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...very smart and articulate, a thoughtful planner and he certainly has what it takes to run for citywide office." - Doug Muzzio, professor of public affairs at Baruch College, on Carrion's potential for higher office in New York City, New York Daily News...
While Giuliani's blunt personality and law-and-order emphasis have earned him something of a despotic reputation in New York City, says Douglas Muzzio, professor of public affairs at Baruch College in New York, when it comes to policies, he will be tough for Clinton to pin down. "Rudy is not a traditional Republican," Muzzio says. "He's pro-gay rights and pro-choice, and while that wouldn't play very well in a national race, it could play well statewide...
...unorthodox, combination of voters. "You've got this interesting mixing up of voting bases in this race," says Klinkner. "She has some appeal with independent or nominally Republican suburban women," while he may be able to corner some law-and-order Democrats. If she wants to emerge victorious, says Muzzio, Clinton will have to win back the women who have become disengaged with her candidacy, by talking about issues particularly appealing to women, such as education and health care, in substantive terms...
...issues that cut close to home, among them welfare, health care and education. When it comes to the electorate's No. 1 concern -- the economy -- voters seem inclined to let women take a whack at the mess. "There's a feeling we should give women a chance," says Douglas Muzzio, a political scientist at New York City's Baruch College. "They can't do much worse than the men." Certainly voters seem very receptive to the idea of women in high office. In a Times- Mirror Center poll, 69% of the respondents (74% of women, 63% of men) felt...
...Muzzio said that 23 percent of Dukakis' primary voters were Democrats who cast ballots for Reagan...