Word: democratizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Democrat Jeffrey Cohelan of California said, "Right now, we're holding on. It will be several years before we're able to start moving again...
Unruh typifies scores of other Democrats who, for the sake of their own political careers, are wary of becoming too closely associated with the national ticket. Many partisans from the McCarthy-Robert Kennedy-George McGovern antiwar ranks have come over to the Vice President, but most have done so reluctantly and are supporting him without enthusiasm. Harvard Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, chairman of the Americans for Democratic Action, was less than passionate when he allowed: "I expect in the end that I will keep my franchise as a Democrat." Because he is in a tough campaign for re-election...
...Sprig of Peace. Democrats with antiwar constituencies feel that Humphrey has no coattails-and might even drag them down. Strategically, their position resembles that of many G.O.P. liberals during Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign. Thus, while Kennedy Operatives Stephen Smith and Theodore Sorensen have endorsed Humphrey, they are expending most of their energy on New York Democrat Paul O'Dwyer's effort to unseat Republican Senator Jacob Javits. When he returned last week from a three-week postconvention holiday on the French Riviera, Gene McCarthy said that he would now devote his efforts to raising funds...
...penetration into Eastern Europe. At the same time, in a cleverly co-ordinated set of moves, the Soviets have made it far harder for the West Germans at home to keep their own political house in order. One quandary for Bonn is the existence of the far-rightist National Democrat Party, which now attracts some 9% of the West German electorate. For months the government has been contemplating legal action to suppress the N.D.P. But now that the Soviets have attacked it, West German political leaders are reluctant to take any action that might appear a concession to Soviet demands...
...President Johnson's insistence that the Senate act favorably and at once on the appointment of Justice Fortas [Sept. 13], a bit of history may be interesting and enlightening. Soon after President Eisenhower announced that he would not be a candidate for another term, Senator Philip Hart (Michigan Democrat) introduced a resolution, stating, "Whatever the outcome of the presidential elections in November, a new administration will take office. None of us knows which political party will direct that administration. I suggest this is a most appropriate time for the Senate [then controlled by the Democrats] to record its extreme...