Word: midterms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LATER THIS WEEK, when President Reagan and his political advisors carefully scrutinize the state by state results form today's midterm elections, one race they are likely to ignore is the senatorial contest in Connecticut between Republican incumbent Lowell Weicker and Democratic Rep. Toby Moffett, Weicker, fighting for his third stint in Washington, is considered too liberal to serve as an accurate barometer for the President's policies...
Indeed, as some 900 Democrats headed home from their national midterm conference in Philadelphia last week, they could be forgiven for letting out a cheer or two. Twenty months after Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party stunned them at the polls, they are looking to make gains in the elections this fall and to recapture the White House in 1984. The reason for their optimism: Ronald Reagan. His performance in the Oval Office, especially his failure so far to revive the economy, has become a potent campaign weapon...
...liberal principles. In his 30-min. address, Mondale, usually a dull, plodding speaker, was interrupted by applause 27 times. In his 40-min. speech, Kennedy, 7 Ibs. lighter and sporting new aviator glasses, was stopped 57 times by ovations. Some of this enthusiasm was due to the fact that midterm conclaves are usually packed with party activists, who tend to be liberal. Even so, the response served notice that Kennedy and Mondale remain the front runners for the party's presidential nomination in 1984. Although Kennedy outshone his rival by several watts, Mondale drew raves by delivering a much...
...immediate future, attacking Reagan is probably sufficient to win votes. Hart expects the Democrats to pick up about 20 seats in the House-above average for the opposition party in the first midterm election of a new Administration-and thinks they will hold their own in the Senate. The Democrats are also counting on picking up four or five governorships, primarily in the Midwest...
Suggested changes include requiring independent work to include significant intellectual analysis, limiting the choice of advisers to the subject area of the independent study, and instituting midterm grades...