Word: kerrey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WITH the New Hampshire primary only 15 days away, voters in the Granite State remain a remarkably undecided bunch. None of the five major Democratic candidates--not Bob Kerrey, Paul Tsongas, Tom Harkin, Jerry Brown or Bill Clinton--has successfully won the hearts of a wide swath of New Hampshire voters...
College campus contains the components necessary to produce effective social and political activism--student groups. And we have a ton of them. Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), the House and Neighborhood Development program (HAND), Citystep, the Harvard Democrats and Republicans, Harvard for Harkin, Students for Clinton, Students for Kerrey, even Students for Agran. You get the picture...
Clinton's first tactic was to elevate substance over personality: "I decided it was critical to deal with the 'Where's the beef?' question before trotting out my personal life story." Clinton realized that a recession- plagued nation was "eager for specific answers" and that Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey, whom he considers his main opponent, was "taking the other tack, running on his biography before even attempting to detail what he would do. He's doing what Al Gore did in '88. Gore entered the race without having his message down, so he was pigeonholed as having none...
...they are interested in, like requiring able-bodied people on welfare to work for their assistance and offering college loans in return for community service. Fashioning an easily understood plan for national health insurance is the last major volley in Clinton's blitz. To defuse an anticipated attack from Kerrey, who has made health care his strongest issue, Clinton was expected to release his program this week...
...time for hardball, to show that I can stand up. This is especially crucial since you're hearing that I am too cautious." Beating the "too- cautious" rap explains why Clinton's second TV strike is a 30-second attack on congressional pay raises, a thinly veiled jab at Kerrey and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, both of whom voted for the salary increases...