Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Skeptics will wonder whether a liberal Northeasterner can make inroads with the evangelical community. They should remember that Reagan, a divorced actor who seldom attends church, took in more evangelical support than a Southern Baptist sunday school teacher. (The Southern Baptist Convention, with nearly 15 million members, is the largest...
Addressing Quincy House seniors last night, Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich said her candidate will be campaigning hard in California and New Jersey and will be courting the remaining "superdelegates," in order to lock up a first ballot victory at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta.
After clinching the Republican presidential nomination in mid-March, George Bush seemed to disappear from the national stage. That low profile was fine with the cautious half of his campaign team. "The public isn't focused on the election yet," declared Bush's pollster, Robert Teeter. "This is a time...
A sweep of last week's Pennsylvania G.O.P. primary gave Bush enough delegates for the nomination. That prompted a belated congratulatory call from the Vice President's last remaining opponent, Pat Robertson. Although details must be worked out, Robertson will receive prime TV time at the convention in return for...
A trickier problem for Bush is how to use the 800-lb. political gorilla named Ronald Reagan. Some advisers doubt that Reagan will be very helpful in the fall election. They fret that Bush may seem diminished when placed next to Reagan, either literally or figuratively. Reagan was expected to...