Word: gop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrats had protested the decision by two networks to grant Reagan free airtime just three weeks before the November 2 electrons insisting that Reagan was merely using television to campaign for GOP candidates blistered by the unemployment issue...
...event also featured speeches by two of the hottest items on the area GOP circuit: Frank L. McNamara '69 and state Rep. Leon Lombardi. McNamara is waging a heavily financed campaign against House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. in the 8th Congressional District. Lombardi is running for lieutenant governor...
...judicial ranks as low as a state appellate court. Many women's leaders have protested O'Connor's passive stances on women's rights. Another example: Michigan Republicans and Democrats last month engaged in one-upmanship in assembling their tickets for the November elections. Seeking women's votes, the GOP gubernatorial nominee asked three women before finally finding one to run on his ticket for secretary of state. The next week, word got out that the head of the Democratic ticket was explicitly looking for a woman running mate. He finally summoned 70-year-old congresswoman emeritus Martha W. Griffiths...
Unswerving devotion to the path of "the true believer" brought on the attack on Haig and similar denunciations of other GOP bigwigs. Favorite punching bags of the weekly include OMB director David Stockman, White House Chief of Staff James Baker, and a slew of Republican Congressional leaders...
...battle won to keep taxes at bay, Human Events has since turned to savaging the GOP leadership for its less than full-hearted support of the budget. Headlines like "Why Aren't GOP Leaders Selling President's Budget" or "GOP Leaders Damaging 1982 Elections Prospects" dot recent front pages of the tabloid. Winter and his associate have hammered away at Senators Baker, Dole, and Domenici for showing skepticism about the administration's economic plans. Indeed, though the editor commended Reagan for continuing his "revolutionary path" with the new budget and new federalism, they urge still further spending cuts, "We think...