Word: posts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first time in the network's history, an outsider will take over as news president: David Burke, executive vice president at ABC News. Outgoing Broadcast Group President Gene Jankowski will assume the less taxing post of broadcast chairman. Said Tisch: "This is a start...
...these promises were like sending the Battling Bickersons to marriage counseling. But 1988 was different, in part, because the primaries symbolized the passing of the generational torch; neither Dukakis nor any of his rivals had been elected to major political office before 1974. The Democratic sweep in that post- Watergate year was a watershed, bringing to power a talented crop of young reformers -- including Dukakis -- who realized that old-fashioned liberalism was in trouble. Social issues such as busing and crime had eroded the party's blue-collar base, while middle-class voters saw the Democrats as wastrels throwing money...
...their ally, they predicted that the various opposition leaders would turn to fighting one another, thus leaving the ruling party in peace. "With each passing day," said Juan Enriquez, a Salinas campaign aide, "the situation becomes more relaxed." So does Salinas. By midweek he had abandoned his command post at party headquarters to begin preparing for his inauguration, scheduled...
...first break in this code came in 1969 after Dukakis had agreed to run for attorney general against Elliot Richardson while Beryl Cohen, an ally from his high school days, would run for Lieutenant Governor. When Nixon took Richardson to Washington, the legislature filled the attorney general's post with a Democrat, and Dukakis had no clear shot at the office. So he switched, and took aim at Cohen's slot, the lieutenant governorship. Dukakis felt or feigned surprise that Cohen would take this departure from the game plan as enough to end their friendship. It was just a matter...
Consolation prizes. Unless Jackson really wants a Cabinet job in a Dukakis Administration, Mario Cuomo is one leading Democrat who believes such a post would be too restrictive for Jackson's wide-ranging talents. Explains the New York Governor: "I'd rather see him free to move around and be involved in a whole series of issues." As for Dukakis' choice of a running mate, Cuomo notes, "I would not have chosen Bentsen. But now that he made that choice and you see the reaction, you say to yourself, 'The Dukakis people are smarter than I thought.' Dukakis is showing...