The First Yuppies

September, 1996

Mark Shields wrote a column in The Washington Post this April called "Skinny Guys for Dole." In it, he examined the problem that Bob Dole might encounter if he were to win the Republican nomination this year and his vice presidential running mate were John Engler, governor of Michigan.Shields wrote that he was amused at the prospect of Dole "trying to explain philosophical differences between the nonmilitary records of John Engler and Bill Clinton."When Engler was 20 years ol...