Word: schroeder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...splintered Democratic race. Since the nomination campaign began with high hopes, all the news has been negative for the party: Hart's and Biden's crackups, the refusal of such powers as Mario Cuomo and Sam Nunn to enter, the persistence of the demeaning seven-dwarfs metaphor. (Unless Pat Schroeder officially enters, that will have to be changed to the six -- what? Survivors?) About the only consolation is that Biden did not come close to threatening Hart's world speed record for political self-immolation. Biden quit the race eleven days after the first negative stories broke; Hart...
Irene Natividad, chairwoman of National Women's Political Caucus, said Mrs. Schroeder had made "a smart, pragmatic political decision. I think it was the right thing...
...Paul Simon of Illinois, one of five announced Democratic candidates, called Mrs. Schroeder "a respected national leader whose views will help shape the course for America...
...Schroeder, who coined the term "Teflon president" to refer to President Reagan and has referred to the announced Democratic contenders as "a bowl of unset Jello," urged her supporters to "build on gains we have made and not lose them...
...Schroeder, 47, also was thought to be reluctant to surrender her independence on the issues...