Word: ifs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Political seismographs throughout the U.S. have long been tuned to record any tremor signaling the quake that would rock the presidential campaign of 1980: the entrance of Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy into the race. Last week the Kennedy-watch instruments detected rumblings that made a party-rending announcement seem ever...
The most notable sign was a frontpage report in the New York Times, immediately picked up by wire services and printed throughout the nation, that the Senator had talked during the congressional recess with his mother Rose, 89, and his estranged wife Joan, and that both had assured him of...
At the center of this unfolding drama is Carter's political fortune. Some opinion experts feel that if the President does not show more mastery by Thanksgiving, he cannot be re-elected even if nominated. But more to the point is the pressure such events would bring on Teddy...
Actually, few political professionals take the idea of a Mondale candidacy for the top spot seriously. They agree with Mondale's frequent assessment that he is too closely tied to Carter's fortunes. "My base is Carter's base," Mondale has insisted. "If he does well, I...
But if a Mondale reach for the presidency looks fanciful now, the intramural White House staff squabbling is real. "Mondale is a clown," charged a ranking insider recently. "He has difficulty comprehending the significance of important issues. He is certainly not presidential material." According to such critics, Mondale is "lazy...