Word: platform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent New York Times survey points to some of the flaws in tailor-making a platform to the regional voter's profile. The poll found that Democratic voters who support Gore were not substantially more "hawkish" on security issues, that Gephardt supporters were not more likely to blame Japan for the U.S.'s trade woes and that Dukakis backers were not most worried about a war in Central America...
This campaign, Jackson is noticeably more restrained in his foreign policy platform, but his essential vision remains, and it is one that respects the rights of the oppressed. Unlike any other candidate now running, Jackson places South Africa at the top of his list of vital areas of concern...
...experience is not limited to candidates. Estrich has been a prominent figure in the Democratic National Committee since serving on the the platform committee in 1984. She also co-chaired the 1985 Democratic Fairness Commission, which set the rules for this year's primary race...
...cattle-ranch rally in North Carolina, the crowd polished off the remnants of a barbecued pig and the bluegrass band wound up a rollicking rendition of Rocky Top as Al Gore mounted the platform. "I've been on the side of the average workingman and -woman," he drawled earnestly. "I've been on the side of the small farmers." Standing in front of a monument to Confederate heroes in South Carolina, Pat Robertson reminded his audiences that "I went to school where Robert E. Lee was president." In heavily Hispanic Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Michael Dukakis appeared...
This is hogwash. Whether a candidate runs on a platform that is anti-apartheid or anti-pu pu platter, whether his or her campaign is political or apolitical, there is an implicit understanding between voters and their choice that the former trusts the latter's judgement in volatile issues like this one regarding the Fly Club. By definition, all governments are inherently political. That the Undergraduate Council identifies itself as a "student government" at the beginning of every schoolyear (when it encourages students to run for office) underscores this truism...