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As a Central teacher for 26 years, Larson always sent letters to presidential candidates inviting them to talk to his classes (Walter Mondale spoke at Central and George Bush Sr. was scheduled but canceled). In those letters, he always included a 1 bill. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
McCain, Palin wow crowd Sep 23, 2008
A crowd estimated at anywhere from 5,000-15,000 packed the square and areas beyond by midday, twice the size of the crowd at the same spot in 1984, when President Ronald Reagan was campaigning in his successful re-election bid against former Vice President Walter Mondale. During his remarks, McCain chastised his opponent, Sen. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Stage is set in Media for McCain-Palin campaign Sep 22, 2008
County GOP leaders predict about 15,000 people will attend - making it the largest for a political event since President Ronald Reagan visited Media in 1984 on his way to a landslide re-election victory over Democratic former Vice President Walter Mondale. McCain and Palin are due to arrive between 5 and 5:30 p.m. As of early Sunday afternoon, only about 50 tickets were left for party faithful or otherwise, said Upper Darby GOP Chairman John McNichol. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Notable moments from past debates Sep 21, 2008
Reagan, 73, appeared confused in his first debate with Democrat Walter Mondale. But the president lobbed a clever comeback in their second debate. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Republicans expecting big turnout at Monday rally Sep 21, 2008
The crowd is expected to be the largest for a political event since Ronald Reagan visited Media in 1984 on his way to a landslide victory over Walter Mondale. Daily Times correspondent Susan Serbin contributed to this report. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
This time, Nader's place on presidential ballot is secure Sep 21, 2008
Barack Obama of Illinois, likening him to a succession of other Democratic nominees stretching back to former Vice President Walter Mondale all the way up to Sen. John F. Kerry four years ago. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
History exposes debate hazards Sep 21, 2008
1984: CLEVER COMEBACKReagan, 73, appeared confused in his first debate with Democrat Walter Mondale. But the president lobbed a clever comeback in their second debate. (USA Today)
Pointing fingers on the economy Sep 20, 2008
Johnson, who vetted vice presidential candidates for John F. Kerry in 2004 and Walter Mondale in 1984, did raise money for Obama, but spent less than a month as one of three leaders of Obama's selection effort, long before Obama picked Joe Biden. Johnson quit in June after questions were raised about favorable loan terms he received from Countrywide Financial Corp., a shaky subprime mortgage lender criticized by Obama on the campaign trail for its abuses. (Boston Globe)
This is the death of the Reagan era Sep 19, 2008
We conservatives generally leave your dead Kennedys alone, and other dead but lovable and laughable characters nonetheless such as William Fulbright, Tip O Neill, and the living fossils such as Michael Dukakis, Dan Rostenkowski, Walter Mondale, etc. Hell, you libs dig up the dead Kennedys yourselves every election cycle and throw them all over TV, we don t have to do it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
McCain Goes on Offensive on the Issue of Economy Sep 19, 2008
Location: AL Reply # 1 Date: Sep 19, 2008 - 7:04 AM EST Subject: The Fannies Jerome R. Corsi said, In the aftermath of the U.S. government takeover, attention has focused on three Democrats with close ties to Obama who served as Fannie Mae executives: Franklin Raines, former Clinton administration budget director; James Johnson, former aide to Democratic Vice President Walter Mondale; and Jamie Gorelick, former Clinton administration deputy attorney general. All three Obama-related executives... (Townhall.com)
McCain Closes Gap In Hillary's Home State Sep 18, 2008
McCain may not be able to carry the Empire State and its 31 electoral votes this fall - after all, no Republican has done so since Ronald Reagans 1984 landslide over Walter Mondale. But if McCain can force Obama t 00004000 o dedicate any time or resources to defending New York, that alone will improve his chances in swing states with many electoral votes, such as Ohio (20), Minnesota (10), Wisconsin (10), Pennsylvania (21), and Michigan (17). (CBS News)
Appearance outweighs policy in election Sep 18, 2008
Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford in 1976, Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Walter Mondale in 1984, and George Bush, Sr. defeated Michael Dukakis in 1988. Bill Clinton defeated incumbent George Bush, Sr. in 1992 and Bob Dole in 1996, and George Bush defeated Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004. (The University Echo, TN)
Obama-Biden will weaken our national security Sep 17, 2008
