Word: drumbeating
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...USAT and WSJ all handle the lack of suspense in different ways, but the imminent GOP lovefest tops - and is splashed across - all papers. NYT and WP go with drumbeat stories, arriving in Philly with Dick Cheney and recounting, like barflies back from a vacation, what a strange trip the last day has been...
...arch as always, rolling up all the drumbeat stuff and depositing it in the belly of a national poll story, which leads smug. "George W. Bush holds a modest lead over Al Gore but a striking array of strategic advantages as unified Republicans flock here to launch their drive to retake the White House." The lead...
...annual convention of 1979, they elected a conservative president and unearthed bylaws that amplified his power. "Baptist battles" consumed each convention until 1990, when the right wing prevailed decisively. The SBC then allied itself with the Republican Party, insisted on word-for-word biblical inerrancy and produced a drumbeat of provocative pronouncements on topics like wifely submission and the need to convert Jews. All that remained was for the losers to leave the field...