Word: supporter
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...back up his words, the Senator has already supported the G.O.P.'s current leaders. Worried that the Senate's ultra-right wing would try to displace him as the majority's chief, Tennessee's Howard Baker asked for Laxalt's support. He got it. Says Laxalt: "Howard's done a good job. He's one of the best consensus achievers." Baker then promptly announced that he had Laxalt's backing in a successful maneuver to ward off any coup...
...would not meet with any foreign leaders before his inauguration in order to avoid any chance of misunderstandings about American policy. Begin could scarcely conceal his disappointment, but he did meet with Richard Allen, Reagan's senior foreign policy adviser, who repeated the President-elect's firm support for the Camp David process as the basis of his Middle East policy...
Another typical dirty-campaigning endeavor was once conceived of, but not executed, by Patrick Buchanan, who (according to Crawford) suggested that the White House anonymously support a black candidate for president in 1972, in order to split the Democrat vote...
...television time for political advertisements. According to a 1974 Court of Appeals ruling, independent groups may pay for communication advertisements for candidates, as long as the groups do not consult the candidates concerned. According to the National Journal of September 13, NCPAC chairman John T. Dolan wanted to support Reagan most aggressively in states where Carter seemed strongest, and therefore launched an advertising campaign critical of Carter's failures to realize promises made in 1976. Some of the commercials made harsher attacks than others, and CBS reportedly cited one particular advertisement to be in poor taste. The broadcasting company refused...
...graduation in 1975, Holt has worked with the state's largest bank, the Bank of Hawaii, and served as a state rep. Now, he is the state's youngest senator. The former quarterback would like to continue his political career, he says, "assuming I keep getting the kind of support I've gotten." His chances seem favorable, and Holt's closing words are probably just what Restic was thinking when he saw "The Pineapple" hunched over the ball against Yale: "It looks quite promising...