Word: doled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Republicans are even more tongue-tied on the deficit. They are roughly divided into two camps: the Hand Wringers, who are outspoken on stressing the problem and somewhat reluctant to offer solutions (Dole and Alexander Haig), and the Supply-Siders, who ignore it completely (Kemp and Pete du Pont). Characteristically, Bush is somewhere in the middle. Recently, the Vice President timidly allowed, "If all the domestic spending has been cut that can be cut, then and only then would ((I)) consider the other alternative." That alternative, too frightening to whisper aloud, is higher taxes...
...addition, most members of the class of '88 are playing that time-honored game (pioneered by William Henry Harrison in 1840) of searching for the log cabin that can convey their just-folks humble heritage. The self-made rhetoric all blurs together as Dukakis talks of his immigrant parents, Dole recalls "my father ran a cream-and-egg station," and Gephardt always mentions that he is the son of a milkman. Although they are the well-born disadvantaged in such a contest, du Pont harks back to his "scraggly" French immigrant forefathers (who arrived in 1799), and Bush points...
...Republican side, both Bush and Dole, never known as visionaries, are still cautiously waiting to reveal their policy positions. The challenge for Bush is particularly acute: he must forge a mild Declaration of Independence from the President without risking his claim as rightful heir. And as outsiders in a two-man race, Kemp and du Pont can afford to be outspoken as they vie for the allegiance of the conservative faithful...
...Republican side, the competition still centers on Bush and Dole, with the others trailing badly. But Bush's lead was dissolving during the first half of 1987. TIME's May survey of Republicans showed the Vice President ahead by only ten points, 34% to 24%, as the first choice for the nomination. In the latest survey, Bush's lead among Republicans and Republican leaners has increased to 24 points...
Bush has also made progress in the voters' perception of candidates. Last January 81% of Republicans familiar with the candidates agreed that Dole was "someone you can trust," while Bush's rating on that count was 75%. Now those percentages are reversed: 80% of Republicans and leaners call Bush trustworthy, vs. 73% for Dole. In January only half the Republicans would call Bush a "strong and decisive leader," while 81% said that critical description applied to Dole. The Vice President is still not viewed as the most decisive leader the G.O.P. could nominate, but his mark has improved...