Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crowds turning out for Dole were sparse. But for comfort he has in-house poll numbers that show him continuing to gain ground in California. So is this one last grab for the gold ring, as his campaign insists? Or is it a soberly calculated admission of defeat--and a final effort on behalf of the G.O.P. by a man who has devoted his life to his party? In a panic over the prospect of losing the Republican Congress, Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour and House Speaker Newt Gingrich have been pushing Dole toward California, where 52 House seats...
...voters as a check on Clinton's liberal impulses in his inevitable second term. Columnist Morton Kondracke reported that the candidates were getting ready to do just that. During postdebate analysis on abc-tv, George Will recommended that the party do more than just resign itself to Dole's defeat. "It has to advertise his defeat," he said. "It has to try and save itself in Congress by going to the country, saying, 'You're going to have a Democratic President. Do you want him unrestrained by a countervailing force on Congress...
Dole's advisers insist that their California strategy is not a concession to defeat but a smartly calculated best shot at a come-from-behind win. If nothing else, they say, it will keep alive national media attention to Dole, something that a big push in less glittery Indiana wouldn't do. And that spotlight, Dole's advisers hope, could convince voters generally that Dole is not yesterday's news. "It energizes your base in other places when you see Bob Dole fighting for California," says Steve Merksamer, who was statewide head of the Bush campaign...
Opponents say they have raised only $30,000 to defeat the measure. The war chest in favor of Prop 215 tops $1 million, much of it from sympathetic tycoons. On the recommendation of Baba Ram Dass, the spiritual leader who works with aids patients, Laurance S. Rockefeller contributed $50,000. Global financier George Soros has contributed $350,000. With deep pockets like those behind it, the fight over medical marijuana could easily go national next...
Harvard (11-1-0, 4-0-0 Ivy), fresh off its first loss of the season, Wednesday's tightly contested 2-1 defeat at the hands of the 4th-ranked UConn (16-1-0), squares off against a struggling Princeton squad (4-6-1. 1-2-1 Ivy), winners of just one of their last six contests. The numbers hint at a Harvard walkover, but the Crimson is taking this game seriously...