Joe Biden, Obama s running mate, voted against funding the South Vietnamese government in the 1970s, supported cuts in defense so deep that even Edmund Muskey and Walter Mondale were opposed to them, has constantly opposed modernization of our military, opposed SDI, was one of 22 senators to vote against designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization, and voted against the first Gulf War. At the Saddleback Forum, Rick Warren asked Obama whether evil exists. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
Jeannie Babb Taylor: Palin pros and cons Sep 17, 2008
The press seems to have forgotten that Democrats met that milestone last century when Walter Mondale selected Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate in 1984. The Republicans are finally playing catch-up. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
Politics: Women's rights groups endorse Obama Sep 17, 2008
Obama also won the support of the National Organization for Women, which said it has not endorsed a candidate for president since Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro shared the Democratic ticket in 1984. Ferraro was the first female major-party vice presidential candidate. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Woman's Rights Group Endorses Obama (9:23pm) Sep 17, 2008
Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, says, "We don't think it's much to break a glass ceiling for one woman and leave millions of women behind." The Illinois Democrat has also won the support of the National Organization for Women, which had not endorsed a candidate for president since Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro shared the Democratic ticket in 1984. Obama is also being endorsed by leaders of Business and Professional Women/USA, the Natio 00001F48 nal... (WTVR.com, VA)
Integral numbers to McCain, Obama campaigns Sep 16, 2008
And memories linger from then 73-year-old President Ronald Reagan's skillful handling of the age issue during a 1984 debate with his 56-year-old Democratic opponent, Walter Mondale. "I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign," Reagan said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Met leaders? So who cares! Sep 16, 2008
ABC, which has a research staff to look up these things, showed that recent VP candidates from Walter Mondale onward had in fact met foreign leaders before they were nominated. So. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Vice presidency is too important for this Sep 15, 2008
Ferraro had been around the block 17 times by the time Walter Mondale picked her out of the House of Representatives and put her on the ticket. Palin has never even been to the corner. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Palin's glasses fuel and frame a fashion spectacle Sep 14, 2008 Executive experience is a joke Sep 13, 2008 What Does A Woman Bring To A Ticket? Sep 12, 2008 Poll: McCain, Obama in dead heat; Biden more qualified than Palin Sep 12, 2008 Sarah Palin's eyeglasses spark fashion rage Sep 12, 2008 Do Running Mates Matter? Sep 12, 2008 The Country Curmudgeon: A breath of fresh air Sep 12, 2008 McCain/Palin: How Close Is Too Close? Sep 11, 2008 Palin by comparison Sep 11, 2008 What Was Feminism? Sep 11, 2008 Parties jockey to guide flood of data about Palin Sep 10, 2008 Gauging the Palin pull in Michigan Sep 10, 2008 Politics and Punditry:Debates count more than running mates Sep 10, 2008 Yale Law Women Group Names Top 10 Family-Friendly Firms Sep 10, 2008 Clinton vs. Palin? Unlikely Sep 9, 2008 Foreign Policy and the Veep Sep 9, 2008 For McCain and Palin, a new etiquette Sep 9, 2008 Rogers: A swing and a miss Sep 9, 2008 All Over the Map Sep 9, 2008 Editorial: A little bit of history for both parties Sep 7, 2008 Republican Convention Gets Turbulent Start Due To Hurricane Gustav Sep 6, 2008 Compassionate Conservatism: Republicans should welcome abuse Sep 5, 2008 FITPRESIDENTS Sep 5, 2008 Do Palin, Obama personify American Dream? Sep 5, 2008 Hot-button political issues Sep 5, 2008 Want Real Change? Quit Nominating Lawyers! Sep 4, 2008 Palin the Impaled Sep 4, 2008 Localsat convention energized by choice of Palin Sep 4, 2008 6 MCCAIN KEYS TO VICTORY Sep 4, 2008 How Obama lost the election Sep 3, 2008 It's about time for more liberal policies Sep 3, 2008 Editorial: Does the vice presidential choice matter? Sep 3, 2008 Risky veep decision Sep 2, 2008 GOP: 'Hockey mom' brings record of reform Sep 2, 2008 LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 1, 2008 Sep 2, 2008 Miss Conceptions Sep 2, 2008 GOP host St. Paul gets day in the sun Sep 1, 2008 McCain Names a Woman of Action Sep 1, 2008 Capitol Hill gets a taste of Hollywood Aug 31, 2008 Women Candidates for Vice President... Aug 31, 2008 McCain throws Hail Mary in first quarter Aug 31, 2008 Local Republicans surprised but OK with VP choice Aug 31, 2008 What Bush Taught McCain Aug 31, 2008 Selection is a bold, but risky, political gamble Aug 30, 2008 US surprise and praise for Palin Aug 30, 2008 Palin picked Aug 30, 2008 Taking knives to gunfights Aug 30, 2008 McCain picks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Aug 30, 2008 McCain's surprise VP pick is little-known woman governor Aug 30, 2008 KNBC's RNC Blog Aug 30, 2008 Tant: Conventions