Word: jessee
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Minority leaders have also begun to form coalitions to exert pressure. Despite some Black leaders contention that undocumented workers take jobs from poor Blacks, every Black congressman stood with the Hispanic lobby. (Last week, members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) welcomed Rev. Jesse L. Jackson at...
The Democratic leadership is pondering the wrong question in considering the merits of a woman vice-presidential candidate. If the party had any sense, it would discard the presidential contenders it now has and run a woman for that office. Once nominated, she could placate the few conservatives left in...
An even knottier problem, however, was the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has been alternately conciliatory and confrontational in both his private meetings and public statements. Jackson, who also met with Beckel last week, is annoyed that he has not had any private meetings with Mondale. After Jackson carried his complaints...
Simpson-Mazzoli is an intricate compromise, combining amnesty for many illegal immigrants already in the U.S. with a system of fines against employers who hire future evaders of the border patrols. The employer sanctions are supposed to dry up the supply of jobs for pollos. The bill has been attacked...
The black preacher's blurry blend of ego and principle presents the conventional Mondale with a most unconventional problem. A practitioner of political compromise, Mondale frequently asks reporters who have covered Jackson, "What does Jesse want?" The larger issue of dealing with a fervent black movement seems to elude him...