Word: simonizers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...poll, which has a 5.5 percent margin of error, places Gephardt in the lead with 18 percent, Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis second with 16 percent and Illinois Sen. Paul Simon third with 15 percent, said James V. Murphy, chief executive officer of the nationally respected firm...
...Democrats, Babbitt, Dukakis, Gephardtand Simon have very active statewide campaigns,said Cacciatore. Jackson has improved hisorganization since 1984, though it does not equalthe others, he added...
Running neck and neck with Gephardt are Michael Dukakis and Paul Simon. Dukakis, in particular, remains formidable with his no-fuss, no-muss campaign style. "Dukakis gets the safe-driver award of this campaign," concedes David Axelrod, Simon's media adviser. "He never goes more than 40 miles an hour, but he never gets into any accidents." Dukakis unveiled last week a series of ! skillfully produced television ads, designed to convey passion without committing him to specifics beyond Democratic Party boiler plate. In one TV spot, picture-perfect toddlers gambol in front of an oversize flag as a toy piano...
Gauzy images may be fine for Dukakis, who can always fall back on his commanding lead in the Feb. 16 New Hampshire primary. Simon does not have the luxury of any second-state strategy: he must finish near the top in Iowa. But, of late, Simon's nostalgic appeal to old-line Democratic constituencies has appeared tired, especially in contrast to Gephardt's high-intensity push for a tough trade law and a farmers-first agricultural policy...
...Democratic quartet leading the field in Iowa shares one characteristic: an admirable ability to endure adversity. Babbitt, for example, is almost a model of humor and grace in the face of an indifferent electorate. And Simon survived a rocky start-up phase in mid-1987 when his campaign was derided as little more than an ego trip to nowhere. Like Dole, his initial campaign organization was a study in amateurish chaos, but Simon also belatedly displayed the grit necessary to move aside longtime friends in favor of political professionals...