Word: backers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President is not his brother's keeper." But Koch, a Carter backer, went on to say that "the Billy Carter scandal is a serious matter and will have an adverse impact on President Carter's chances for re-election." Said Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso: "I would have spanked Brother Billy a long time...
...first test of Carter's support after the Iranian debacle came in the Michigan caucuses, where Ted Kennedy edged Carter by 71 delegates to 70. Said Sam Fishman, a political organizer for the United Auto Workers and a Kennedy backer: "If the rescue effort had been successful, Carter would have won by a fairly substantial margin. But it didn't work, and that had to have some negative impact...
Amid the turmoil, there was more than one cause for Western concern. Not only is Chad a mineral-rich source of potential instability in the very heart of Africa, but the backer of one key rebel faction, Libya's Gaddafi, is a onetime protégé of the Soviet Union and a troublemaking champion of Islamic radicalism throughout the region...
...Says New York State National Committeeman Richard Rosenbaum, who had been a Ford admirer: "Republicans are hungry for a victory. Even those who find Reagan a little too far to the right for their tastes will back him in the general election." Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh, a former Ford backer, will support Reagan and thinks the Californian can win if he seeks support even from normally Democratic constituencies. Said he: "I would hope that no candidate would write off the support of labor unions because they have traditionally supported Democrats." Given the deeply ingrained loyalities of such groups, this will...
...Israel. The subject was the fiasco at the U.N. when the U.S. first supported and then repudiated a resolution criticizing Israeli occupation of Arab territory that it seized during the 1967 war. The caustic tone of the session was set by New York Senator Jacob Javits, a firm backer of Israel, who announced on Feb. 25 that he would be seeking re-election in the fall. Said Javits: "Now, Mr. Secretary, did anyone ever read this resolution?" Vance's calm reply: "Of course they...