Word: republican
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...other President in the history of polling, despite the absence of any major scandal in his Administration or any international catastrophe. His restrained and at times erratic performance has won him neither personal nor ideological devotion. His political weakness has attracted a large number of challengers in the Republican Party. More important, it has drawn onto the field a reluctant Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the flawed heir of Camelot...
...will make the official announcement of his candidacy at historic Faneuil Hall in his native Boston. California Governor Jerry Brown, who has been planning his own run against Carter for more than a year, is expected to follow suit the next day at the National Press Club in Washington. Republican Howard Baker, the minority leader of the U.S. Senate, last week made his candidacy official. Next week former California Governor Ronald Reagan will announce his latest attempt. On this, his third time round. Reagan will enter the race as the early favorite for the Republican nomination...
Underlying all specific issues as the full-scale campaigning begins, and with less than three months left until the first key test in the Iowa caucuses, are the role and power of the Government the candidates want to lead. On the Republican side, there is a considerable harmony of views about reducing the size and influence of the Federal Government, lowering taxes, unfettering the private sector of the economy and increasing industrial productivity. Republican candidates are also generally calling for much heavier defense spending and a more aggressive, bolder stance by the U.S. in foreign affairs. These candidates frequently note...
Larger-than-life personalities are highly prized television commodities in this campaign, partly in contrast to Carter's low-keyed approach and partly because of the seemingly insoluble problems the nation faces. Kennedy used the word leadership 17 times in a recent speech in Philadelphia. On the Republican side, former Texas Governor and Nixon Treasury Secretary Connally managed to use the word five times in a 4½-minute television commercial that was aired last week across the nation on CBS at a cost...
...Republican Front Runner Reagan risked the irritation of his supporters and the concerted challenge from such early entries as Connally and George Bush by delaying all serious campaigning. But now he too must enter the action. Says Reagan Campaign Manager John Sears: "Politics is motion and excitement. We must now run harder than if we were behind. Our biggest opponent is us. If we do our job right, nobody can catch...