Word: reubin
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...tempted to believe that the four conservative Southerners--Sen. Fritz Hollings (D.S.C), former Gov. Reubin Askew of Florida, probably Sen. Dale Bumpers (D-Ark.), and perhaps former National Party Chairman Robert Straus of Texas--have entered the fray partly out of the much heralded "turn to the right" the country experienced in 1980. Indeed, early press reports indicated that Sen. Hollings based the rationale for his campaign in part on those halcyonyon pre recession days of 1981, when Time referred to Reagan as a domestically able President," and a Democratic candidacy as a conservative alternative to Ronald Reagan seemed credible...
...last poll of Democratic preferences before Kennedy withdrew, he had a huge lead: 43% to 13% for Mondale and 7% for Senator John Glenn. Senators Alan Cranston and Gary Hart of California and Colorado are cranking up to run, also former Governor Reubin Askew of Florida and Senator Fritz Rollings of South Carolina. Some impressive Democratic Governors: Robert Graham of Florida, just elected to a second term, and James Hunt...
...other Democrats. In addition to Fritz Mondale, I like John Glenn very much. He is one Democrat along with Mondale who could carry our party to victory in 1984. Gary Hart and Reubin Askew also meet my criteria for potentially successful candidates. Any of these would have an excellent chance...
...other candidates who spoke-Senators Hart, John Glenn of Ohio, Fritz Rollings of South Carolina and Alan Cranston of California-turned in respectable performances but failed to fire up the crowd. Glenn looked on the bright side: "I didn't see anyone asleep." The fifth hopeful, former Governor Reubin Askew of Florida, chose not to make an address, pursuing instead the sort of quiet, behind-the-scenes strategy that helped win Jimmy Carter the nomination...