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Here's a radical notion: putting the Democrats on record as the party committed to "no new taxes." The scheme is the latest ploy from Virginia Democratic leader Paul Goldman, political aide to Douglas Wilder, the nation's only black Governor. Goldman will present a read-my-lips resolution to this week's meeting of the Democratic National Committee, where its chances are akin to Michael Dukakis' making a comeback. But Goldman's gambit highlights the distinction between his man Wilder (who has slashed spending rather than raise taxes in Virginia) and both the Democratic congressional budget negotiators and Mario...
...similar etiquette goes into effect when a WMC runs against a black. This year Doug Wilder wannabes joined the races for Governor of Georgia (Andrew Young lost the Democratic primary) and South Carolina, and in North Carolina former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt is trying to deny Jesse Helms a third term in the U.S. Senate. For WMCs in such contests, references to black marks on their opponents' records are clearly out of bounds, as are allusions to crime and welfare dependency, which might have racist overtones. Blacks are freer to flirt with racial rhetoric. In the primary battle between black...
Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young wanted to accomplish in Georgia what L. Douglas Wilder had in Virginia last year: become his state's first black Governor. But Young's dream went a-glimmering last week as lieutenant governor Zell Miller drubbed him in a runoff for the Democratic nomination, winning 62% of the vote...
...party politics is deader than all-white politics. More black politicians hold office in the South than anywhere else. More white votes, as a percent of the total, were cast for Governor Douglas Wilder of Virginia and Congressmen Mike Espy of Mississippi and John Lewis of Atlanta than were cast for Mayors David Dinkins of New York City and Wilson Goode of Philadelphia. Democrats and Republicans contend in a game whose outcome is increasingly uncertain but whose winners' political allegiance is national rather than regional...
...Faster, higher and wilder rides are roaring into amusement parks. These megacoasters use computer technology and sophisticated engineering to create rides that send coaster enthusiasts reeling and keep them coming back for more and more...