Word: babbittism
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...think it is due to the reporter's bias that Babbitt is not a serious candidate. Obviously, his chances really aren't that good, but the story treats Babbitt as if he's not even in the race at all, as if the only thing interesting that Babbitt has to say is his speculation about the other candidates. The story was not responsible. I also read the Boston Globe's story on the Babbitt interview, and it was as if the Globe reporter had attended a different event. Somehow, the Globe reporter was able to write a whole story...
...Babbitt has recently been the focus of thoroughly researched stories in such publications as the Washington Post, The New Republic, and Time, to name a few. Even if he drops out of the race soon after lowa, his widely acclaimed public policy ideas are going to live on, and will very likely be integrated into the policies of whoever does receive the Democratic nomination. The Crimson usually reports information, not fluff. It is unfortunate that the exception to this rule was made in reporting about a candidate who has so many interesting things to say. Dan Mufson...
...state, is spending $250,000 on TV ads and phone banks to prompt older Iowans to make their presence felt on caucus night. Senior-citizen centers are frequent campaign stops, as most candidates vie to affirm their commitment to the sanctity of ever rising Social Security benefits. Only Babbitt, who advocates full taxation of benefits for the affluent, and Dole, who is willing to freeze cost of living adjustments, dissent from this united front of pandering politicians...
...conventional Democratic contenders in Iowa -- Simon, Dukakis, Gephardt and Babbitt -- have been stuck on a treadmill devoid of any themes that arouse half the curiosity of Gary Hart's dramatic return from exile. Simon seems the beneficiary of this placid status quo, while Dukakis just drifts, perhaps from New-Hampshire-is-next overconfidence. But Babbitt and Gephardt, in different ways, have at last seized on what they believe is a cutting issue in Iowa: populism...
...Babbitt framed the issue by intervening in a local dispute over whether IBP, a militantly antiunion meat packer with a woeful safety record, should build a plant in Manchester, Iowa. The controversy might seem arcane to outsiders, but IBP symbolizes antiunion trends that arouse deep feelings among Iowa workers. Babbitt won statewide headlines by labeling IBP a "corporate outlaw" and a "monument to everything shabby . . . in the American economy." It was not empty rhetoric, since Babbitt artfully used IBP as a bridge to dramatize his own detailed proposals for employee participation and "workplace democracy." Gephardt has long wooed Iowa union...