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Even if Buchanan's underfinanced campaign flops early, Democrats will continue to bash Bush for his preoccupation with foreign affairs. Well before the plunge in Bush's poll ratings lured Buchanan into the race, some Democrats were honing variations on isolationist and protectionist themes. Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder came to New Hampshire in August to tout what he calls a "Put-America-First Initiative." He echoes Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, who has stridently attacked Bush for his foreign travels, lambasted the free-trade treaty that the Administration is negotiating with Mexico and carped about foreign aid. While insisting that...
Paul Tsongas and Douglas Wilder have been "good," according to Jewish + leaders who monitor such matters. Bill Clinton has lately made all the right noises, but he could be hit for merely asserting that Israel will "inevitably" have to trade land for peace, and for favoring an "evenhanded" Middle East policy -- "evenhanded" signifying an Arab tilt to some Jews...
...presidential race, but he's still a spoiler. As the early campaign takes shape, Jackson is clinging tenaciously to his bargaining power. He has told his political cadre to remain uncommitted and to forget about shifting support to any of the active candidates, most notably DOUG WILDER. When the Virginia Governor approaches African-American activists for help, many have said, "Jesse told us to hold off." Wilder has managed to lure a few seasoned Jackson advisers into his camp, along with some low-level organizers and contributors. But he is still too much of a long shot to snag them...
...crucial biographical fact appears only between the lines of his resume. Almost alone among prominent black politicians of his vintage, Wilder has not made race his crusade. Neither the church nor the civil rights movement served as Wilder's launching pad. A sense of personal entitlement served him instead, a belief that "as long as the Constitution was written for others, it was written for me." Often his color represented an impediment to be surmounted or a weapon to be used. He learned to do either well...
Thirty years ago, when so many of Virginia's whites enlisted in a "massive resistance" movement to oppose desegregation, Wilder maneuvered deftly among pro-integration factions. He served occasionally with a moderate group, switched to a more militant black organization, then back again, flirted with yet a third outfit composed mostly of white business leaders. He made friends in all three groups. In 1969 Wilder ran for the state senate in a special election. Against two white candidates, Wilder captured 18% of the white vote -- enough to make him the state's sole black senator. But the new legislator, liberal...