Word: rushing
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Primogeniture must go. To paraphrase Bob Dole: Wake up, Republicans, and join the rush to meritocracy. To make room for younger, stronger candidates without dissing your elder statesmen, consider something like the Oscars' Irving Thalberg Lifetime Achievement Award. Snag some headline entertainer like Jay Leno sufficient to attract network coverage, and air the same hagiographic film that would otherwise be shown at the convention. Better that the candidate end his career in prime time, droning on about his second-grade teacher, than at sparsely attended airport rallies, shouting epithets into the wind...
...RUSH (D) District 1 (East--Cedar Rapids; Davenport; Iowa City...
...EDUCATION: Northwestern U, B.A., 1966; U of Iowa, J.D., 1970 FAMILY: Wife, Judith Whetstine; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Iowa Senate, 1977-83 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 5875, Cedar Rapids 52406. Tel.: 319-365-3535 If the negatives against the G.O.P. Congress are strong enough, Rush, a former civil-rights lawyer who helped defend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the Supreme Court, might have a chance in this race. In fact, in the past two presidential elections, his district voted for Dukakis and Clinton. Unfortunately for Rush, however, his opponent is Jim Leach...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Things this Congress has done have largely been ignored by the American media in their rush to embrace the liberal wing of the Democratic Party and this President, who talk a good game but do not seem to follow through with the deeds that match their rhetoric...
Cole jumped into politics in the redistricting rush in August. With his campaign headquartered in his home, the Southwestern Bell retiree is not considered a contender in this race. But that hasn't prevented Cole from issuing position papers on everything from the budget to health care: he is "pro-children," advocates a federal school-lunch program, says that every public school student must be able to read by third grade and believes that Medicare and Medicaid can be streamlined...