Word: platformization
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Tyler, a conservative Republican, has been trying to beat Eva Clayton since 1992, when he was mayor of Rich Square. Though he's against what he sees as politics as usual, he is a loyal proponent of the traditional platform points of his party: no Big Government, individual accountability, tax reform and a first-rate military that is never under U.N. control...
...auto accident, but the candidate remained in the race. A Vietnam vet, in a district that's home to Offutt Air Force Base, he campaigns with the slogan "Helping Those Who Have Helped America." But the Second is an unpredictable district--once Democratic, now Republican--and Davis has a platform that seems to straddle the ideological fence: he wants less government and supports the death penalty, but would preserve Medicare funds and student loans...
Though until this past July Keefe had one of the most partisan jobs in the state--chairing its Democratic Party--he says he'd work for bipartisan cooperation in Congress. He's running on a moderate platform, proposing a liberal pension-strengthening plan, and $50 billion in federal spending cuts and increased taxes for corporations, as well as a $500-per-child tax credit and a deduction of up to $10,000 per child for college...
Given incumbent Donald Payne's history of winning re-election races, challenger Williams has her work cut out for her. However, deviating from the standard Republican platform, Williams may draw some moderate votes for her pro-choice and affirmative-action support. Her other stands are more conventionally Republican: welfare ought to be reformed on "workfare" principles, the government should give vouchers to parents to use at whatever school they wish and a balanced-budget amendment should be passed...
...possibility of knocking off the third-ranking Democrat in the House--LeFever came within three percentage points of defeating Vic Fazio in 1994--is making G.O.P. mouths water. Dan Quayle stopped by in July to lend support. LeFever's platform is bread-and-butter Republican: reduce the size of the Federal Government, balance its budget and keep it away from private landowners...