are tedious, yet somehow charming Aug 30, 2008 John McCain Picks Alaska Governor Sarah Palin As His Running Mate Aug 30, 2008 Obama out of touch with S.C. voters Aug 29, 2008 Advice to Obama for his historic speech Aug 28, 2008 Stakes huge for Obama's Thurs. acceptance speech Aug 28, 2008 Biden as Obama's 'bridge' Aug 27, 2008 Hard to measure an Obama bounce Aug 27, 2008 SHE DONE HIM RIGHT Aug 27, 2008 From 'Cross of Gold' to 'Reporting for Duty' Aug 27, 2008 Live Blog: Democrats begin festivities Aug 26, 2008 Going green in downtown Denver Aug 26, 2008 Reporter's Notebook: Senator, You Are No Dan Quayle Aug 26, 2008 Muslims work around prejudice in politics Aug 24, 2008 GEORGE CURRY: A lesson from Jesse Jackson's run Aug 24, 2008 Is It Time To Elect A President Who Appreciates Communism? Aug 24, 2008
"This goes back to Geraldine Ferraro," says O'Connor, author of "Gendering American Politics" and "Women, Politics, and American Society. When Ferraro ran for vice president with Walter Mondale, O'Connor recalls, "The big issue was 'What is she going to wear. "It's a little different with glasses, she says. But only a little."Once you've seen what she's wearing, that's gone. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Overview: A Century of U. S. Vice P... Sep 13, 2008
Walter Mondale and Hubert Humphrey had several Senate terms. George Herbert Walker Bush and James Sherman were also House members and Harry Truman and Charles Fairbanks were Senate members. (Suite101.com)
Speaking of lots of inexperience, Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale s Hail Mary in 1984, was only a third-term congresswoman of Queens. And let s not forget John Kerry s North Carolina sidekick, John Edwards. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Twenty-four years ago, when Walter Mondale selected Representative Geraldine Ferraro to be his running mate, he was running far behind Ronald Reagan in the polls. His choice was in part a response to demands by womens groups to put a woman on the Democratic ballot. (CBS News)
Candidates who got higher post-convention poll bounces than their opponents and went on to lose include Barry Goldwater in 1964, Jimmy Carter in 1980, Walter Mondale in 1984 and Michael Dukakis in 1988, according to a study by Karlyn Bowman of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington. With the Obama-McCain race so close less than two months until the election, several factors could prove pivotal in coming weeks, including how the two campaigns do in winning the... (Anchorage Daily News)
When Ferraro ran for vice president with Walter Mondale, O Connor recalls, The big issue was What is she going to wear. It s a little different with glasses, she says. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Democrat Walter Mondale broke new ground in the office serving under President Jimmy Carter: Their staffs were combined, and there were "no secrets" between the two, he told an audience at the University of Minnesota in May. That kind of access was key to what Mondale said was a need for the president to have a trusted adviser. (KCRA 3, CA)
This election isn t going to come across as a re-run of Walter Mondale s dreary 1984 campaign with Geraldine Ferraro, but as a breeze of cool, fresh oxygen blowing across our political landscape. It s to be hoped our voters now understand electing Barack Obama would be a disaster for the country. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
When Walter Mondale ran for president in 1984 with Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, they never touched. The closest they got was standing side-by-side, with both raising their arms in the air as they waved. (CBS News -- Early Show)
There are lots of reasons, but the main one is the same reason Walter Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 as a Hail Mary. When its fourth-and-long, you tend to take chances and make choices you wouldnt otherwise. (DeWitt Era-Enterprise, AR)
Geraldine Ferraro, who was named to the Democratic ticket by Walter Mondale in 1984 -- and arguably has as much as, or more executive experience than, Barack Obama. Somehow all that got lost in the endless sneering stories about her blue-collar conservatism, small Alaskan town, five children, snowmobiling husband and Idaho college degree. (Townhall.com)
He cited the cases of Democrat Walter Mondale picking Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate in 1984 and Republican George H.W. Bush choosing Dan Quayle four years later. "Outside their little political orbits, nobody knew Ferraro, nobody knew Quayle, and nobody knew Palin," Sabato said. (Boston Globe)
And when Palins precedent-shattering predecessor, Democrat Geraldine Ferraro, ran with Walter Mondale in 1984, the Democratic ticket won only an estimated 38 percent of white women voters, according to exit poll interviews ... This performance among white women voters was slightly worse than the Jimmy Carter-Walter Mondale ticket had done among white women voters in the 1980 election. (MSNBC -- Politics)
