Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democrat Sullivan was the favorite in the race because of his strong organizational base in Cambridge and the expected statewide Democratic victory...
Sargent's most important tactic has been to label Dukakis young, inexperienced and rash. Speaking as the "voice of experience," Sargent has been able to poke holes in Dukakis proposals, causing the Democrat to waffle on the issues...
Still, from the Rockies to the Pacific, the Democratic trend seems inexorable. In a recent poll in California, Democratic Senator Alan Cranston was 35 points ahead of Republican Rival H.L. Richardson. Traditionally Republican Arizona will probably elect Democrat Raul Castro as Governor and perhaps even a Democratic state senate. The Democratic sweep is likely to be blocked only in Alaska, where Governor William Egan is trailing Republican Challenger Jay Hammond, and Senator Mike Gravel shows only a slim lead over his Republican rival, C.R. Lewis, a state senator and member of the John Birch Society's advisory council...
...forcefulness, but with a knack for compromising at the right moment, he has led the fight for bills for aid to education, consumer protection, liberal trade policies, pension reform and restriction of the President's warmaking powers. Legislative aides have voted him the second most effective Senator (after Democrat Henry M. Jackson) and the most intelligent. But in the aftermath of Watergate, his virtues have the appearance of vices to some outraged citizens. A cautious, scrupulous politician, he rarely speaks out on an issue until he has absorbed all the facts. He was not a perfervid critic of Nixon...
ALEXANDER v. BLANTON If Republican Lamar Alexander, 34, is worried about trailing Democrat Leonard Ray Blanton, 44, in the Tennessee gubernatorial race, he is the last one to show concern. Seasoned political observers are scratching their heads over his studied coolness in the face of possible defeat. But they figured that he must know what he is doing. He managed the successful campaigns of both Senator Howard Baker and Governor Winfield Dunn. Two weeks before Alexander won the primary for Governor, he was considered to be running a poor third. His forte is catching...