Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pitched much harder right, tougher on Clinton, aimed at Iowa and New Hampshire. The Senate staffers denounced it as a "full-throated attack" that Dole himself "winced at," they say. The single line that Senate Chief of Staff Sheila Burke and Co. found most over the top: "Ronald Reagan may have come from Hollywood, but his values were shaped in middle America. Bill Clinton may come from Arkansas, but no President has been closer to Hollywood." With Dole in the room, Burke said that kind of talk had no place in a response to the State of the Union...
...with Clinton riding high, what happens from here on out? Discipline, Discipline, Discipline. The Clintonites have been studying Ronald Reagan's successful 1984 re-election effort. One lesson: Keep command and control in the White House the way chief of staff Jim Baker did it (deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes is overseeing things from the West Wing). Another lesson: Croon along with Ronnie's song of optimism (the effectiveness of that approach is underscored by candidate Steve Forbes' success). Every week for the next few months, Clinton plans to reprise themes from the State of the Union. This...
WINDHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Rushing to be the first to candidate this year to stake out an environmental position first claimed by Ronald Reagan, multimillionaire publisher and GOP presidential hopeful Steve Forbes opined that a lot of the acid rain falling on New England is a natural phenomenon. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Forbes said "It turns out a lot of it is created by nature, not by smokestacks." Asked if he remembered President Reagan's 1980 assertion that trees are a source of deadly pollution, Forbes advised restraint. "I'm not sure about trees, but I do know...
...Ailes. Murdoch, the former Australian publishing magnate who launched the Fox television network and has a sizeable television presence in Europe, and partner MCI are fresh from winning an FCC bidding war for direct broadcast satellite television rights in the U.S. Ailes, the former media consultant to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and Bush, resigned last week as president of NBC's successful cable network. "It's a logical place for Ailes to be," says TIME's Richard Zoglin, "especially if Murdoch is serious about creating what he says is a more conservative alternative to CNN. But a lot of this...
...politics that the son could outshine the father; Malcolm, who twice tried and failed to win the Governor's race in New Jersey, called the presidency the "Holy Grail" of American politics. "When I first met Steve," recalls his friend Peggy Noonan, former Reagan speechwriter and author, "I said, 'I get it--the oldest-son reaction to Dad. Dad is colorful; Steve is sedate. Dad is a showman; Steve is reticent. In time I changed my view. The fact is, Steve has always held views that were daring. He's every bit as colorful, but it's all inside...