Word: gephardt
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However, Jude Barry, an aide to the presidential campaign of Rep. Richard Gephardt (D.-Mo.), disagreed, saying, "I think there's going to be loyalty and commitment. We're prepared to protect what we have, as I'm sure the other candidates will as well...
...waste time flying to places like Florence at all, if a candidate can beam himself in electronically? Richard Gephardt used satellite technology last week to appear on local newscasts in a variety of primary and caucus states. But even with the aid of such global-village campaigning, Gephardt fell victim to the disorientation of life on the fly. A pesky interviewer wondered where Gephardt was broadcasting from. Unfortunately, the candidate's initial guess (Waco, Texas) was off by 90 miles; Gephardt was in fact in Austin...
...biggest battleground. Dukakis, who easily won the Minnesota Democratic caucuses with 34% of the vote, concentrated on the South's urban areas and ethnic voters. Native Son Gore, who ignored Iowa and ran poorly in other Northern contests, finds himself playing catch-up with the better-known contenders. Richard Gephardt won big in the South Dakota primary (with 44% of the Democratic vote), but he trails the others in recent Southern polls...
Macon's whites are a tad cynical about Gore. "I've heard some people wonder whether he's too wishy-washy," says Lawing, "trying to look more conservative in the South than he really is." Competition from foreign textiles and other imports worries people, and Gephardt's protectionist message might find a sympathetic audience. "If he's for limiting imports," says Prew Wilson, 54, who lost his job at a textile mill last Christmas, "you can bet I'll listen...
...could meet the threshold and get some delegates. Even rival campaigns and state party officials believe Jackson could emerge from the 14 Southern and border states with a plurality of delegates. "You can't write him off anywhere but Oklahoma and Kentucky," says Donna Brazile, field director for the Gephardt campaign and Jackson's top organizer in 1984. "In the rest of the states, he is in the mix, and in some, he is the clear winner...