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Most of them, that is. Jesse Jackson, who had to be wrestled into line at the 1988 convention, where he controlled 30% of the delegates, came to this one with just his (considerable) powers of speech -- which he couldn't exercise until he reluctantly agreed to endorse the Clinton ticket...
Critics were quick to harp on this lack of balance. Jesse Jackson mixed metaphors to complain that they were "cut from the same stripes," and Republican National Chairman Rich Bond sneered that the Democrats have "written off the rest of the country." Gore, however, does add some strengths to the...
So far as the polls can measure, the race has been tightening considerably since mid-June, when Clinton was running a poor third. A TIME poll conducted last week showed a virtual three-way tie; Clinton actually was first at 28%, vs. 26% each for Bush and Perot, though the...
To assure that no such perception takes hold, Clinton has already done much. He has striven mightily to calm the Democrats' traditional battles: crafty negotiating has held platform fights to a minimum; a fair amount of begging secured Mario Cuomo's participation as nominator; and -- no small matter -- Clinton's...
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