Word: chairmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good thing that the chairmen of the Democratic Party have joined the rest of the country in recognizing Reagan's appeal. It goes without saying that it would be a bad move for the party to launch personal attacks against a man who has come to define the presidency for significant segments of the American electorate...
...chairmen were wise to realize their party must not challenge President Reagan to a personality contest in '86. Glossing over the President's accomplishments, however, is not an option for the Democrats. If they ignore the last six years, the Democrats will prove that they have wavered in their commitment to their party's principles, and will turn any success they might have into little more than victories of one set of empty symbols over another...
...CHAIRMEN haven't provided the only recent example that their party has begun to drift from the tenets it has long held...
...time when they could have found in Reagan's policies a clear causus belli to counter the malaise and lack of direction which have invaded their party, the chairmen have counseled ignorance and avoidance. No one can say for certain what kind of campaign the chairmen want in '86, but past elections give some indication of how clashless campaigns can sometimes secure an easy victory...
...brief weeks in 1984, Gary Hart, running an outsider campaign, was the sworn enemy of the so-called Democratic establishment. Most state chairmen attacked Hart for scorning traditional Democratic values to run a campaign of "new ideas...