Word: democratizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democrats may be beneficiaries ofPresident Clinton's recent foreign policy successes, according to a new TIME/CNN poll. When asked which party's congressional candidates they would pick if the election were held today, 40 percent replied "Democrat" and 35 percent said "Republican" -- almost acomplete reversalof the tally October 12. The same poll shows Clinton's approval rating at 48 percent -- up four percent in the same period...
North's careful response suggests he may be pulling his punches since he has a slight edge over incumbent democrat Chuck Robb. New FEC figures say he's got a $17 million war chest -- four times that of Robb and nearly 30 times independent Marshall Coleman...
Republicans launched a $2 million national ad blitz today designed to hit back at Democrats for slamming their ReaganiteContract With Americaand aimed right at voter pocketbooks. "Clinton and his Democrat Congress control Washington and what do we get?" one ad says. "More taxes, more spending, more government. That's not what we were promised. And that's not what this country needs." Another spot showcases the now infamous leaked OMB memo that raises the prospect of administration schemes to slash Social Security and Medicare. Will the ads play?TIME senior correspondent Laurence I. Barrettthinks the GOP timing...
...California, Democrat Kathleen Brown is inching up in her race against GOP Gov. Pete Wilson, although her gains among those likely to vote are less dramatic. According to a Los Angeles Times poll, Brown lags 48 to 45 percent behind Wilson, but the difference is within the poll's error margin. Two weeks ago, Brown trailed by eight points. Still if younger less reliable voters are removed from the picture, Wilson leads 52-43. Brown's gains come as she has distanced herself from Wilson-backed Proposition 187 -- which would stop illegal aliens from receiving social services. A majority...
...fragility of his seat notwith-standing, McCloskey has made Bosnia his issue. He has ferociously criticized both the Bush and Clinton administrations for their pusillanimous policies, once even suggesting that Secretary of State Christopher step down (such criticism of a Democrat from a Democrat naturally giving seizures to political flunkies...