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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...physical heft (6 ft. 6 in. and 240 lbs.). A onetime officer of Young Americans for Freedom, Brown in 1988 served as field director for Bob Dole in the Midwestern states, where the Kansas Senator beat Bush. That won him good marks as an organizer, particularly among younger right-wing populists who still view Bush as too moderate...
When the technique began in the late 1970s, right-wing ancestors of Brown's organization had some success in using savage advertising against liberal Senate candidates. But 12 years of Republican Presidents and the end of the cold war have drained enthusiasm -- and money -- from the conservative movement, particularly where helping Bush is concerned. Some of the most spirited groups of 15 years ago have become dormant...
Then, "radical" left wing groups such asStudents for a Democratic Society (SDS) set thepolitical tone on campus...
...remember him being aggressively on thecutting edge of left wing action, butsympathetic," Richard Barnum '69 says...
...conventional usage to refer to Ross Perot as a third-party candidate. In fact, he is nothing of the sort. Unlike the classic third-party candidates -- say, Strom Thurmond and Henry Wallace, who in 1948 formed right- and left- wing offshoots of a real political party (the Democrats) -- Perot represents no party. He does not even pretend...