Word: democratic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That one still applies. In seven months as Pentagon chief, Rumsfeld has managed to spook the military, alienate defense contractors, mobilize much of Capitol Hill against him--and even make some in the White House question his toughness. It's usually a Democrat who puts the Pentagon on a wartime footing, but Rumsfeld, 69, is an armor-plated Republican and a military man to boot (he served as a Navy pilot). He has stirred up these problems by launching a much needed but oddly secretive review of the U.S. military that until last week threatened to sink ships, ground planes...
...Democrats don't plan to go belly up in the race, however. During the past two decades, Republicans have reached political parity in what was once a Democrat-dominated state. But Democrats still run strong in key pockets around the state and have managed to get moderates elected, including John Edwards, North Carolina's other senator, who's often mentioned as a presidential candidate in 2004. And though the carpetbagger charge won't stick, Democrats believe the fact the Dole hasn't served on so much as a city council in North Carolina will resonate. "She's really never held...
...adamantly" opposing another run. He even has a high-profile lady-in-waiting: Elizabeth Dole, a native of Salisbury, North Carolina, has publicly expressed interest in the seat. (As, of course, have many others, including former Senator and fellow conservative Republican Lauch Faircloth, and State Rep. Dan Blue, a Democrat...
...Indomitable on the Senate floor, Helms has also shown an appetite for political risk-taking on the campaign trail. He raised eyebrows during his 1990 race against Democrat Harvey Gantt when he ran an ad showing a pair of white hands crumbling a job application. The famous tag line: "You needed that job and you were the best qualified. But they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. Is that really fair?" Helms defeated Gantt, who is black, despite considerable opposition from voters in the state?s liberal Research Triangle area...
...Helms, who began his career as a newspaperman and television commentator, was a Democrat until 1970. He switched parties to run for a Senate seat in 1972, taking office at the start of Richard Nixon?s fateful second term...