Word: mayes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...GROUP OF leading liberals, fearing that Kennedy may abandon the faith, have banded together to advance their own candidate--probably ecologist Barry Commoner--in 1980. The new Citizens Party hopes to draw on the common belief that the Democratic and Republican Parties are more alike than different and have failed to address the causes of the nation's economic failures...
...major parties' loss of influence and inability to present creative policies have invited challenge. Party discipline is wanting in Congress and party loyalty is wanting among voters. In the last presidential election, close to half of all voting-age Americans shunned the polls. The Citizens Party may be able to engage those who have lost faith in the political process...
...campaign by focusing attention on liberal programs that might otherwise be ignored. The historic role of third parties like the Populists and the Progressives has been to influence the platforms of the major contenders. The Citizens Party can force Kennedy to earn the allegiance of liberals who he may assume are already in his pocket. It would be a worthy victory to keep Kennedy in line without throwing the election to his opponent...
Students on the committee have been working on the conference since May, she added. Thirty-seven SAC members will act as escorts and messengers for the mayors this weekend. Siegal said...
Keenan said there is no limit to the number of lectures the committee will sponsor in a given year. "We have a whole list of people who seem to be outstanding, "but there may be a problem scheduling all of them, he said...