Word: bradleys
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Last month during the debate in New Hampshire between Democratic presidential frontrunners Al Gore '69 and Bill Bradley, an audience member posed the question: What qualities do you consider most important in a leader? The answers Gore and Bradley gave were trite and forgettable, but the significance of the query hung heavy in the air. In a post-Watergate, post-Lewinsky world, what universal attributes, if any, can we expect to be intrinsic to the leader of our country? Honesty? Morality? Intelligence...
...actually decreased in importance during this year's presidential campaign. Candidates have made a concerted effort to appeal to the anti-intellectual preferences of certain voters. John McCain, a Republican presidential candidate, frequently jokes about his fifth-from-the-bottom finish at the U.S. Naval Academy. Gore and Bradley have similarly made the effort to downplay their respective Harvard and Princeton educations in recent months...
...said one issue in particular has drawn Bradley and West together...
...high-profile appointments are only one part of Bradley's campaign strategy, Bradley supporters said...
...think he needs grassroots efforts and big figures in the public eye to support him," said Eve A. Schaeffer '02, a member of Harvard Students for Bradley...