Word: democraticizing
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Jia-Rui Chong's article on immigrants (Column, Jan. 25) is riddled with inconsistencies and half-truths. She asserts that immigrants need not and cannot become part of mainstream America. According to her, learning the English language and about America's democratic government would eradicate immigrants' cultures, and thus result...
On the Democratic side, the field is decidedly less interesting. President Clinton's heir apparent, Al Gore '69, is practically unopposed. Minority leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.), who would have presented perhaps Gore's greatest challenge, announced Wednesday he would not run. Sens. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and Bob...
Some Democrats seem to feel that this is the best way to go; traditionally there is party pressure not to challenge an incumbent or heir apparent to the Oval Office. Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 experienced the wrath of his colleagues when he ran against President Carter in 1980...
Democrats have displayed remarkable unity lately, especially in regard to the impeachment proceeding, but there are still ideological divisions within the party--over welfare, over health care and over the future of Social Security--that deserve to be addressed. Gore is clearly in the centrist camp associated with the Democratic...
House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt announced Wednesday that he will not seek the Democratic nomination for president. Some observers speculate that the GOP's insistence on a Senate trial is making Gore look too strong to challenge in 2000.