PAT BUCHANAN

BORN: Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, 1961.

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, 1961. Master's degree, Columbia University School of Journalism, 1962.

CAREER:Editorial Writer, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1962-64, then assistant editorial editor 1964-65; executive assistant to Richard Nixon at his law firm, then White House special assistant and speechwriter 1969-72, special consultant 1972, a post he held throughout the first few months of Gerald Ford's term. Columnist, radio and television commentator and panelist, beginning in 1975; director of communications, Reagan White House, 1985-87.

PERSONAL Married former Shelley Ann Scarney. No children.

.On his campaign: He has called his campaign "America First," and claims he is fighting on behalf of "the working people and middle class of both parties, and of no party,"

.On foreign trade: "I don't just want a level playing field, I want America to become first again.

.On the homeless: Buchanan has argued for restricting the homeless to certain public areas and prosecuting those who repeatedly beg for money.

.On President Bush and the economy: He has called White House Budget Director Richard Darman "the Dr. Kervorkian of the American economy" and Bush "the biggest spender in history."

.On Israel and the Middle East: "There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the Middle East--the Israeli Defense Ministry and its amen corner in the United States."

.From his book on growing up in a Roman Catholic family in Washington: "Country, family, and faith these are the things worth dying for; these are the things worth fighting for; these are the things worth living for."

GEORGE BUSH

BORN: June 12, 1924, in Milton, Mass.

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in economics from Yale, 1948.

CAREER: Oil businessman, 1953-66; U.S. House of Representatives, R-Texas, 1967-71; U.S. ambassador to United Nations, 1971-72; Republican National Coimmittee chairman, 1973-74; chief of U.S. Liaison Office, Beijing, China, 1974-75; CIA director, 1976-77; vice president, 1981-89; president, 1989-present