But it was Republican incumbent President Reagan in 1984, with a big lead over Democrat Walter Mondale, who would pressure all future front-running candidates to meet their trailing challengers in televised debates by going against Mondale. So when you sit down to look over Obama and McCain in open debate, thank the Gipper for making it all happen. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
The firm has a female managing partner in Marianne Short, and partner -- and former presidential nominee -- Walter Mondale is a frequent advocate for promoting women into leadership positions. While only 7 percent of associates at the winning firms work part time, many of them are adding policies to boost this number. (Law.com)
The Democrats did it in 1984, she said, referring to Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale s running mate. It took a while, but the Republicans got around to doing it this year. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
President Jimmy Carter each day received a highly classified document distributed to only five people, one of whom was Vice President Walter Mondale. President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush had a weekly one-on-one lunch to discuss issues, from taxes to treaties. (Townhall.com)
It has been nearly a quarter century since Walter Mondale almost never touched Geraldine Ferraro in public when they shared the Democratic presidential ticket in 1984, and it is safe to say that times have changed. Back then, Mondale had a strict "hands off" policy and did not even put his palm on Ferraro's back when the two stood side-by-side and waved with uplifted arms. (International Herald Tribune)
That s because we ve been a lead-pipe cinch for the Democrats for more than 50 years, if you don t count the 1984 blip when Ronald Reagan steamrolled Walter Mondale to win a second term in the White House. (Reagan carried 49 states that year, all except Minnesota and the District of Columbia) Before then, the last time a Republican carried Massachusetts was in 1956 when Dwight Eisenhower defeated Adalai Stevenson. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
This might seem unremarkable, but the paper notes that when Walter Mondale ran with Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, the two almost never touched each other. If he had gotten closer, "people were afraid that it would look like, 'Oh, my God, they're dating," Ferraro said. (Slate)
Geraldine Ferraro blazed this trail in 1984 when she joined Walter Mondale on the Democrat ticket. More history awaits us. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
She is the first female vice presidential nominee since the unsuccessful campaign of Democrat Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 as the running mate of Walter Mondale. McCain and Obama are still running neck-in-neck in the polls, with Obama slightly ahead. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
In short, Democrats may finally win the presidency with the skills of Barack Obama and the ideology of Walter Mondale. But Obama should realize: His party s partisans have persuaded him to run in a way that no modern Democrat has ever won before. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Scripps Howard News Service. SHNS is distributed by United Media. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
In 1984, Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale chose Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro as his vice president nominee. Last week, another "American Dream" was fulfilled when Barrack Obama, senator of Illinois who was born to a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, became the first black man to clinch the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party. (Xinhuanet, China)
"Two-color or red, white and blue (or in the case of Carter and Walter Mondale in 1976, green and white). You lost a lot of cool flair.". Arseneau has a fondness for "flasher" buttons of the 1950s-1970s. (Dowagiac News, MI)
What saved Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 was the presence in the race of third-party conservative candidate Ross Perot -- and the image of Clinton as a Southern moderate, which seemed to reassure voters that this particular Yale-trained lawyer was nevertheless not quite another Democratic nominee like Walter Mondale or Dukakis. Of course, there have been Republican nominees and presidents who were lawyers -- Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Bob Dole -- but recently far less so than the Democrats,... (Townhall.com)
As Reagan stated in his re-election campain, "I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." -during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale. That is certainly more accurate in this year's race. (Townhall.com)
Geraldine Ferraro as Walter Mondale s running mate was purely a token gesture, as most predicted Mondale s defeat by Ronald Reagan. Palin, Decker said, is a contender who can win. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Ronald Reagan also was 73 when he won re-election over Walter Mondale in 1984 an election in which he joked that he wouldn't "exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience." McCain sometimes deflects the questions about his age by noting his good genes: His mother, Roberta, is 96. McCain, who often says he is "older than dirt" and has "more scars than Frankenstein," needs to avoid anything that smacks of a health problem. (USA Today)
