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Political reality will be the strongest force keeping the Democrats from moving too far left. The midterm elections of a President's second term usually hand a big loss to the President's party. But in addition to this cautionary precedent, the Democrats know that if they do regain power...
Kemp has the greater burden, but not because he and Dole may be buried in a landslide. In actively courting minority voters--a sideshow wholly separate from Dole's effort--Kemp has set himself against recent Republican history. "All too often in the past," Kemp said not long ago, Republicans...
Wooing Moderates
Southerners and other moderates soundly rejected past Democratic presidential candidates like George S. McGovern, Walter F. Mondale and Michael S. Dukakis, who were perceived as extreme leftists on economic and social issues.
The matchup between two of the state's top-ranking politicians has captured the nation's eye, for while both candidates are political moderates, they disagree vehemently on issues where they cannot find common ground.