Word: democratically
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Professor Banfield is also the author of Political Influence and The Moral Basis of a Backward Society. His collaborator, Professor Wilson, has written Negro Politics: the Search for Leadership and The Amateur Democrat...
When he finished, committee members nearly fell over themselves in praise. "Governor," said Tennessee's Democratic Congressman Clifford Davis, the chairman, "this committee has never had a finer presentation. You have given me a weekend of homework." Pennsylvania Democrat Frank Clark said that Scranton was "the best witness we ever had." Minnesota Democrat John Blatnik congratulated him for his "obviously very thoughtful and carefully worked out" presentation. New Jersey Republican James Auchincloss confessed that he had been "thoroughly confused about the whole program" until Scranton came along and "cut away the cobwebs...
Praise & Hope. Illinois Democrat John Kluczynski was carried away too, and in heaping his thanks onto the pile, took note of Scranton's presidential situation. "I know you're doing a marvelous job as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," Kluczynski gushed, praising with a faint damn, "and I hope you continue to do so for the rest of your term...
...after Robert Kennedy said "all things being equal a local Democrat should run against Senator Kenneth Keating," he came to New York on a speaking tour--acting every bit the candidate. He made four speeches, chatted with party leaders, and returned to Washington admittedly uncertain about his plans...
...Senate majority leader, was running out of patience. "We are witnessing a travesty on the legislative process," he snapped. "The majority is being told what it can and cannot do." The anger stemmed from what the bill's supporters considered a broken pledge by the Southern leader, Georgia Democrat Richard Russell. They claimed he had promised to permit votes on more amendments this week. But after a Southern caucus, Russell declared there would be none. In retaliation, Senate leaders announced that the Senate's working hours would be stretched to midnight. "That doesn't scare us," scoffed...