As David S Broder wrote in the Washington Post: "[Obama's] recital of a long list of domestic promises could have been delivered by any Democratic nominee from Walter Mondale to John Kerry. There was no theme music to the speech and really no phrase or sentence that is likely to linger in the memory of any listener. The thing I never expected did in fact occur: Al Gore, the famously wooden former vice president, gave a more lively and convincing speech than Obama did.". On television, Obama's... (Asia Times Online)
And Walter Mondale was ever so right about President Reagan raising taxes. By the way, the Reagan-Dole tax hike of 1983 is, allowing for inflation, the largest ever, raking in a third of what his supply-side tax cut took out. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Think of Dan Quayle, Spiro Agnew, Tom Eagleton and Geraldine Ferraro, running mates of George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, George McGovern and Walter Mondale, respectively. It takes some time for voters to learn about these dark horses though less time now than before the Internet and 24-hour news channels. (Lebanon Express, OR)
It's a rerun of the choice by Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale in 1984 of Rep. Geraldine Ferraro of New York to be his running mate, in a similarly obvious bid for the women's vote. (Montana Standard, MT)
Conservative Palin brings record of reform, Republicans say - CNN.com. Conservative Palin brings record of reform, Republicans say. (CNN)
"First woman, first African-American...All this talk and chatter about breaking glass ceilings....How about a glass ceiling on age?As I recall, it was the Democrats who first pushed, and then passed age discrimination laws. In short, age should not be a factor in aquiring a job. Being an avid athete, I am throughly frustrated by older men passing me, but I've grown to accept my own limitations. As Ronald Reagan said about his opponent Walter Mondale: "I will not exploit, for political purposes,... (North County Times)
Walter Mondale: Eleanor was 16 when he ran for VP, 20 when he ran for re-election, and when he ran for president. Bob Dole: Robin was when he ran for VP.Spiro Agnew: Pamela was and Susan was 20 when he ran. (Slate)
The Democratic grip on the two cities has been a springboard to statewide success for liberal icons such as Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Paul Wellstone. But the state as a whole, from its agricultural south to its central lake country to its industrial Iron Range to its heavily forested northern reaches, has often overridden the urban vote. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Will they abandon the worn out big government programs of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, who offer the same tired ideas proposed by George McGovern, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and John Kerry before them. Will all those 85-year-old women who kept saying, I just wanted to live long enough to see a woman elected, now take advantage of their opportunity. (Human Events Online)
In 1984, shortly after Geraldine Ferraro was nominated for VP to run with Walter Mondale (they lost badly to Ronald Reagan), a searing media frenzy erupted over her husband's business affairs. Already on day one there are some issues swirling out of the Alaskan mists over Palin's management of the public service in that state. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
In 1984, Walter Mondale, who had served as Vice President under President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1981, secured the Democratic Party's nomination to run for President. He made history by selecting Geraldine Ferraro to run on his ticket. (Suite101.com)
Ferraro, a N.Y. congressman, was picked as a running mate by Walter Mondale in 1984 to try to generate excitement and draw attention to his flagging candidacy. It did, for a while. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Palin is the second woman to run for vice president, after Geraldine Anne Ferraro who ran with Democratic candidate Walter Mondale in 1984. The speculation on the running mate has been bantered about through various media outlets for weeks. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
His most famous advertising gambit was a balm: "Morning in America," a series of ads filled with gorgeous American images that didn't even mention Reagan's 1984 opponent, Walter Mondale. But then Reagan was operating at the beginning of a political pendulum swing, utterly confident that his ideas were better than the tired industrial-age liberalism and post-Vietnam pacifism of the Democrats. (Time.com)
DENVER - Like Walter Mondale in 1984, who put the first woman on a major-party ticket, John McCain, in choosing the second one yesterday, is looking for a game-changing moment, a way to persuade voters to look at him in a different light. Like Mondale, McCain will have a hard time convincing people that he chose the most qualified person to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. (Boston Globe)
