Word: democratic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...alcoholic mother, he offers just the kind of unique personal narrative that could help him connect with voters. He's been a popular governor, coming back from a 20-point deficit to win an upset victory in the gubernatorial race in 1998 - in the process becoming the first Democrat in 30 years to take the statehouse. He captured 53% of the vote in 2002 only two years before John Kerry narrowly lost the state to President Bush. He's had some major successes, particularly in increasing the number of children in the state who have health insurance...
...assumed—“I’m pro-confederate flag, but I don’t have a problem with gay marriage. So what does that make me?” “You’ll never hear me use terms like Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative. I don’t think most people who listen to FM radio care about that kind of stuff.” He is the voice of prejudice itself. “I want to make people feel comfortable with their prejudices…People don?...
...actually worth it? Lamont and his base of left-wing support in the blogosphere consistently attacked Lieberman for his staunch support of the Iraq war and his willingness to work with the Republican administration. Focusing on this subject alone, they ignored the fact that Lieberman has remained a loyal Democrat on the vast majority of issues including environmentalism, a woman’s right to choose, and government assistance to the poor and elderly...
...Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard—if those folks had been on the agenda, maybe there would have been more of a bipartisan response,” quipped one confirmed participant, incoming representative Steve I. Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat who won failed Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr.’s House seat...
...depends on the prominence of the figure. If you have a 24-year-old novelist, then they’re obviously going to be doing a reading,” he said. One of the most prominent authors to make a similar appearance was another Democrat with vice-presidential connections. When former vice-president Al Gore ’69 visited in July this year to promote his book, An Inconvenient Truth, he only signed copies of his book and did not speak...