Word: packed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead, the caucuses gave definition and interest to a race seriously lacking in either. The Republican voters focused the race on three men--Vice President Bush, Sen. Robert Dole (R.-Kan.), and former evangelist Marion "Pat" Robertson. By demonstrating that the rest of the pack couldn't gather many delegates, the Iowa caucus at least condensed the crowd to the candidates with the greatest popular support...
...irresponsibility the media. Jimmy Carter's surge of momentum following the 1976 caucus was not the result of a smashing victory; he only beat the closest runner-up by 5 percent. Carter became a force when the media completely refocused on him--and ignored the rest of the pack. In national politics, perception is as important as fact. And in this and many other cases the media created an inaccurate perception...
...Cher as an Italian, but she manages to pull it off. She also proves capable of entering into the kind of family politics which large families require. And Loretta's family is stereotypically Italian, complete with a grandfather who gives the food his daughter-in-law cooks to his pack of dogs...
...edge, even a mean streak, to much of his humor. But there are healthy signs that he can direct the barbs at himself when warranted. When his snideness is under control, the wisecracks and one-of-us message make Dole one of the better stump speakers in the presidential pack...
After several weeks of traveling with only a handful of reporters, Hart saw his press pack swell instantly at the news. A dozen reporters and cameramen ambushed him as he campaigned in Laconia, N.H., on Thursday morning, lobbing new allegations to which Hart, assisted on the road by just a single aide, was unable to respond. "Obviously, a candidate cannot know every detail," he protested. Hart then called for reinforcements. His chief counsel, Bernard Schneider, flew from Denver and attempted to pre-empt further questions with a detailed explanation. He said that the bills paid by Karl were simply part...