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At the Starting Gate: The Democrats |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--THE '88 ELECTION: ITS MEANING FOR AMERICA AND THE WORLD |
| Author: Don McLeod |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1987 |
| Size: 6,287 Words, 36,103 Characters |
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The biggest problem facing Democrats in the 1988 presidential campaign is that almost all of the name candidates are on the other side. The second biggest problem is that their own candidates may self-destruct before they even get a shot at the Republicans.
When 1987 opened, there was only one real Democratic candidate: Gary Hart. Few people had ever heard of the other contenders, with the exception of Rev. Jesse Jackson. Then the former Colorado senator dropped off the landslide in May amid allegations of adultery. Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware was forced out in September under a cloud of plagiarism and prevarication. Then it was learned that the campaign manager for Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis had prepared and distributed the videotape that started Biden's tumble. Dukak...
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...h to Illinois. Following that, Simon, who in his last House term scored a perfect rating from the AFL-CIO, could do well in labor-intensive states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
Until then, Simon will continue his pitch as a Democrat not ashamed of his party's past or confused about his identity. "I'm not a neo-anything, " goes one of the senator's favorite lines. "I'm a Democrat."
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