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...willingness to have 1988 presidentialcandidate Jesse Jackson as a running mate angeredand alienated the substantial Jewish population inNew York. Only 9 percent of the Jewish vote wentto Brown, while 55 percent supported Clinton...
...Draft questions still plague Clinton," reported the Wall Street Journal on its front page last Friday. The item added that to fend off Republican attacks on this score, Clinton may feel compelled to pick as his running mate his erstwhile rival Bob Kerrey, who lost a leg and won the Congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam...
...encouraged the audience to provide testimonials about unintentional discrimination. One example: Rosa Shinagel, Assistant Dean of Radcliffe College, confessed to the sin of politely offering refreshments that morning to a student who, unbeknownst to her, was fasting for Ramadan. (The "sensitivity" I found particularly ironic, as my office-mate was excluded from even attending the conference because he was observing the Jewish Sabbath...
Marry Tsongas' emphasis on capital formation with Clinton's concern for human capital, and voters could have a compelling alternative to the policies George Bush labeled "voodoo economics" before he adopted them as Ronald Reagan's 1980 running mate. All that's needed now is for Tsongas and Clinton to actually engage in the debate they profess to crave -- that and two open minds...
...cautionary note: even those involved in the embryonic discussions wonder if the media's close scrutiny of Kerrey could saddle Cuomo with a tarnished running mate. Dumping Kerrey wouldn't be pretty, so the Cuomo mandate scenario continues as a real option...