Word: underdog
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...always root for the underdog. What drives that? -Tom Roberts, Yangzhou, ChinaI was a lawyer for 10 years-a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him-it's the American way. That is, until the little guy gets to the top, and then we can't wait to see him fail. [Laughs...
...interview with TIME shortly before the Iowa caucus, Thompson spoke of his long odds in the state and reminisced about his first Senate race in 1994, noting how his last-minute zigzagging across Tennessee took him from underdog to winner. "It's the way we campaigned in Tennessee, where we went from 20 points behind to 20 points ahead all in 20 days," Thompson said, adding that he planned to deploy the same kind of "focus campaigning" in Iowa...
...most effective use of pop culture in campaign 2008 is the former president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. Mike Huckabee, the bass-playing, weight-loss-book-writing, late-night-quipping, Chuck Norris--befriending pastor, has turned an easy facility with pop culture into free media for his underfunded -underdog campaign...
Much has changed for John McCain since his underdog victory here over George W. Bush in 2000. For one thing, his victory here was much more unlikely than his victory back then. To come from behind is one thing. But to be the presumed front-runner, then fall to obscurity, then come from behind...that is Lazarus...
...neither the campaign nor the candidate are complaining. In fact, their underdog status is a major part of Huckabee's appeal. He mentions it at every stop. "I grew up a lot more comfortable with the people working in the kitchen than the people sitting at the table," Huckabee says at the Pizza Ranch. And the crowds seem...