Word: hortons
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...enough about winning," and verges on being "incoherent." I found Kemp's behavior in the debate professional, mature and responsible. I may not necessarily agree with what Jack Kemp had to say, but he has one thing no other current U.S. political figure has: my respect. JONATHAN HORTON Fredericia, Denmark Via E-mail...
...HORTON (D) District...
...moderate 11th, Horton, a member of the 1992 Clinton-Gore steering committee, is taking on the Contract with America. He calls the 1994 G.O.P. document a shortsighted approach to deficit cutting that does not expand opportunities for the average Northern Virginia family. Horton has never held public office, but his work on the Council for Excellence in Government may shore him up against a freshman incumbent...
...party. During his campaign for attorney general, Lungren chased his Democratic opponent into an elevator, shouting his demand that the two hold a debate on the spot. And at the 1992 convention, he urged Republicans not to be "shamed into silence" over the party's controversial 1988 Willie Horton ad. Said he: "This is one Republican who won't be cowed." The son of Richard Nixon's physician, he served 10 years in the House, forging ties with Gingrich, Senate majority leader Trent Lott and other conservatives. The 49-year-old is now openly running to succeed Governor Pete Wilson...
...upset by the Democratic nominee's failure to punch back that he flew from Little Rock to Boston to tutor Dukakis staff members on the wisdom and methods of rapid response. But no one listened until it was too late; Dukakis thought the ads about furloughed killer Willie Horton did not need to be answered simply because they were stupid and wrong, ignoring the fact that they were devastating. By the time he ran in 1992, Clinton had learned that brazen replies were key to political success. The War Room operation in Little Rock, set up after the Democratic Convention...