Word: candidatees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Robertson's effort seemed to flame out earlier. He mobilized his evangelical troops to show up in disproportionate strength at the Iowa straw ballot and the Michigan pre-caucuses. But his appeal went beyond the true believers (important enough in themselves) and had a lasting impact on the shape of...
Yet Robertson proved there was an unassuaged moral yearning that Reagan had stimulated without quite satisfying. Robertson's agenda of prayer in school, harsh penalties for drug dealers, a return to patriotism, opposition to abortion and a full frontal attack on liberalism set the model for Bush's campaign in...
It was a brilliant stroke to run the incumbent Vice President, who was boasting of his own Administration's success, as the candidate of grievance -- of affronts localized in a liberalism that is soft on crime and defense, exotic as a Harvard boutique yet stealthy enough to win an election...
The Democratic Leadership Council was created to free the party from the "encumbrance" of special interests and move it to the center. A centrist candidate who was strong on defense was thought to have the best chance to win the 1988 election, and Super Tuesday was created in the South...
It will not be easy. Candidate Bush boxed himself in by ruling out new taxes, Social Security cuts and any weakening of defense. To even approach his balanced-budget intentions by the end of his first term, President Bush will need good luck, continued economic growth, and plenty of help...