Word: gores
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...media candidate. But its grand perfection. For in 1988 we have a political contest in which every candidate, from party hack to civil rights leader to ethnic technocrat, conforms to a well-thought-out media plan. Where a 39-year-old, wet-behind-the-ears legislator like Sen. Albert Gore '69 (D-Tenn) is pushed into the presidential race by the results of a poll which shows that voters surveyed think he most lools like The Commander-in-Chief...
...Gore Tenessee Senator...
...foreign policy differs little from the Democratic contenders, except Gore, on the important questions, like a freeze on nuclear testing, and opposition to the illegal war in Nicaragua. And unlike the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Simon leaves no doubt about his support of Israel and the importance of a peace agreement in the region...
Serious questions, however, are no guarantee of serious answers. And even an unprecedented full-hour format does not ensure that candidates will deal with the issues, and not launch into tired campaign rhetoric. Kalb concedes that Sen. Al Gore Jr. '69 (D-Tenn.), for one, used the show more to present his image than to discuss policy. "Each one of them came up here to look the best he could, to sound the best he could," says Kalb. "A politician running for the presidency who did not take advantage of an hour of free time would be a fool...
Kalb says further that Gore may not get the strong campaign push he hopes for from his fellow Southerners. "If the polls are correct, either a candidate named 'undecided,' or a candidate named Dukakis, or a third candidate named Jackson may end up with all of the marbles, and not Gore," he says. "The strategy, even from the point of view of a Southern moderate Democrat, may backfire...