Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...members of Congress have formally endorsed Kennedy, but many have done so in private. Says one Democrat: "House members are dropping Carter one by one. They're scared." Various members have approached Massachusetts Democrat Joe Moakley, a friend of Kennedy's. They give him a wink, a slap on the back, a word in confidence. The message: "When Kennedy's ready, I'll be with...
...liberal Democrat, I am troubled and angered by the record of the Carter Administration, as well as disappointed by the President's ineffectual leadership capabilities displayed over the past three years. But I also fear that many of my liberal friends share a perception of Ted Kennedy not merely as the only leader able to "get America going again" but also as a great liberal and champion of "landmark progressive legislation" (Sept. 18 dissenting editorial...
...even louder voice of protest was that of Democrat Frank Church of Idaho, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and thus formal sponsor of the SALT treaty. Church, who first made public the Soviet move on Aug. 30, dramatically postponed the SALT hearings for a day in order to summon Vance and CIA Chief Stansfield Turner to testify about the combat brigade. Said Church: "There is no likelihood that the Senate would ratify the SALT II treaty as long as Soviet combat troops remain in Cuba...
...National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski had speculated that there must have been more Soviet activity on the island than was immediately apparent, primarily because some 40,000 Cuban troops were in Africa and a number of Soviet MiG-23s were based in Cuba. Meanwhile, Senator Richard Stone, a Florida Democrat, began pressing in mid-July for an investigation of the reports of more Soviet troops in Cuba, but his demands received little attention. Washington skeptics noted that he was up for re-election and that he had many anti-Castro exiles among his constituents. As late as July...
...give you a key to the house. If you think you can move in and have any influence with Republicans, you're making a bad mistake." Connally "moved in" less than three years later. Why did he switch parties? He says he had become uncomfortable with high-spending Democratic policies and soaring national debt. He reminds Republicans that Watergate had already started when he joined the G.O.P. Says he: "I joined you in the greatest depths of the fortunes of this party, when the party was down, so I can't be accused of opportunism." He sometimes adds a footnote...