Word: democrats
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READING the Boston Pheonix, I was surprised to learn that my home state of Oregon is leaning towards Presidential candidate Mike Dukakis. Oregon hasn't voted for a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson beat Barry Goldwater...
...year ago, Michael Dukakis was just another Democratic dwarf, a successful but obscure Governor who wanted to become President. But money, as the song goes, changes everything. Last June the campaign held its first major fund raiser at Boston's Park Plaza Hotel. The take: $2.1 million, three times as much as any Democrat had ever received in a single event. The campaign privately set an ambitious goal of collecting $6.5 million in 1987, then ) proceeded to rake in $10 million. It made Dukakis a front runner before any votes were cast. "Money," says Bob Farmer, the Governor's fund...
Vellucci is running against fellow incumbent Marie Howe (D-Somerville) because this year's state redistricting plan merged his district with that of Somerville Democrat Howe. As a result, Howe and Vellucci will square off in the September 15 Democratic primary...
...diplomat in Washington, "our actions will be directed by Soviet actions. If they resupply, we'll do the same. We will watch to see what happens." The approach appears to satisfy most of the mujahedin's supporters in the U.S. Congress. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, a Democrat, who backed a unanimous Senate resolution last month urging the Reagan Administration to stiffen U.S. terms at Geneva, said last week that his "concerns are being...
...have too much of an advantage. "It's time to give taxpayers some rights to even the playing field," he declares. Some form of his bill is expected to pass the Senate, but comparable legislation in the House has not yet garnered the support it needs from Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee. Rostenkowski is afraid that a taxpayers' rights bill would cost the Government as much as $200 million a year -- although that amounts to little more than one-tenth of 1% of the annual deficit. Pryor hopes to convince Rostenkowski that just...