Word: establishmentism
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What was the significance of Bill Bradley's run, and what does his pullout mean for the Democratic Party and the general election? Bradley ran to the left of Al Gore '69, appealing to the more traditional Democratic Party constituencies. Centering his platform around liberal themes, like universal health care...
But Germer said she doubts the two "establishment, legacy-oriented candidates" will succeed in attracting McCain voters.
It all sounded so personal that it was easy to miss that the war was less about ideology than about power. McCain could claim that his assault last week on leaders of the religious establishment was just his latest rage against the machine, to tell Republicans that they cannot hope...
The Bush team doesn't pretend that it never worried about how McCain's speech might play, especially in states like New York and California. Had it been more about the entrenched Establishment in general and less a personal salvo against Robertson and company, the speech might have worried them...
Second, the stakes are high in this election. Many voters, swayed by Bush's compassionate conservatism and McCain's anti-establishment identity, may convince themselves that because neither candidate says he will impose an anti-abortion litmus test, it is not more than likely that anti-abortion justices will be...