Word: strategist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...California offers the single largest prize in November: 47 electoral votes. Raising the stakes further is the strong sense that the state could go either way this year, perhaps serving as the cornerstone of a Democratic victory in a close race. "It's winnable," says Jack Corrigan, a Dukakis strategist. "It's target No. 1." Lee Atwater, Bush's campaign manager, agrees: "It's up for grabs." The Bush team members are starting to argue that the Vice President can win without California, a sure indication of their fears...
ANTI-UNION meetings were voluntary and less tension-filled than in previous elections. They were run by head anti-union strategist Anne Taylor and middle-level administrators, instead of top bosses and immediate supervisors who could have more leverage and more vote-swaying power over employees...
...where were the powers that put down the union in the last two elections? Two officials left, maybe to avoid the coming storm. But Steiner, a sharp strategist in the previous anti-union efforts and a formidable opponent, gave up the responsibility. That left Vice President Robert Scott as overseer of union matters. Where was he during the campaign? He had delegated his responsibility to Taylor...
...solidity might have generated support. In the end, he frittered away $430,000 on a halfhearted run that netted a pitiful 7% of the New Hampshire vote. "If we had used some of that money in the South, we might have won a few more states," says a Gore strategist. "Then the story would not have been 'Gore survives Super Tuesday' but 'Gore wins Super Tuesday.' " The candidate then made the tactical error of committing a lot of money to Illinois, rather than waiting for Wisconsin, on the mistaken assumption that Paul Simon would collapse in his native state...
...rare move for a legislative campaign, Vellucci has hired political strategist Michael Goldman. The consultant has broad experience in statewide and Congressional races, including the 1986 campaign of Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II. Goldman said the Vellucci side will stress issues and not the personalties of the candidates in the campaign...