Word: democratic
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...majority. At week's end many liberals and conservatives who had fought fiercely over the nomination since July were finally in agreement on the outcome of the battle: Robert Bork will not serve on the Supreme Court. "I think ((the Administration)) will have to withdraw the nomination," declared California Democrat Alan Cranston, the Senate majority whip. Conceded Kevin Phillips, a conservative political analyst: "I don't see that they have any choice but withdrawal...
...Bork portrayed himself in the same light during his five days of Senate testimony last month. But in the process, he revised or backed away from some of his more conservative stands on issues ranging from freedom of speech to privacy rights. Judiciary Committee Member Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, called Bork's changes of mind a case of "confirmation conversion...
Last week Specter, Johnston and several other Senators cited Bork's flip- flops as a major reason for their opposition. "Here is a brilliant scholar going through the agony of public hearings and public scrutiny," said Democrat David Pryor of Arkansas, as he announced his intention to vote against Bork. "And yet we don't know him any better now than we did months ago. I would even submit . . . that he does not know himself...
Some Southerners are worried that Bork's impact on civil rights legislation could revive the hostilities of the 1950s and '60s over desegregation. Announcing his opposition to Bork last week, Texas Democrat Lloyd Bentsen remarked, "In virtually every case where he has taken a position, Judge Bork has opposed the advancement of civil rights over the past 25 years." Former President Jimmy Carter stressed that point in a letter he sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Wrote Carter: "As a Southerner who has observed personally the long and difficult years of the struggle for civil rights for black...
Commenting on the recent problems within the now-defunct Hart and Biden campaigns, the Missouri Democrat said "I think we ought to move on and talk about the issues in this campaign...