Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This quick reversal is less shocking if one looks back to November 1992, two years before the Republican victory--when Clinton ended 12 years of Republican presidential rule, winning back large areas of the South and the precious "Reagan Democrats." Or one could go back another 2 years, to the aftermath of the Gulf War, when hen-President George Bush had approval ratings in the 90 percent range, and not a single prominent Democrat would run against...
...said she thinks Buchanan is too conservative to win an election against the Democrat. "I think a lot of Republicans think he is too far [to the] right," Sherman said...
...longtime supporter of Buchanan, Balfrey said the former conservative commentator has the best leadership skills of any candidate, Republican or Democrat...
...used to stall legislation or nominations that otherwise would easily pass. And in the Senate, delay can be fatal. The insurance bill, which seeks to reform allegedly unfair industry practices, boasted an almost evenly bipartisan list of 44 co-sponsors. But when chief sponsors Republican Nancy Kassebaum and Democrat Ted Kennedy started making inquiries last September about scheduling a floor vote, majority leader Bob Dole informed them that someone had placed a hold on the bill...
...President does have a chance to nudge the Fed a bit more, legitimately. To fill the just-vacated post of vice chairman, the Administration has been floating the name of Felix Rohatyn, a top investment- banking dealmaker at Lazard Freres. Rohatyn, a Democrat best known as the head of the municipal corporation that saved New York City from bankruptcy in the 1970s, has both the assertive personality and the towering reputation on Wall Street to voice progrowth arguments forcefully inside the board. In any case, to keep the economy humming, the budget-bound President has only one place to look...