Word: underdog
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...political pros will say Mike Huckabee should have seen the storm coming. This is always how it goes for an underdog candidate who manages to rocket suddenly to the front of the presidential pack. His opponents turn nasty. His press bus fills with predators. And every minor flub shoots through the political heavens like a lightning bolt...
...weeks now, G.O.P. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has been running a campaign that looks a great deal like a religious revival. Early references comparing himself to the Biblical underdog David were followed by campaign commercials in which the words "Christian Leader" flashed upon the screen. When his Christmas-themed commercial stirred up controversy, Huckabee used the opportunity to paint himself as the target of secularists. The approach has played well among conservative evangelicals, who are a crucial bloc in the Republican coalition. But it may be his undoing later. Recent history suggests that American voters have a guiding rule...
...Rudy”—because it’s an underdog story, and Opera and Football both love an underdog. Plus it’s got an easy but powerful chorus part: “Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!” Classic story of blue-collar people that is fueled by raw human emotion? Puccini...
...another ironically hyperbolic tall-tale comedy that happens to poke fun at other movies…just without Will Ferrell. Reilly can field jokes as Dewey Cox, the loveable dolt who happens to be a musical genius, and his demeanor of perpetual understatement allows for the faith-in-the-underdog mentality that underlies the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line.” But it’s difficult not to long for Ferrell. His comedic presence has, in the past, literally turned a funeral into a riot, and he belongs in a movie like this...
...Randall S. Sarafa ’09 ticket was the clear front-runner, being the only candidates with UC experience. A race is a race—anything can happen. In a place where anti-establishment is part of our middle name (Harvard Antiestablishmentliberalcesspool College), everyone supports the underdog (Red Sox), and everyone dances in their room naked to T-Pain whenever they get an A- (or is that just me?), didn’t the other candidates have a fighting chance? The candidates were definitely interesting. In fact, in the amount of views...