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...race for the Democratic presidential nomination finally showing signs of life? There seems to be a general increase in testosterone levels among potential candidates, who promise they won't "do a Dukakis" by allowing Republicans to get the rhetorical advantage. Senator TOM HARKIN of Iowa has a get-tough campaign strategy: "Always attack, never defend and never fight on their territory." Once Bush launches an unfair offensive, "I'm going to hit him right back between the eyes," snarls Harkin. Tennessee Senator AL GORE mixes lofty rhetoric with a downright bloodthirsty warning to George Bush. "You run with your heart...
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Another ditherer. The House majority leader's reluctance led to Harkin's candidacy...
...many economists applaud the Tsongas message, though some fear he is kindling economic nationalism. A number of union leaders consider Tsongas a turncoat, even though his voting record over the years has been prolabor. Democratic elders are warily assessing public reaction. Potential presidential candidates, such as Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, are already sniping at Tsongas. Instead of more tax breaks for greedy businessmen, they complain, why not more of them for the middle class? Tsongas labels such criticism myopic. Only business can bake a bigger...
...then there are the practical pitfalls of relying on others to put words in your mouth. A friend of mine, a speechwriter for Sen. Tom Harkin, asked my advice on writing a speech for the West Virginia AFL-CIO. I suggested that he discuss the history of the labor movement in West Virginia, including the famous, bloody massacre at Paint Creek. Because of my faint Appalachian lilt, my friend understood it as "Pink Creek." Only a last-minute phone call saved the senator from certain humiliation...