Word: simonizers
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Dukakis is the only candidate who has run a government. Sen. Paul Simon, Rep. Richard Gephardt, and Sen. Albert Gore '69 have built their careers on Capitol Hill, while Jesse Jackson has never held elected office. Dukakis is the only one who has balanced a budget, formulated a legislative program, led a cabinet, and acted as an executive. He has learned the need for compromise and agreement, which will serve him well in Washington. He has drawn his experience from the act of governing, not sitting in a comfortable Washington office building worrying about PACs and interest groups...
...many issues Dukakis shows fundamental disagreement with other candidates and he emerges with more of a discernable identity than others. He repudiates Gore's militaristic foreign policy, Simon's ludicrous public works-balanced budget proposals, and Jackson's unfeasible visions...
...Paul Simon Illinois Senator...
...good to be true, and therefore the Simon Administration probably...
...every stage in his presidential bid, Sen. Paul Simon (D-III.) has run counter to conventional political wisdom, and, sad to say, such "wisdom" may actually carry the day on Super Tuesday and the rest of the primaries that will follow...