Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...South Carolina's gubernatorial campaign, Republican Carroll A. Campbell threw down the urinalysis gauntlet in a challenge to Democrat Mike Daniel. Daniel, now the state's lieutenant governor, refused and accused Campbell, a congressman, of "McCarthy-like tactics...
Drug-testing imbroglios have also broken out in campaigns in Virgina and Arkansas, with candidates of both parties racing to get their specimens to the lab before their opponents. One of the few voices of sanity amid the madness has been that of Senator Ernest Hollings. The South Carolina Democrat refused his challenger's call to take a drug test: "I'll take a drug test as soon as my opponent takes an I.Q. test," he said. Case closed...
...expected, pollsters for both candidates in South Carolina's gubernatorial contest claimed their guy had benefitted from the exchange on testing. What's interesting, though, is that for the first time in the campaign, Daniel's pollster found the Democrat to have a lower negative rating among likely voters than Campbell. If that isn't campaign malarkey, it would seem voters there are either impressed with Daniel's principled stand or disgusted with Campbell's slimy tactic. Or both...
...hotly contested treasurer's race, incumbent Democrat Robert Crane led Republican Joyce Hampers by 46 percent to 29 percent...
When Bennett took over the Department of Education's top job in early 1985--after three apparently successful years as head of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)--the signs were hopeful. He was, after all, a Democrat. Moreover, New Republic President and Harvard Lecturer on Social Studies Martin H. Peretz raved about his buddy "Bill" Bennett...