Word: democratics
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...case the Republicans) to commit themselves or participate in the new program. Some openings might be left for this desirable "cross-fertilization." Success would ultimately depend, of course, on a true spirit of national interest that would transcend old notions of party loyalty. Beneath some commendable skepticism about why Democrat John Connally joined Nixon's Cabinet is a realization that the country is in an age when party labels have lost a lot of meaning...
...choice which the Democratic Party faces in the year ahead is essentially that of holding to the traditional centrist position which seeks to make friends with everyone while alienating no one, or of staking out a new position on the Left. It is, in a certain sense, a choice between two poles set up by James Q. Wilson in The Amateur Democrat. Democrats can seek to be "professionals" who see their main purpose as winning elections for the sake of winning and who use "issues" as means to election. Or they can become "amateurs" for whom democratic politics...
Wilson's Amateur Democrat was a study of amateurs in three American cities. In 1968 America experienced the nationalization of amateur politics on the left. Faced with a war they opposed, various elements on the left challenged the President. They ignored the advice of the columnist and went to work for Eugene McCarthy. The Minnesota Senator and former Benedictine novice did far better than anyone thought he would, and soon Robert Kennedy joined the race. Both McCarthy and Kennedy built their campaigns on opposition to "things as they are" and asked for voter support for guaranteed job programs, guaranteed annual...
...fact, many Wallace voters were former supporters of Robert Kennedy. They favor a candidate with "guts" and are unlikely to be enthusiastic about a centrist Democrat. Certainly many of the Southerners who supported Wallace (and who accounted for about 50 per cent of his vote), are not likely to support a candidate on the Left this time around. But the dissatisfaction of the more than four million Northerners who supported Wallace in 1968 goes much deeper than race, and this dissatisfaction could manifest itself differently this time around...
...from-the-tenements Wall Street lawyer with an earthy demeanor, Weisl first met Johnson at the urging of F.D.R.. who described the lanky Texan as "a live Congressman [with] a fine future ahead of him." Thereafter Weisl helped fulfill Roosevelt's prophecy, advising the Texas Democrat on politics both foreign and domestic for more than 30 years. In 1964, Weisl became Democratic national committeeman from New York, and was considered L.B.J.'s envoy to the state party...