ON THE TRAIL
The Texas twang and the country pop music imported into Milford, N.H., were already a bit disconcerting. But a band of Northeastern University political science students discovered something even more baffling at the concert/rally for George W. Bush and his parents Saturday. A disc jockey had organized people for line dancing while the Bellamy Brothers played, and he handed out cheap plastic cowboy hats to make the scene seem more festive for the cameras. Inside the hats were stickers that said ''Made in Mexico,'' reports William G. Mayer, who brought his students to New Hampshire for an up-close look at the presidential primary. (Globe Staff)
THEY SAID IT
''Yes.''
GARY BAUER
In response to the Associated Press question: Do you believe law-abiding citizens should be able to carry concealed guns?
IN THE NEWS
New query for Bradley
about heart irregularity
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley said yesterday he might put his vice president in charge of running the country if treatment for his non-life-threatening heart condition forced him to undergo anesthesia. ''I think that that's probably appropriate,'' Bradley said on ABC's ''This Week. ''I'll make the decision at the time. But I think that it would be an appropriate thing if I decided to'' undergo a course of treatment that incapacitated him. Bradley, 56, answered questions about his irregular heartbeat after acknowledging that treatment required him to be unconscious three times since 1996, when the condition was diagnosed. His doctors have reaffirmed that he is physically fit to be president. (AP)
Voters say candidates
should ignore flag flap
NEW YORK - An overwhelming majority of Republican voters surveyed in South Carolina say the presidential candidates should stay out of the controversy over the Confederate flag in their state, a poll showed yesterday. A
Time/CNN poll found that 56 percent of the 531 Republicans polled think the flag should not fly over the State Capitol in Columbia, while 82 percent said the presidential candidates should not take a stand and should leave it to the state to decide. The Southern Cross, the most widely recognized Confederate flag with white stars on a blue cross and red background, has flown over the State House dome since 1962, when it was raised to commemorate the centennial of the Civil War. The state legislature has refused for years to remove it. (Reuters)
THEY SAID IT
''Yes, my position has changed.''
VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE
On his former pro-life stance on abortion
