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Where other candidates have promised to limit Defense budget increases McGovern vows to cut military spending 20 to 25 percent. The reduction would come from halting production of the M-X. the B-1 and the space warfare program, and from requiring U.S. allies to assume a greater portion of legitimate costs of mutual security. Nor has McGovern steered clear of other sacred cows, he has said he will freeze Social Security and other non-need-based entitlement programs to reduce federal deficits. Farmers would no longer receive subsidies to limit production; instead, the government would buy surpluses and distribute...
Internationally, McGovern is a strong of Reagan-style adventurism. He is currently the strongest "peace candidate" in the race, advocating not only a nuclear freeze, but also that the U.S. take immediate unilateral steps to halt the arms race. He urges a complete Marine withdrawal from Lebanon--a move he called for well in advance of most other candidates and before the bombing of the Marine compound--and the complete termination of all U.S. military operations in Central America. What makes these foreign policy positions all the more credible is that they are wholly consistent with McGovern's past positions...
...short, McGovern has established a long track record of public service that is consistent both internally, and with the enlightened ideals of the Democratic Party. It is recognizing this that forced most of McGovern's opposition to focus not on his platform, but on so called political realities. "A vote for McGovern, is a vote for Reagan," and "He'll never get elected" are frequent rejoinders to would-be McGovern backers. But to accept this cynical wisdom is misguided on several counts. First, if political history--and most recently the New Hampshire primary--has shown anything, it is that...
...election takes place in November, most Democrats will ink in that anybody. But tomorrow's election is a Democratic primary--a time for Democratic voters to signal not only which candidate they prefer, but also what direction they believe the party should take. More than any other Democratic contender, McGovern represents the principled and humane outlook that has typically distinguished the Democratic Party from the Republicans in general, and Ronald Reagan in particular...
...this context, a vote for McGovern takes on a symbolic importance beyond the immediate issue of the former senator's candidacy. That McGovern has said he will drop out of the race if he does not fare well in Massachusetts makes the issue all the more pressing; he has provided a distinctive and intelligent voice in the campaign, forcing the other candidates to tackle tough issues. By doing so, and by demonstrating that it is possible to run a race with principled integrity, McGovern has strengthened not only his candidacy, but the Democratic Party as well...