Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thornburgh, however, comes from the Republicanparty, and Dukakis is a Democrat. Critics havesaid that by picking a Republican during theReagan era, the IOP evidenced the politicalconsciousness that allows the graduate school toget jobs for their graduates...
...wouldn't want this man to come here andpretend that he was not a Republican, or that thatfact were not important in his getting elected. Animportant part of politics is having convictions,"said the lifelong Democrat, who added that were heliving in Pennsylvania he would not have voted forThornburgh...
...able to get my message out. During thecampaign, I was able to have a forum," Lucas said."The chance to be involved was a risk well worthtaking," added Lucas, who gave up his career as alaw enforcement and Democrat to run for governoron the Republican ticket...
...meeting with a group of reporters, the Indiana Democrat said that "at some point the committee's going to have to confront the issue of immunity for some people...
Senators needed only to look across the Capitol for an example of the chaos that can erupt when seniority is ignored. In a rare coup, Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin two years ago seized the chair of the House Armed Services Committee from Illinois' Melvin Price, then 80. Without the seniority shield, Aspin was himself toppled this year by his party's caucus. He had alienated liberals by supporting the MX missile and the contras, and offended many by his general tactlessness (he likened former Speaker Tip O'Neill to a "beached whale"). After two weeks of frenzied campaigning...