four years as chairman of the Finance Committee, Dole established himself not only as an effective legislator and conciliator within the Senate, but as a cooperative but independent representative of Senate Republicans in dealing with the President of their own party.

He swallowed the Reagan formula in these years, but not hook, like, and sinker. Moreover, rather than go to the wall with his differences, he used his legislative skills to shape the finished products more to his liking without causing a serious rupture in his relations with the White House.

Nevertheless, Doles ambitions to be Senate Majority Leader did not get any visible helping hand from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Rather, the White House hunkered down during the intense electioneering for the late-November balloting that led to Doles narrow election over the Senate assistant Majority Leader, Ted Stevens of Alaska. In the end, in fact, a belief among his colleagues that Dole would protect the Senates prerogatives while carrying the Presidents mail on Capitol hill was a major factor in his election.

Now, unsurprisingly, there is nothing but praise coming from the White House about the choice. Outgoing White House chief of staff James Baker predicts Dole will be an extremely successful Majority Leader, as perhaps the very best legislative tactician and strategist in the Senate. We found that to be the case in the first four years, during his tenure as chairman of the Finance Committee. And contrary to what people may say about his independence, while he felt free to question the President on some things, when the President decided, bob was with him more times than not.

Senators on both sides of the aisle, and especially those who have served on the Finance Committee with him, also predict that Dole will be an effective Senate leader. Republican John Chafee of Rhode Island says Dole has an excellent capacity for bringing people together and touching all bases so people wont be surprised. He makes sure you get your day in court. Chafee says Doles sense of humor will stand him in good stead because it has softened and because it is natural and not programmed. His wit is not into the class-clown area by any means, he says. Hes not always groping for the gag, as some people do.

Democrat George Mitchell of Maine says that Dole, while not regarded with the affection in which retired Majority leader Howard Baker was held, is seen as very able, intelligent, and articulateaggressive and ambitious in the good sense of those words. And Democrat Bill Bradley of New Jersey calls him a strong leader, fair and knowledgeable, who understands compromise and how to deal across the aisle.

On the far right, Dole remains anathema to many. Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia, in a stinging letter late last year to budget director David Stockman, referred derisively to Dole as the tax collector for the welfare state. Dole has been a particular champion of the food-stamp program and of programs for the handicapped, but he cannot fairly be accused of being an apostle of the federal handout. He is the founder of the nonprofit Dole Foundation in Kansas that helps train and employ the disabled in the private sector.

Gingrich says he was angry when he wrote the letter and that it wasnt intended for publication. And Doles observations right after his election as Majority Leader that he would take a look at a budget freeze, Gingrich says, suggested that he was backing off tax increases death to supply-siders such as Gingrich, who says economic growth in the Opportunity Society will solve the deficit dilemma.

Others on the right are not so hopeful about Dole. Conservative master fundraiser Richard Viguerie calls Dole Mr. Tax-Increaser and says he is no conservative. Would you say, he asks, that someone George McGovern has said has grown can be considered a conservative? Dole for his part, observes, I cant be all bad. Vigueries against me.

The opposition to Dole on the right, where he once seemed to sit very comfortably, is only one roadblock in a run for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination from the post of Senate Republican leader. Dole, in keeping with protocol, is not saying he will be a presidential candidate again. For one thing, he faces re-election to the Senate in 1986. His wife, Elizabeth, says they have not even talked about it, choosing to focus on the challenge of the Senate leadership for now.

But assuming he wants to shoot for the White House in 1988, some Senate colleagues and others doubt the wisdom of seeking the presidency while carrying the burdens of party leadership in the Senate. One reason for Howard Baker;s decision to quit not only the Majority Leaders post but ht eSenate itself was that he was convinced that his unsuccessful 1980 effort to run for Presidenthe was only Minority Leader thenwas handicapped by his heavy duties on Capitol Hill. Baker insists that this reason was not his prime consideration in leaving the Senate, though he admits few seem to believe him. Principal for me is that eighteen years is long enough, he says, and if Im ever going to do anything else, whether its political or non-political, now is the time to do it.

Dole himself, when he was faring poorly in the 1980 presidential race, expressed reservations about seeking the presidency from the Senate. I guess its hard to give two jobs 100 percent, he said then. Maybe Ive been too cautious. You cant generate any money money if youre not out there. Maybe Im my own worst enemy. Its so strange, but my biggest liabilitymy job. If that observation was valid five years ago, it would seem even more so now, with Doles greatly increased Senate responsibilities.

There is, at the same time, an up side to the situation. For one thing, Dole, as the former Finance Committee chairman and present Majority Leader, ought to have a much easier job raising money for a presidential campaign than he had in 1979 and 1980. For another, as Majority Leader for at least the next two years, he will be much more influentialand hence likely to draw much more media attentionthan was Baker as Minority Leader in 1979 and 1980. Dole will be seen coming out of the White House so often in the next two years that hell look as if he has set up premature residency.

