Word: disarray
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week, it might seem implausible that insiders are already concocting deadlock scenarios. But the delegate arithmetic is as compelling as it is complex. Dust off the pocket calculator and hang on for the next two paragraphs. The climb may be a bit arduous, but the panoramic view of Democratic disarray is worth it. Remember, the goal is to win a 2,081-delegate majority...
...should have been a good week for George Bush. With the Democrats in disarray over Gary Hart, the Vice President maintains a comfortable edge over his strongest challenger, Republican Senator Robert Dole. Last week's poll for TIME by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman found Bush ahead of Dole, 40% to 20%, as the first choice of likely G.O.P. voters. After bidding Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev farewell at the airport, Bush seemed to bask in the summit's afterglow. But by Friday, the front runner had stumbled over two minor mishaps and allowed his staff to make him sound like a beleaguered...
...resemble a circus. Hart's action was a symptom of the problems faced by his party. "He appears to symbolize the failure of the established field to catch fire," says William Galston, a 1984 adviser to Walter Mondale. Hart's comeback crusade threatens to become a cause of further disarray. As Peter Hart (no relation), a Democratic pollster, says, "It's destabilizing for the Democrats at a time when they have to start moving forward...
...explosion of the shuttle Challenger nearly two years ago threw the U.S. space program into such staggering disarray that officials have shied away from predicting when the program would get back on track, much less undertake new ventures. Though the shuttle's return to service is still at least six months away, NASA officials last week managed to look beyond that crippling disaster and announced plans for two ambitious programs for the next decade. In 1989, the space agency declared, it will finally launch its long-delayed unmanned Galileo project to Jupiter, a 2.3 billion-mile mission that is expected...
...Republican defection ensures an anti- Bork majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Southern moderates join the stampede. -- The Democrats are in disarray as Michael Dukakis fires his campaign manager for leaking an "attack video." -- What exactly did William Casey tell Bob Woodward, and when did he tell it? -- The worst earthquake since 1971 rocks Los Angeles...