Then Bush, who by this time was feeling severe election-year pressures of his own from the Israel lobby, announced his agreement in principle to Israel's request for $10 billion in loan guarantees during a Rabin visit to the U.S. on Aug. 11, 1992. Renewed peace process activity was aborted, however, by Bush's Nov. 3 election defeat, partly as a result of the determined efforts of Israel's supporters in the U.S. media. The intensity of this anti-Bush media campaign was best illustrated by the public endorsement of Bush's opponent by New York Times columnist William Safire, one-time Nixon White House speech writer and long-time advocate of Republican causes and candidates. http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0998/9809006.html