Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democrat but I voted for Gerald Ford in my state's primary. I would have preferred to vote for Udall-to strengthen responsible liberalism in the Democratic Party-but I could not stand by while Reagan drove the Republican Party further into simplistic conservatism. The threat of Reagan outweighed the promise of Udall...
Barring yet another surprise, President Ford and Ronald Reagan, each of whom won three primaries last week, will emerge from the delegate selection process just short of the 1,130 delegates required for the Republican nomination. Democrat Jimmy Carter is expected to be several hundred delegates short of the 1,505 needed to snare the prize...
...closed, then flickered open, closed again and opened again. Finally Carter gave up and gazed blankly out the window, his brow furrowed more deeply than usual. He had just won three primaries, finished second in three others and picked up about 140 delegates -five times more than any other Democrat that week. It seemed a good week's work, boosting his score in the primaries to 16 victories in 25 attempts and his delegate total by conservative measure to 865, or about 60% of the votes that he needs for the nomination...
...paperwork at his desk and meeting with other party officials. Then, accompanied by a few of his top aides, the party chief headed east of Rome in his chauffeur-driven, nut-colored Fiat-132 sedan. His destination: the mountain town of Avezzano in the Abruzzi region, a strong Christian Democrat preserve and one of the three constituencies,* along with Rome and Venice, where Berlinguer is the top Communist candidate for the Chamber of Deputies...
...railroads' chief negotiator. Usery rose from welder to become a top negotiator for the International Association of Machinists. So impressive was he at the bargaining table that George Shultz, President Nixon's first Labor Secretary, asked him in 1969 to put aside party loyalties (he is a Democrat) and become an assistant secretary for labor-management relations. That job led to a 1973 appointment as head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Along the way, Usery honed his skills as a peacemaker in dozens of bitter disputes, including the 1970 postal workers' strike, the 1972 teachers...