Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The convention's mood turned nostalgic as it welcomed Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, the G.O.P.'s 1964 presidential nominee and at 75 still its grandest old conservative. As Goldwater, who has undergone surgery for heart and hip ailments in recent years, limped to the podium, few in the...
Reagan may be far ahead in the polls, but it was clear in Dallas as it had been in San Francisco-each convention raising partisan adrenaline to fever levels-that the fall campaign will be hard-fought. As the Republicans headed home, Walter Mondale returned to the campaign stump after...
Nor did Reagan lose any time getting on the campaign trail. At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Chicago, he accused the Democrats of being responsible for a "dismal chapter of failed policies and self-doubt." They "claimed to be for a strong defense, he chided, while advocating the...
A slight smile, the soft, husky Reagan voice. Almost gentle. And yet a bugle call of sorts for 1984. Reagan's enthusiasm grew as he got into his subject. His color heightened. He leaned forward from his couch and worked his hands. Far below his 26th-floor hotel room...
To achieve a lasting realignment, the Great Communicator must become the Great Persuader. Reagan confesses he has no particular plan for digging out the Democrats who may have begun to doubt their party. "I haven't thought of any great movement to bring that about," he said. "But it...