Word: curzio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Elizabeth Dole has a shot at the Republican nomination, it is because of women like Bonnie Curzio, a stay-at-home mom and independent voter. When she heard that Dole was coming to Des Moines, Iowa, last week to announce her exploratory committee, Curzio bundled her 10-year-old daughter into the car and headed for the convention center. Curzio, 40, didn't know much about Dole, but she was drawn to the event in part because Dole is a woman--the first viable female presidential candidate in American history. "I guess that does make a difference to me, though...
Dole is betting on that sense of history to move an army of Bonnie Curzios--women who might not otherwise vote in a primary--to lift her to victory over Texas Governor George W. Bush. But the former American Red Cross president and two-time Cabinet Secretary will have to offer more than personality and symbolism if she hopes to turn inchoate interest into real support. Curzio and others like her want to know the candidate's positions on the issues, but Dole didn't provide many answers in her canned, 25-min. Des Moines speech...