Word: fleishman
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...dozen or so Southern states are expected to hold primaries or caucuses during the second week of March. Almost one-third of the delegates at the nominating conventions will be on the line. Duke University Political Scientist Joel Fleishman calls the regional primary "a logical extension of the South trying to find its place in the sun." Texas State Senator John Traeger, chairman of the Southern Legislative Conference and a leading proponent of the Mega Tuesday idea, puts it even more emphatically: "The South has risen again...
...House adviser: "It's less a case of Reagan's having caused the mood than it is a matter of his reinforcing it." In describing Reagan's accomplishment, observers seem drawn to oceanic metaphors. "Ronald Reagan is riding a crest," suggests Duke University Vice Chancellor Joel Fleishman, "the crest of a phenomenon he did not wholly create, but which he exploits." Neoconservative Editor Norman Podhoretz agrees: "It's a wave that's been building, and Reagan has been appealing to it. It's a matter of the man meeting the moment...
Commented Joel Fleishman, a Duke University political scientist: "Carter seemed to be still struggling for his New Frontier, his New Deal, his new Fair Deal - but it just wasn't there...