Word: democraticizing
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Speaking to college journalists--and later to more than 1,000 students--at MIT yesterday, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley stressed themes that have driven his fairytale candidacy from a musing to a movement.
On the issue of gay rights, Bradley has staked a position considerably to the left of that of Vice President Al Gore '69, the acknowledged frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.
These dire predictions have been proven wrong, largely because they misunderstand the relationship between justice and democracy. For the sizable percentage of Chile's population with relatives or friends who were victims of Pinochet's terror, his arrest had positive consequences. For these people, long overdue justice is starting to...
For the most part, even as his star rises in the polls, Bradley sticks to a maverick philosophy. Whether doing it his way can sustain his candidacy through the Democratic primaries remains to be seen.
The institutional advantages of Vice President Al Gore '69 are clear: he has the trappings of the vice-presidency, a large staff, four years of prime photo-ops, and most importantly, a wealth of superdelegates--unpledged Democratic dignitaries chosen directly by the party. And, unlike other candidates, Gore has enumerated...