Word: simonizers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...comes on the heels of a survey showing Dole with a double-digit lead over Bush in a poll published by the Des Moines Register, while indicating Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt led Illinois Sen. Paul Simon and Dukakis among the Democrats...
...organizations used more than posters to recruit new members. In the alcove between the main hall and Sanders Theatre, members of student organizations accosted their fellow students and tried to convince them to give up their free time for the sake of worthy or enjoyable causes. Recruiters for Paul Simon's presidential campaign even brought a television on which they displayed a video presentation...
...Gallup Poll of 187 Democratic voters most likely to take part in the caucuses showed Rep. Gephardt of Missouri ahead of Massachusetts Gov. Dukakis, 27 percent to 24 percent. The poll, released yesterday, showed Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois with 15 percent, followed by former Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado with 13 percent and former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt and the Rev. Jesse Jackson with 6 percent each. Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee failed to register significant support, and 9 percent were undecided...
When all 577 Democrats contacted in the telephone poll last weekend were considered, the Missouri congressman's lead widened to 32 percent compared with 19 percent for Dukakis, 15 percent for Simon, 13 percent for Hart and 6 percent for Babbitt and Jackson. Gore again failed to register, while 9 percent were undecided...
...fairness to Simon and Hart, there is another revenue producer in both of their deficit plans: oil-import fees. This is, in effect, a hidden tax; it raises gasoline prices at the pump without being directly visible to consumers. That is part of the reason that support for duties on imported oil cuts across the political spectrum, having won the endorsement of Gephardt, Gore and Dole as well. The rest of the equation is simply regional politics: such fees would amount to a windfall for domestic producers in Super Tuesday states like Texas and Louisiana by allowing them to raise...