Word: stumps
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...Federal Government and that a big tax cut strangles future government spending, stimulates the economy and, yes, trickles down. But he knows he can't sell the tax cut by talking about the fairness of giving high-earners a break. That's why Bush so often appears on the stump with what his campaign calls "tax families," middle-class people who he says would do better under his plan than under Gore's. There are plenty of such people, but Gore's team has made a point of highlighting two other "tax families" they think best illustrate who really makes...
...election, but a contest quite possibly as exciting and filled with suspense. For the past 19 weeks, we've been tracking the pledges offered by the candidates on the stump to see who would make 100 pledges first. Gore came out the winner, which brings our pledge drive to a close. No doubt the pledges will continue, but now you'll have to tally them on your own. Following, some of the more recent ones that took Gore over...
After getting stuck in Boston traffic, Robinson arrived 15 minutes late and promptly delivered a 15-minute stump speech detailing his stance on nearly every major issue...
...Federal Government and that a big tax cut strangles future government spending, stimulates the economy and, yes, trickles down. But he knows he can't sell the tax cut by talking about the fairness of giving high-earners a break. That's why Bush so often appears on the stump with what his campaign calls "tax families," middle-class people who he says would do better under his plan than under Gore's. There are plenty of such people, but Gore's team has made a point of highlighting two other "tax families" they think best illustrate who really makes...
...This was supposed to be the close-to-the-vest debate, the stiff, podium-chained debate in which candidates stuck close to their stump speeches and took no chances with attacks. It wasn't exactly that -- in fact, it wasn't long before a passive Jim Lehrer let all those meticulously negotiated time constraints go right out the window...