Word: stumping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Puff, Puff. The Democrats were hurt further by intraparty squabbling in several states and by many of their candidates' stodginess on the stump. Both were once G.O.P. trademarks...
...Stump (Leverett...
...Roosevelt's comeback. He has shown that in many ways he is an instinctively good politician. Unlike O'Connor, who often appears haggard on the speaker's platform from lack of sleep, FDR Jr. is able to stay unruffled by dozing off as his campaign moves from one stump to the next. He has turned up some of the best issues of the campaign, including the embarrassing facts about O'Connor's anti-rent control stand in the state legislature in the early '50's and another anti-rent control remark quoted in "The Real Estate Weekly" this May. There...
Johnson Blitz. Though surfeited with the sights and sounds of a kaleidoscopic journey that covered 31,000 miles-and, it seemed, as many handshakes-the President was ready to take off again. Having promised to stump all 50 states, Johnson plans to zip through 15 of them in four days to make good his word. He will dash from New England to the Midwest and the Northwest the first day, campaign along the West Coast the second, stop off in Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona...
...rare show of party unity that has helped to narrow the initial advantage of Republican Incumbent John Volpe, 57, over the Democratic candidate, former Attorney General Edward McCormack, 43. Volpe, whether dancing Zorba-style at Greek picnics or playing boccie with the paesam, is a more spirited stump performer than the reserved McCormack. Also going for Volpe are the state's prosperity and a generally impressive record in office. McCormack's own poll, completed last week, gave Volpe a tenuous advantage...