Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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8:30 p.m. In Dressing Room 5 of the Omni Coliseum, Zirinsky and Bradley don their battle gear: battery packs around their waists, headsets and microphones. They have spent the evening prowling the floor stalking stories. Bradley agreed to cover the convention only on condition that Zirinsky be his producer...
8:45 p.m. Back on the floor, Bradley is swamped by autograph seekers, but Zirinsky runs interference. "It's like traveling with the Dalai Lama," she jokes. She spots Senator Gary Hart and asks Floor Producer Andrew Heyward, high above the convention floor in the CBS spotters' booth, if he...
Thus the Democratic Party chairman and Michael Dukakis' campaign manager defeated two barons of the press in convention week's favorite game: pin the tail on the donkey. The Democrats' renunciation of the word liberal annoys others besides journalists. It's annoying to believers in truth-in- advertising. Michael Dukakis...
There have been many people in the country who have not accepted until now the proposition that blacks have a legitimate role within the councils of government. I think what Jesse has done in his extraordinary campaign is to let moderate and even many conservative Democrats see that the issues...
It was, in a curious way, more like a cathartic lovers' spat than a critical negotiation between two political heavyweights. Platform planks, staff integration and legislative positions were among the issues on the table. But emotional matters were at the heart of the three-hour meeting that Michael Dukakis had...