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...Hubert Humphrey, in 1968, was the last Democrat to win his party's nomination without winning the most votes in the primaries. Most politicians tend to be cautious, straitlaced people. Confronted by the raging television torrent, by the strange new theatrics of public performance, which makes every last word or handshake a potentially career-threatening experience, they sought creative help to navigate the waters. And so, the pollster-consultant industrial complex was born. By 1976, the process had been turned upside down. A politician most Americans had never heard of-Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia-won the Democratic nomination...
...applause. With more than 25 million people dead from aids and 40 million currently infected with hiv, one can hardly argue with the fact that far more needs to be done. Trevor Neilson Executive Director, Global Business Coalition on hiv/aids New York City Even my well-to-do, liberal Democrat brother-in-law rejects the notion of Hillary as President and says he might vote for John McCain. Are you listening, decision-making Republicans? McCain can beat any Democrat. Millie Burt Jersey Village, Texas, U.S. A Hawk's Regrets Should we commend Sullivan [March 13] for confessing the neoconservatives' "huge...
...stand before you as somebody who lived the American dream,” he said. “What makes me a Democrat,” according to Warner, is that “it was their programs and policies that gave me that fair shot...
...Democrats can't be accused of lacking ideas: many of the party's most prominent leaders are putting out long tomes detailing their views. Later this month, Ted Kennedy's book America Back on Track will lay out ideas to ensure universal health care for all Americans, and House Democrat Rahm Emanuel and former Clinton aide Bruce Reed will put out a modestly titled book called The Plan in August that includes ideas such as a national science and technology center modeled on the National Institutes of Health. Illinois Senator Barack Obama has told the Chicago Tribune his new book...
...DeLay: No. I had 21 years in Congress. Hundreds of people, wonderful people have worked for me. Two people violated my trust over 21 years. I guarantee you if other offices were under the scrutiny I've been under in the last 10 years, with the Democrat Party announcing that they're going to destroy me, destroy my reputation, and that's how they're going to get rid of me, I guarantee you you're going to find out of hundreds of people, somebody that's probably done something wrong. I hope that people will look at what...