Word: bakshian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sound familiar? Bakshian is proud of his prediction and says, at this point in the race, "Reagan has to fall on his face...
...Bakshian wrote the balance of the book in October and November and, for the most part, his predictions have held true. In his scatter-shot prose, punctuated by certain frequent references to what a brilliant guy he is, Bakshian tell us that Teddy Kennedy (who rates a total of 64 out of 100 points) will edge out Jimmy Carter (61) for the Democratic nomination. What has gone wrong? A combination of Kennedy's personal vulnerabilities and the situation in Iran has thrown the election into the president's corner, Bakshian says, but he's quick to add that "Carter...
...Republican side, Bakshian is more at home, and by November had already written off Howard Baker--low scores on organization, John Connally--issues of "trust"--and John Anderson. Writing off George Bush as a possibility but not a probability, Bakshian offers the following scenario...
...THIS, of course, could have been said very easily in a short, snappy article for Politics Today. Instead, Bakshian spends 250 pages telling us about the race, the candidates, and, most of all, himself. The problem, in short, is the book demands the "armed neutrality" that Bakshian said he started with, and Aram Bakshian is a screaming Republican. His resume reads like What's What in GOP boners in the last ten years. From 1971 to 1972, special assistant to then chairman of the Republican National Committee, Bob Dole. In June of 1972, he joined the White House, four days...
Recently, Bakshian took some time off from freelancing to help Dick Nixon edit his memoirs. On the issues, he admits, he stands closest to George Bush. And Bakshian says that Jerry Ford ("on all the big things, he made the right decisions"), Alexander Haig or Scoop Jackson (save for the fact that "he has all the personality of a three-day-old Fresca") would function well in the White House...