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THE similarities between Bush and Thornburgh will also help the Republicans play up the ideological differences between Bentsen and Dukakis on the Democratic ticket. Bush has spent much of his time criticizing Dukakis as weak on crime. Thornburgh's record as a hard-nosed crime buster when he was governor...
Another basic element of Dukakis' world view is a moral sense that U.S. policy must be based on the "fundamental decency and values of the American people," rather than on a hard-nosed, realpolitik approach to strategic interests. In this regard, he is reminiscent of Jimmy Carter, which could be...
There are, however, some very pragmatic and hard-nosed arguments -- in addition to the idealistic and gooey ones -- that it is in America's national interest to base its foreign policy on cooperation among allies, deference to the desires of smaller friends and respect for treaties. The foremost reason: it...
Reagan is also a preacher -- or, perhaps, a traveling salesman. He believes that the mashed-potato circuit, and now the caviar circuit, is made for hustling. He came to Moscow firm in his intent to discuss human rights rather than wrestle with the details of arms control. And discuss he...
But without the bad and the ugly, the picture is distorted and the political odyssey incomplete. If he had not been a hardball player, he would never have entered the presidential primary after Eugene McCarthy had cleared the way. Without his ruthless, hard-nosed side, Bobby might not have been...