Word: gop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...starchy GOP lineup doesn't fully explain the Democratic victories. The Democratic "trump card" was clearly the abortion-rights issue. During the campaign, which in some cases began to resemble a plebiscite on abortion rights. several Republicans backpedaled frantically from hardline anti-abortion stances. They either reversed their positions, as did Giuliani and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jim Courter, or minimized the issue, as did President Bush last Tuesday...
...clear what Bush and other Republicans who have espoused right-to-life views are trying to accomplish. While the abortion funding debate worked to their favor, they gave it a prominent slot on the GOP docket. But as soon as they felt a shift in the political weather, they tried to dismiss the issue. "It's no longer important if it puts wind in their sails, not ours," they said, but the voters, especially those in Virginia, didn...
President Bush campaigned for GOP candidates in Virginia, New Jersey and New York in an election season that served as prelude to 1990, when hotly contested congressional races will set the tone for national politics leading up to the next presidential election...
Democratic National Chair Ron Brown claimed victory for Wilder and Dinkins as well as Florio, and GOP chair Lee Atwater, saying that "all politics is local," did not dispute...
NEXT November, 277 state, county and federal offices will be up for grabs in Massachusetts, and Republicans say they expect to have a candidate seeking every one. Two years ago, the GOP ran in less than 50 percent of the races...