Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ethics scandals that had toppled first a Speaker and then his majority whip, the fall of others had lifted Gephardt closer to the top of an institution that he had once seen only as a springboard to the White House. With Foley's demise, Gephardt became the highest-ranking Democrat to survive the G.O.P. onslaught. Now he had far more than his own image to retool. "This was destined to happen," Gephardt told his distraught staff the next morning. "We just have to get to work...
...adoption of traditionally Republican positions such as kicking welfare recipients and immigrants while they're down, he'll easily dodge much of Dole's criticism. Hopefully, Clinton will also be able to bait the crusty ex-senator into losing his notorious temper. That could very well provide the Democrats with a soundbite (such as Dole's 1976 "Democrat wars" seething) that they can use to heap insult upon the injury that they have already inflicted on Dole's third (and thankfully, last) doomed crusade for the presidency...
...such a wide margin at such a late date and then gone on to lose. Unless space aliens blow up the White House and the President is somehow unable to shoot them down with his fighter jet (or an equivalent terrestrial event intercedes), Bill Clinton will be the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 to be reelected for a second term...
Graciously bridging the gap is Wolf's mission. The liberal Democrat, who once took a freedom of speech lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court, and won, is working hard to please more moderate North Cantabrigians, who stick with the Democratic Party because of its ties to labor...
...Veepstakes is only a backdrop. Gore and Kemp may face each other four years from now, but at this point the real race for both men is against potential rather than present enemies. "For us," says Democrat Bob Kerrey, speaking for those like Dick Gephardt and Chris Dodd who would deny Gore that chance, "how Al does this time will shape the race for next time--and the same is so with Jack for the other side." Why? "Money, mostly." For at least the next two years every person bitten by the presidential bug will be scrambling for political...