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Judis, an editor at the leftward newsmagazine In These Times, fosters this and like assessments without endorsing them. He is more definite in his conclusion: since conservatism triumphed with the election of his pal Ronald Reagan, Buckley has lost his competitive urge. The last lap of the 20th century may provide a new liberal challenger, but until then we are left with a small irony. Reagan, the former actor, entered the White House at about the same time that Buckley, the political activist, began changing into an entertainer...
...intent of the leftward drift was to refill England's empty naves, the strategy has been an abysmal failure. When Runcie became primate, a paltry 2.7% of the population regularly attended Anglican services; slightly fewer do so today. Bennett's mistake was not in raising such unpleasant matters in public, with or without his name attached. It was in assuming that an Archbishop of Canterbury -- or any other individual -- could, merely by standing firm, reverse the powerful tide of change that has caused such anguishing problems for the Church of England...
...desire to leap to the top of the ladder. Many of the causes he has embraced, like revitalizing education, are apple-pie issues that provoke little dissent. Others, such as his opposition to the colorization of Hollywood films, can be ridiculed as merely trendy. More significantly, he has edged leftward from his moderate moorings (he was a founder of the Democratic Leadership Council, a centrist group) as he plays to the liberal activists who dominate the Iowa caucuses. He has reversed his support of tuition tax credits and now opposes back-door federal aid to private schools. He has soft...
Chamorro has long since taken her measure of the Sandinistas. For eight months after the 1979 overthrow of Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, she sat on the ruling junta with Ortega before resigning in anger over the new government's leftward march. Still, Chamorro has not lost her sense of humor. When Ortega visited her house, he asked why pictures of her husband with leaders of the revolution had disappeared. "I told him that, frankly, looking at you ((Sandinistas)) gave me a headache," she said. If all goes according to plan, the first edition of the reborn La Prensa will appear...
...Democrats encounter another problem, however, as they do their Atlas act to impress independent-minded voters. The candidates must also appeal to party loyalists who dominate the nomination contest. These activists in most Northern states lean leftward -- feminine as Caddell has defined it -- and pressure national candidates to toe their issue lines. The result can turn muscle to flab...