Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter organization has set up 48 headquarters in Illinois, and batteries of phone banks are being installed. Carter appears to have serious problems in Ohio's Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), where a Democrat must usually score big to carry the state. Elsewhere in the Midwest, particularly in Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Nebraska, friction between Democratic regulars and Carter's "amateurs" seems to be easing...
...both issues, the President show-boated crassly. As he warmed to his defense of the Pentagon, he claimed that the Democratic Congress had slashed $50 billion from the military budget over the past decade. Aides explained that Ford meant the Congress had cut that much from increases in the budget proposed by the Ford and Nixon administrations; in fact, the budget rose $32 billion in that period. The President increased Carter's promised cuts to $15 billion; in fact, the Democrat has never suggested more than a $7 billion reduction. In decrying gun controls, Ford implied that Carter wants...
...Informant. Almost no one in Washington believed that Jerry Ford would ever pocket campaign funds. Yet neither would anyone accuse the highly respected Ruff, a Democrat, of acting rashly or for partisan purposes. A polio-paralyzed associate law professor at Georgetown University, Ruff, 37, belonged to the staff that dug into illegal corporate political contributions during Watergate and brought Richard Nixon's top aides to trial. He also successfully prosecuted United Mine Workers President W.A. (Tony) Boyle for illegal campaign contributions...
Ultimate Underdog. Supporters of the bill included the California Medical Association, the American Civil Liberties Union and senior citizens' groups. The bill's sponsor, Democrat Barry Keene, who saw two close friends die slowly and painfully of cancer, says it speaks for the ultimate underdog-those terminally ill "who have no hope, are helpless and for psychological reasons have been isolated." He is urging other states to follow California's example. In fact, there have already been attempts to pass similar bills in 17 other states...
...registered Democrat, Graham says she bypassed the September 14 Democratic primary to run as an Independent because her natural constituency does not usually vote in primaries, and many had not yet registered to vote...