Word: politicians
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...than when Mr. Carter became President?" and said, in relation to the U.S. role in the world, "at last the sleeping giant stirs and is filled with resolve-a resolve that we will win together our struggle for world peace." It was the kind of speech hardly another living politician would have been able to bring off, but Reagan did magnificently-and not least because it was evident it is what he profoundly believes about America and its rightful world role...
Each candidate has cultivated his party's traditional constituency. Dixon, a career politician, has received large contributions from state employees and from labor organizations; O'Neal from the Republican National Committee and Chicago businesses. O'Neal is also endorsed by several right-to-life groups and by the STOP-ERA interests, headed by Phyllis Schlafly of Alton...
...primarily because of his strong ties to the liberal side of the Democratic party and his widespread support in the Midwest and Northeast. But in the 1980 campaign his appeal seems to be based at least equally on his personal integrity and low-key style. An easy-going politician who is respected by liberals and neo-conservatives alike, Mondale has to a degree counterbalanced Carter's aloof and sometimes caustic personality. As one politician noted, "Mondale simply has no negative constituency." And in an election where many of the ballots cast will be negative votes, this is seen...
Regardless of their effectiveness as vice presidents, both candidates are likely to be heard from again. As one of the few offices where a politician can gain the media coverage and national recognition needed to start a successful presidential campaign, the vice presidency has increasingly become a launching pad to the White House. Bush seems content to take a back seat in this election, but speculation is increasing that he is setting himself up for another attempt at the presidency in 1984. Mondale also will be in a good position to challenge Kennedy for the Democratic nomination. A story that...
...surprise, have designated Party Leader Georges Marchais, 60. Michel Debre, 68, who was Charles de Gaulle's Prime Minister from 1958 to 1962, has launched an independent candidacy designed to discourage Neo-Gaullist Leader and Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac. Rocard, though, is the only French politician given any chance of mounting a credible campaign against Giscard. Recent polls give Rocard more than 48% against Giscard. Mitterrand, who with 49.2% in 1974 came within a hairbreadth of the presidency, scores only...