But the 41-year-old Indiana Senator is plainly handling the generally rough treatment with some aplomb.
But the threat from chemical warfare is now very different, the Indiana Senator told a conference on science and international security in Madrid on Monday.
At 38, Mr. Eckart is three years younger than the Indiana Senator.
They said the Indiana Senator planned to focus more on Mr. Dukakis's performance as Governor.
The Indiana Senator has become the first male politician to be widely described as a blue-eyed blond.
While he has been keeping a low profile, the Indiana Senator has begun also to assemble a staff.
He became the first Indiana Senator elected to win a fourth term.
But the poll suggested that the Indiana Senator may be hurting Mr. Bush among young people even more than in the rest of the electorate.
The Indiana Senator reported 44 expense-paid excursions, including destinations in Florida and Hawaii.
But at the same time, he let his advisers push the Indiana Senator deeper into the campaign's shadows.