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...commited Reaganite who often confers with Coretta Scott King and espouses Lincolnian and Jeffersonian principles, Kemp could woo Black voters back to the Republican Party and thus deprive the Democrats of their most reliable constituency...
...immigrants from Taiwan and South Korea, all driven by an admirable work ethic. There are also fragmented Filipino families headed by women, and Hmong tribesmen who know little of technology and are dependent upon public assistance. "There are people without hope in the Asian-American community," says Michael Woo, the lone Asian member of the Los Angeles city council. It is a strange notion to those whose only awareness of Asian Americans is of whiz-kid scholars and hardworking greengrocers...
...Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton are the D.L.C.'s stars. Dizzy with turning points, raw with fresh starts, wide-awake with new days dawning, their new Democratic Party has blotted out the L word with the M word: mainstream. That is D.L.C. code for letting the constituency it wants to woo know that the constituency it used to depend on -- feminists, gays, blacks and Big Labor -- has lost influence...
MOST national Democrats favor the change because of the capricious nature of Iowa and New Hampshire contests. Relative unknowns could pull off surprise early victories in the unpredictable world of Iowa caucusing, but could be unable to woo the rest of the nation. California's size and variety should favor candidates with more diverse appeal--and more money...
...slim margin in most state polls. State Rep. John H. Flood (D-Canton) and Silber both are expected to come out far behind the two frontrunners in the race for delegates. But if a large number of uncommitted delegates won seats last weekend, candidates will have a chance to woo them to their side before the convention...