Word: angers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tumulty was back on the road, following Foley from Walla Walla to Spokane and catching up with Gingrich in Tennessee, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Georgia. She has known both men for 10 years. Watching Foley regain strength in the waning days of his campaign reminded her that "for all the anger out there, the vast majority of incumbents will get re-elected." As for Gingrich, she says, he is a good lesson in the perils of political under-estimation. "Just five years ago, he was a backbencher the Democrats thought they could dismiss as a gnat...
...ever feisty Sinead O'Connor and newcomer Katell Keineg (born in Celtic Brittany, she lives in Dublin) have distinct personalities, to be sure, but they all have a flair for emotional and vocal dramatics -- a typical Celtic intensity -- and they all partake of that peculiarly Irish mix of melancholy, anger and romance. Moreover, they all share a feminist perspective, singing songs about women taking control of their lives...
Voters had sent Foley a message in the primary. But in interviews he insisted that there was nothing unusual about this political year, that voter anger was exaggerated in news reports. Party officials were so dismayed that Tony Coelho, the de facto head of the Democratic National Committee, publicly chastised Foley by calling for him to begin running an "aggressive professional campaign." Translation: go negative against your opponent, and play up the pork...
More than anything, North's success is due to his prodigious fund raising as well as his skill in articulating the anger that Virginians feel toward the political establishment. To his backers, the attacks on North by members of the elite only provide more reason to back him. "His supporters are impervious to negative news about him," says Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist. If that holds true for one more week, North could soon be sitting in congressional hearings once again -- this time as a U.S. Senator...
COVER: The Politics of Anger...