The realities of politics may also work in Doles favor. As matters stand now, the chances seem good that he will have to surrender his Majority Leader post and slip down to Minority Leader in 1987. Of the 34 Senate seats up in 1986, 22 are held by Republicans and only twelve by Democrats, so the odds favor the Democrats regaining control. By that time, Dole should have obtained his biggest publicity boost from being Majority Leader and the somewhat lesser duties of Minority Leader might make it easier for him to focus on another presidential bid.

Dole says his first priority politically will be to retain GOP control of the Senate. His own political-action committee, Campaign America, already has $500,000 in the till that will go primarily for the re-election of Republican senatorsand, not incidentally, the storing away of political IOUs.

Doles observation upon being elected Majority Leader that holding on to the Senate was number-one with him and that Senate Republicans would support Reagan when we can raised some eyebrows at the time, hinting as it did at the famous Dole independent streak. On that point, Howard Baker says, He has one fundamental question to decide, the same question I had. I had to decide whether to be a Bob Taft or a Bill Knowland. Bob Taft [as Majority Leader] decided to support President Eisenhower, and he did it with great grace and skill. Knowland tried to be President himself. He lost the Senate, got himself defeated, and damaged Eisenhower. I read with great interest the columns and newspaper accounts about how independent the Senate may be [under Dole], and thats all well and good. The Senate is an independent body. But its also going to be part of the team, and the leader has to be the point man, and I rather expect Dole will come down on that side.

Baker says he and Dole have discussed the matter of running for President from the Majority Leaders post, and weve acknowledged one of us is making a mistake. Baker points out that the job has built-in pitfalls that go beyond the possibility of differing with the President on specific votes and being tied down to the Senate. The Majority Leader, he says, has the necessity of dealing with the other fellows issues every day and leaving precious little time for talking about your own positions and issues.

Concerning the possibility of a conflict between Doles role as Majority Leader advancing a Republican Presidents legislative goals and the need of a presidential hopeful to demonstrate independence, Jim Baker says the White House isnt worried. Its not easy to run for President from the majority leadership, he says. I think thats one reason Howard Baker got out. I dont see Bob using that office to maintain an independent posture from the President. The best way to be a presidential candidate is to be a good Majority Leader, and to be a good Majority Leader he will want to work with the President.

Dole says that while 1988 is probably remote for me, he doesnt agree with Howard Baker that being Majority Leader would be detrimental in seeking the White House. He says he knows he will have to walk a fine line between working with Reagan and defending his own and the Senates independence, but he notes his strong record of support for the President over the last four years and says he sees no reason it cant be continued while retaining independence. I cant serve the Senate and be a lap dog, he says bluntly. And Bill Bradley, who himself is being mentioned as a 1988 presidential prospect on the Democratic side, says, There ought to be a moratorium on talking about everybodys presidential ambitions for at least eighteen months.

Finally, there is what one of Bob Doles colleagues calls his extraordinary energy and stamina. Lean and fit at 61, he has been a whirlwind of activity not only as chairman of the Finance Committee but in taking leadership roles on legislation in his other two committee assignments before becoming Majority Leaderon Agriculture and Judiciaryand on the Senate floor.

Elizabeth Dole says her husbands being Majority Leader wont change their lives all that much because hes always on the go anyway. Another presidential campaign would only be in keeping with the all-out pace that has been his lifestyle for years.

Four years is a long time, and a lot can happen to clarify whether it will make sense for Bob Dole to try one more time for the White House in 1988. He has long since demonstrated that he has the sense of humor to be a very popular President, and in moving up to Senate Majority Leader he has shown he has the legislative and conciliatory talents to lift him to the vanguard of Capitol Hill operatives. But as a national figure able to draw the kind of support required for election to national office, he remains a question mark, with his 1976 and 1980 setbacks marked up against him.

Like Howard Baker before him, Bob Dole has succeeded far more inside the Beltway than outside it. One of his critics, Viguerie, observes that Doles quick wit and independence have made him a special favorite of the news media in Washington without giving him a comparable national constituency. Try taking it into Iowa, New Hampshire, and Florida [early caucus and primary states], he says. News-media popularity is capital you cant spend there, and it has a short shelf life. In fact, Viguerie insists, such popularity is a negative nowadays. Its inconceivable now that anyone who has the support of the national media is going to get the Republican nomination, he argues.

For now, Bob Dole is riding high, and he doesnt have to resort to Bob Hope one-liners to get attention. He used to get a laugh by asking Republican audiences, Can you hear me on the left? I know you can hear me on the right. Now when Bob Dole, Majority Leader of the United States speaks, even E.F. Hutton listens. Especially E.F. Hutton.

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