Word: bradleys
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Democrats do not lack other potential 1992 candidates. Richard Gephardt and, to a lesser extent, Al Gore are strengthened by the perception that they would have run stronger races than Dukakis did. Bill Bradley remains as beguiling as ever, and Mario Cuomo stands ready to prove that not all Northeastern ethnic Governors are soulless technocrats. Maybe 1992 will be the year the Democrats shake off their presidential curse. Or maybe the party is just doomed to wander in the wilderness until President Dan Quayle runs for a second term...
Sasso found the campaign in disarray, the advertising a shambles. He quickly signed up surrogates like Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley to stump for Dukakis. Soon Dukakis began to fire back with his populist message of fighting for the middle class. But it was too little, too late...
...addition, he has the one quality needed to win that Democrats too often lack--a reputation for a solid understanding of defense issues. While hardly a hawk. Bradley avoids the image of knee-jerk anti-militarism that afflicted Dukakis. After twelve years of Republicans in the White House, fielding a candidate whose primary flaw is one vote for Contra aid should not be too bitter a pill to swallow to elect a Democratic President...
...Although Bradley cannot hope to match the charisma of, say, Ronald Reagan, he is quite capable of making an ideological appeal to the broad spectrum of "average Americans" that Dukakis courted. (The one exception is Southern conservatives, who will never return to the fold unless the Democrats retreat on civil rights and social issues, which they will never...
...Bradley is bright without appearing a "pointy-head." He is progressive without appearing "out of the mainstream." He adheres to liberal principles without being burdened by ideological baggage. And he is the Democrats' brightest hope to win the Presidency...