Word: kerrey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arkansas Governor, New Hampshire granted Bill Clinton a strong second-place finish (25%) so that on primary night he could proclaim himself "the Comeback Kid." The big losers were two Senators who never grasped that so far 1992 represents a repudiation of politics as usual. War hero Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, an oddly diffident campaigner, offered the voters his biography wrapped in a glib media campaign and finished a poor third (11%). Harkin (10%) with his old-line liberalism and attack-dog persona came across as strident and out of touch. Quixotic Jerry Brown (8%) eked out a moral victory...
...Kerrey and Harkin will duel it out this week in the impossible-to-predict South Dakota primary. Kerrey remains the far more intriguing candidate, both in his potential electability and in his still evolving efforts to define himself. Voters like Kerrey, but they do not understand him, especially when he makes such cryptic comments as "I know what it is like to be alone, and I'll tell you when I'm President there won't be a single person who will feel alone." Moreover, he cannot seem to explain how to connect the dots in his shadowy vision...
...that the government identify a broad range of economic winners, who then would be helped with tax breaks and investment assistance. Few economists have much faith in the government's ability to predict strong economic performers, and when it comes to health care, even Tsongas agrees. In knocking Bob Kerrey's national health-insurance scheme, Tsongas says, "If anyone thinks the words government and efficiency belong in the same sentence, we have counseling available." There's an inconsistency here, of course, but Tsongas ignores...
Paul Tsongas had put on an amazing sprint to take the lead in New Hampshire polls. But he still seemed a regional New England candidate, and the more he is taken seriously, the harder questions about his health and stamina (he has recovered from lymphoma) will become. Bob Kerrey and Tom Harkin by all ; appearances had failed to strike any sparks among the voters, and Jerry Brown still looked to be in a private orbit somewhere...
...going to make it -- or who has already dropped out -- swings a deal. In return, perhaps, for the vice presidential nomination, he urges delegates still pledged to him to vote for the late starter. There already are rumors of just such a budding deal between Cuomo and Kerrey...