Pat Buchanan has endorsed the Dole-Kemp ticket.

"Pat Buchanan has endorsed the Dole-Kemp ticket, and we're happy to have that."

Previously undecided and unenthusiastic about the Presidential race, Mr. Dollard - like many others interviewed - said he now plans to vote for the Dole-Kemp ticket.

At a time when the Republican campaign was sinking again in the polls and seemed to lack a clue as to what to do, the Dole-Kemp ticket has been given an opening.

If the Dole-Kemp ticket hopes to be the Astaire and Rogers of politics, it is getting off to a somewhat awkward start.

Visual and verbal messages transformed the Dole-Kemp ticket into a contender.

Indeed, she will vote enthusiastically for the Dole-Kemp ticket come November.

And that is not a reflection of how the Republicans did in San Diego or the popularity of the Dole-Kemp ticket.

If for no other reason, the notion of a Dole-Kemp ticket is intriguing because the two have never been fond of each other.

Of course, if the Dole-Kemp ticket wins, the mantle of inevitability will settle on Mr. Kemp's shoulders.