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...theory, Hart would supply the requisite ticket balance. In reality, however, a Mondale-Hart ticket might amount to less than the sum of its parts. Says Hart: "I'm not sure if that would be a dream ticket." If he accepted the second spot, much of his essentially maverick appeal might be lost, since one of Hart's campaign premises is a rejection of back-room dealing. Campaign Manager Oliver Henkel, a friend for more than 20 years, thinks Hart is temperamentally unsuited for the job. "He'd be absolutely miserable," says Henkel. For his part, Hart...
...nose count of Knesset votes, othe Labor Party assumed that Likud Maverick Dror Zeigerman, on a fact-finding mission to Argentina, would be absent; if Zeigerman returned and Begin voted, the Likud would be able to defeat the bill. On Wednesday evening, however, word reached Jerusalem that Zeigerman was flying home. As the Knesset prepared to vote, photographers clustered at Ben Gurion International Airport awaiting Flight 332 with Zeigerman aboard, while another clutch of reporters stood vigil outside Begin's house...
...press conference last week. Markey moved to counter his image as an inconsistent liberal. Calling himself a "maverick" and noting that he had changed his votes to support court-ordered busing and federal funding for abortions. Merkey objected to those who cail him a "conservative...
...problems were caused not only be entrenched interests which stood to lose in the new programs, but also by the lack of political clout wielded by the poor whom the programs intended to aid. Matusow describes one program, designed by a maverick friend of Robert F. Kennedy '48, David Hackett, which emphasized community control of development and political action. It was the one program in the Great Society that could be deemed radical: "Other Great Society programs sought reform by appeasing institutions; community action would seek to reform institutions by empowering the poor...
...opposition Social Democrats called for his resignation. Said Party Floor Leader Hans-Jochen Vogel: "An ordinary government employee would be suspended until the end of the proceedings." One of Kohl's concerns is that Lambsdorff's resignation would encourage hard-line Conservative Franz Josef Strauss, the maverick leader of the Christian Democrats' Bavarian-based sister party, to make a play for the Economics Minister's portfolio. Kohl will resist such a move. But if Strauss were to succeed, Bonn's centrist policies could begin to slant to the right...