Word: dragging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strong showing in the polls will likely help him to push through many of those goals although the democratic congress could drag its heals on several issues...
...have every reason to think Clinton will do this. First of all, as we said, he won't want to blame a Democratic Congress. More important, he will want to avoid the drag on the economy that the deficit has been over the last three years. President Bush, by fudging budget numbers and playing the blame game, ignored the debt and deficit begun by his predecessor. Now he is in deep trouble, unwilling to fight the deficit because such action would damage the economy even further and unable politically to wait for the recovery that will allow deficit-fighting. Clinton...
...close to a co-campaign manager for her husband. While she is not in charge of anything specific, she gets in on many decisions, frequently helping to cut through confusion and bring rambling discussions to a focus. Clinton has a tendency to listen to everyone interminably and let discussions drag. Hillary, says one of her advisers, is frequently the one to say, "O.K., we've had enough discussion, let's get this resolved." Betsey Wright, long Clinton's chief of staff and now a sort of "secretary of defense" for the campaign, formulating quick answers to any attack on Clinton...
...Clinton" -- that is, waffling. Gore, though a bit stiff and repetitious -- it would be hard to count how many times he accused the White House of practicing "trickle-down economics" -- had a sharp answer for everything; he came off, at worst, even. Quayle may no longer be a drag on the ticket, but he could not carry out the job of tearing down Clinton in voters' minds. That had to be left to the boss...
...conventional wisdom holds that voters base their choice on the person at the top of the ticket, this year's vice-presidential candidates are attracting plenty of attention. Just three months ago, a number of Republicans ( urged President Bush to dump Quayle because he was perceived as a serious drag on the G.O.P. ticket. But Quayle hung on, gave a well-received speech at the Houston convention, and has since waged an energetic campaign. Gore's choice as the Clinton running mate was widely applauded, and the young Southerners have developed a remarkable campaign synergy that many feel has helped...