Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...part, Bush urges Republicans not to panic, reminding them that he was 17 points behind Dukakis at this juncture in 1988. One difference, however, is that Bush in 1988 could run on the rosy-looking Reagan economic record. Another difference, says a veteran of the 1988 campaign, was that "at least we had 'no new taxes' " as a central, positive appeal. This time there is a vacuum at the heart of the Bush campaign and Administration. That is what allows Clinton and Gore to dominate the television news and set the political agenda, at least for now. It is also...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER (1976). With Gerald Ford facing a challenge from Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination in 1976, Rockefeller served as a lightning rod for conservatives, who had never forgiven him for opposing Barry Goldwater in 1964. Rocky tried to appease the right wing by attacking welfare "cheats." To no avail: Ford's campaign manager described him as the President's "No. 1 problem" in winning the G.O.P. nomination. In November 1975 Rockefeller jumped off the ticket before Ford could push him. Ford replaced him with Kansas Senator Bob Dole, but the ticket lost to Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale...
forgettery: the opposite of memory, the tendency to draw blanks on information once known, made popular recently by Ronald Reagan...
...presidential parent, after all, is a springboard to media attention. The Reagan kids used it to their advantage: Ron Jr. gleaned a Hollywood career, albeit short-lived, and his sibling Patti Davis sold a mountain of books. But media coverage isn't always profitable, and is often uncomfortably probing. Reporters followed Amy Carter's exploits even after her father lost his reelection. Paparazzis flooded Caroline Kennedy's wedding. And the watchful, shallow eye of the media spared none of them from harsh scrutiny...
...media adviser, left the organization believing that "Perot has made it a cult of personality and has a messianic vision of himself." But Perot did make one important concession to convention when he hired two experienced handlers in early June to run his campaign. Ed Rollins had directed Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign, and Hamilton Jordan had managed Jimmy Carter's efforts in 1976 and '80. Their mission was to convert Perot's feisty guerrilla operation into a force capable of waging a general election campaign...