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...statement was reasonably candid, but not completely so. Hart, one of those rare politicians who seem to be more powerful nationally than in their home state, did not acknowledge that he might have lost a bid for a third Senate term. Colorado has turned more conservative since Hart squeaked through to a Senate re-election in 1980 with just 50% of the vote. Polls have given him only a shaky lead over Congressman Ken Kramer, a likely Republican senatorial candidate. Even a victorious Senate run would be a financial drain on Hart, who still has to pay off $3.5 million...
Nationally, with Kennedy out, Hart is by far the best known of the potential Democratic presidential candidates, and the only one who has already fought a coast-to-coast campaign. That drive left him with supporters in every state, whom he can begin early to shape into the kind of national organization he had to jerry-build from scratch in 1984. But Hart is also the only candidate bearing scars from the last race. Organized labor, a powerful force in the party, has not forgiven his attacks on "special interests" backing his ultimately successful rival for the presidential nomination, Walter...
...message," Hart says, outlining the lessons he has drawn from 1984. "I'm more convinced than ever that it's not personality or charisma or endorsements or even money. It's message: to say something that people are waiting to hear and want to hear, and that makes sense, and that inspires." The core of his message is that the U.S. economy is "headed off a cliff," that strong federal intervention is needed to keep it from toppling over, but that the spending programs advocated by traditional Democrats will not do the job. Mondale's mocking cry of "Where...
...budget, to be offered as an alternative to whatever Ronald Reagan proposes for fiscal 1987. It will contain some spending cuts, but also a higher corporate minimum tax and higher rates on upper-income individuals than are proposed in the current tax-reform bill. To reduce budget deficits, says Hart, "there will have to be additional revenue. Anybody who tells the truth in Washington will tell you that...
...system of national service, including both military and nonmilitary opportunities," to be required of young men and women for a period of 12 to 18 months. Achieving the military force called for by many experts will require some form of compulsory service by the early 1990s, Hart believes, but the nation will not tolerate an old-style draft with its inevitable inequities...