Word: mate
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...painful outing before he realized it. During his short-lived presidential bid in 1994, Cheney would ask his handlers if they could make the fund raisers more substantive, which is like trying to make a frat party more philosophical. Even after Bush tapped him to be his running mate, the advance team outlined a parade event in which Cheney would meet and greet some of the voters. "Um," said a Cheney staff member tentatively, "Mr. Cheney does not like to shake hands...
...replace Gore is a politician who isn't even running: New York Senator Hillary Clinton. The former First Lady is the choice of 30% of those polled, more than double the response of any of the other contenders. Of those actually vying for the ticket, Gore's 2000 running mate, Joe Lieberman, and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry are the front runners, each with only 13%. Among all registered voters, President Bush beats both men handily: 55% to 39% in a race against Lieberman and 56% to 39% against Kerry. Now that Gore is out of the limelight, the Democrats must...
...replace Gore is a politician who isn't even running: New York Senator Hillary Clinton. The former First Lady is the choice of 30% of the respondents, more than double that of any of the other con-tenders. Of those actually vying for the ticket, Gore's 2000 running mate, Joe Lieberman, and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry are the frontrunners, each with only 13%. Among all registered voters, President Bush beats both men handily, 55% to 39% in a race against Lieberman, and 56% to 39% against Kerry. Now that Gore is out of the limelight, the Democrats must spend...
...Republicanism. In his Washington Post article “Survey Finds Black Voters Significantly Less Democratic,” Darryl Forrester writes that “African American leaders are becoming less likely to identify themselves as Democrats.” When Republican Mark Erlich chose a black running mate in the Maryland gubernatorial race, the New York Times described the decision as a “checkmate...
Fred O. Smith ’04, who had co-sponsored the bill with former vice-presidential running-mate Justin R. Chapa ’05, cited recent assaults in the Yard and destruction of posters expressing support for bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgendered students as evidence of heightened homophobia on campus...