Word: democraticizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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So Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) stands alone, and for this reason, if for no other, his announcement last Friday that he will not be seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2000 came as no surprise to close friends and confidantes.
Had he chosen to run, Kerry would already have been behind in the race to woo donors. Vice President Al Gore '69, the Democratic front-runner, and former New Jersey senator Bill Bradley both began courting big contributors months ago.
"Money would have been a problem [had he chosen to run]," said Rep. Barney Frank '61-'62 (D-Newton), a long-time colleague of Kerry's and a fixture of Democratic politics at both the state and national levels.
Councillors will be meeting with Rep. Michael A. Capuano (D-Mass.), and Democratic Senators John F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56. In preparation for the meeting, councillors will be briefed on the federal budget so that they know how the budget will affect cities and can structure their...
For a Republican, Giuliani also runs extremely well with many Democratic-leaning swing voters. His brutally efficient success in reducing crime, paring welfare rolls, fighting smut and ending vagrancy has endeared him to middle-class white ethnics outside Manhattan; his pro-choice, pro-immigrant, opera-friendly moderation on social issues...