Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Partisan Rhetoric...
...Familiar partisan campaign images are the norm in the 10 weeks preceding the Nov. 5 election. Kerry is painting Weld as heartless, attempting to capitalize on the high negative ratings of prominent national Republicans...
Despite the charges, neither Kerry nor Weld toes the partisan line...
...even more certain. But it hasn't worked out that way. Many have noted the irony: elected on a promise to end Washington gridlock, Clinton may get re-elected as the guarantor of gridlock. He is Horatius at the bridge, our lonely defender against the Newtite hordes. Or (less partisan version): Americans have discovered that they like gridlock, as a protection against the excesses of both parties. They have not turned against the Republican vision of smaller government--they just don't trust Speaker Gingrich to control himself...
METAPHORS "Let's don't take our eye off the ball. I ask for your support, not on a partisan basis, but to rebuild the American economy...