Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ACCORDING to the polls, the signal was detected. A poll conducted shortly afer the convention revealed that 81 percent of Blacks said they will support Dukakis in November...
...focused on the bi-partisan Hispanic vote instead. Black voters stand up and tell Dukakis and Bush that they have minds of their own. What Blacks must say to Dukakis is "show us." Jackson has given his "recommendation," now is the time for Dukakis to show why Blacks should support...
...nuts and bolts of governing aren't of interest to the electorate. Most of them don't know who the contras are, and even fewer care whether Congress votes to support them. Statistics show that most often the candidate who presents the most optimistic speech at his party's convention wins in November. The lesson is clear if disheartening: Smile a lot and hire good speechwriters...
...that form the large part of campaigns today. Dukakis insists on the need for jobs and public-private partnerships, but refuses to provide any numbers to back up his ideas. And Bush, too, falls into the trap of talking without number signs--it makes it that much easier to support everything without promising much...
...while a less unforgiving position on this issue may attract moderate Democrats, even this will not split the Republicans. Even if Thornburgh's and Bush's records of support for the pro-life movement are not as strong as the records of Orrin Hatch and Henry Hyde, they are far closer to the right than the records of Dukakis and Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) The real pro-lifers, the great majority of whom vote, will surely not turn to the Democrats...