Word: mated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mostly a relic of the past, the Democratic National Convention last week managed to resemble something well oiled and humming. When the delegates arrived in New York City, the primaries had already made Bill Clinton the party's nominee and Clinton had already made Al Gore his running mate. Jubilant at the thought that this, at last, might be a winning team, the Democrats in Madison Square Garden cheered like paid extras...
Take that, Bush-Quayle. Or, for that matter, Perot-Whoozis. Ross Perot, in fact, inexplicably talked about Gore as if he were describing his own yet-to- be-selected running mate, rather than Clinton's. "Fine man, wonderful family," burbled Perot. "I think he's an excellent choice...
...harm" is the first rule of vice-presidential selection. "A running mate may not help you," Richard Nixon once said, "but he can certainly hurt you." Gore will appeal in the South and to environmentalists, say the talking points Clinton's aides distributed to the faithful last Friday. Gore's support for the Persian Gulf war will reassure Reagan Democrats. Gore's Ozzie-and- Harriet marriage and his wife's crusade against rock lyrics will add some much needed "family values" points to the ticket. Above all -- it is the No. 1 talking point after the obligatory assertion that Gore...
With a clone for a running mate and a new economic plan, Bill Clinton has pitched to center for a fall campaign in which both sides have signaled that they'll take no prisoners...
...emotional training of Clinton's running mate...