Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...David. He could count on someone else doing that for him. The most surprising example was a large ad in the Asheville (N.C.) Times that congratulated Carter for the Middle East breakthrough and concluded: "I am proud of you." The ad was paid for by Democrats who are supporting Republican Senator Jesse Helms for re-election even though Carter had come to the state to campaign for Helms' Democratic rival, John Ingram...
...Dukakis and his aides had overlooked the strong desire of many Massachusetts liberals to keep Republican Edward W. Brooke in the U.S. Senate. He had run into deep trouble with the conservatives who control his own party because he supported the Panama Canal treaties and federally financed abortions for poor women. Brooke's messy court fight with ex-Wife Remigia also damaged hun politically and buoyed the chances of his opponent, Conservative Avi Nelson, a radio talk show host...
Fearing that Brooke's chances for a third term were slipping away, thousands of Democratic blacks and white liberals took the unusual step of changing their party registration to vote in the Republican primary. So too did large numbers of blue-collar workers, who were attracted by Nelson's antibusing, antitax positions. In the end, as many as 30,000 non-Republicans voted hi the G.O.P. primary...
King's opponent in the election is Francis W. Hatch, 53, a middle-of-the-road Republican whose nomination spared Bay State voters one unusual difficulty. He defeated Edward F. King, founder of an organization that wants to put a cap on state spending. If Hatch had lost, the November ballot would have featured Edward King vs. Edward King...
...Republicans Greenspan, Sprinkel and Washington University Professor Murray Weidenbaum strongly oppose guidelines and do not believe they would work: even if union leaders negotiated moderate wage pacts, rank-and-filers would vote them down. Weidenbaum adds that the result might be strikes?by the Teamsters, for example?that could tip the economy into a recession he does not now expect. The Republican board members believe that inflationary fever can be lowered only by the slow-acting medicines of lower federal spending, reduced deficits and moderate growth in the money supply...