Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It was a beguiling fantasy. After two decades of disorder, the Democrats finally thought they had invented a system that would create an all-but- certain nominee after the 20 state primaries on March 8, which will choose more than 30% of the convention delegates. Super Tuesday seemed perfect for...
When Ferraro completes her term as an IOP fellow this spring, she says she will continue to raise money for the election. "After the convention, I will do whatever the candidate wants me to," she says. "Travelling, raising money, giving speeches, anything. Licking stamps, anything they want me to do...
For all that, Gephardt's Iowa victory had about as much artistry as mud wrestling. Once again, Democrats had trouble tallying the returns, and the results are still incomplete. The state party's figures give Gephardt 31% support, Simon 27%, Dukakis 22% and Jesse Jackson a respectable 9%. Simon found...
He's tanned, he's rested, he's ready: Nixon in '88. Those T-shirt people were on to something. Nixon is back, this time as a political analyst for the London Sunday Times and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Some of the pronouncements from his first column: Dole ran...
What I did on my summer vacation. Last month Mario Cuomo privately telephoned a few influential friends with a startling proposition: that a group of them get together and back a candidate before the Iowa caucuses. When friends said the ploy would be disruptive and unwise, he abandoned the idea...