The first was Democrat Geraldine Ferraro, who ran alongside Walter Mondale in 1984. Analysts say Mrs Palin may have been chosen by the McCain campaign as a tactic to win over those Democratic women voters who were disappointed by the defeat of Mrs Clinton by Mr Obama. (BBC News)
A bold stroke for gender diversity didn't work in 1984 for Democrat Walter Mondale, who lost in a landslide despite selecting the first woman to be on a national ticket. Gov. Palin will have to spend the next two months convincing Americans that she's ready to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. (Anchorage Daily News)
Does anyone remember the presidencies of Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore or John Kerry. So here we are again, just a little over two months away from another presidential election, this one coming on the heels of the most unpopular American presidency since Nixon waved goodbye on his way to San Clemente. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
In 1984, then-Vice President Walter Mondale named Geraldine Ferraro his running mate against President Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush. The Democrats lost 49 states in a race considered out of reach against a popular incumbent. (AZCentral -- News)
The choice of Palin, who becomes only the second woman ever to join a major-party ticket for the presidency -- Geraldine Ferraro was Democrat Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984 -- immediately brought cheers from Republican leaders and conservatives who had been wary of McCain's more centrist politics ... Democrat Walter Mondale. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Saturday, August 30, 2008, 6:20 am. Follow our bloggers to the Republican National Convention and get the inside scoop. (NBC4.tv, CA)
I also got to question such political biggies as Al Gore, Ann Richards, Paul Simon and Walter Mondale as I prowled the convention hall in Atlanta. Covering my first political convention was a heady experience, especially since it was happening here in Georgia. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Palin is just the second woman to be added to a presidential ticket, following Democrat Geraldine Ferraro, who was the running mate of Vice President Walter Mondale in 1984. Before introducing Palin on Friday, McCain said he'd spent "the last few months looking for a running mate who could shake up Washington and make it work again for the people that are counting on us." He said he had "many good people to choose from, and I am very grateful to all of them and honored by their willingness to... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Obama will follow in the footsteps of history s other liberal, out-of-touch presidential hopefuls like Walter Mondale, Mike Dukakis and John Kerry to landslide defeat in South Carolina. Katon Dawson is chairman of the S.C. Republican Party. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
He has written speeches for Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, Bob Kerrey and Bill Clinton. Mark Schmitt is executive editor of. (Salon)
Even some Obama supporters are starting to ask the question that 1984 presidential candidate Walter Mondale once asked of rival Gary Hart: Where s the beef. Second, Obama has to make working-class voters feel more at ease with him, more eager to, as they say, have a beer with him. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Traditionally, Democrats, in particular, have sought balance in their national tickets - either geographically, by choosing a northerner and a southerner (such as Georgia's Jimmy Carter and Minnesota's Walter Mondale or, more recently, Massachusetts' John Kerry and North Carolina's John Edwards), or ideologically, by choosing a liberal and a conservative. In this case, however, Biden, like Obama, hails from the more-liberal wing of the party, and both are from the industrial northeastern third... (Asia Times Online)
Ronald Reagan in , Walter Mondale in , Robert Dole in 1996, and George W. Bush in had bounces that faded away by their opponent's convention, if not sooner. In reviewing this history, many analysts are tempted to model the past in ways that might help us predict or evaluate the likely course of this year's contest. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Compare to 1984, when Gary Hart waited nearly a month to concede the race to Walter Mondale. Ted Kennedy, who in the ultimate act of disunity challenged an incumbent Democratic president in 1980, waited until the convention to concede to Jimmy Carter. (New York Post -- Opinions)
But the bizarre street performers outside the convention and the harsh rhetoric from the podium helped President Reagan win a landslide in the general against Walter Mondale by running against what Jeane Kirkpatrick called the San Francisco Democrats. 1980 New YorkJimmy Carter held off a challenge from Teddy Kennedy but couldn t get the coveted unifying handshake on the stage following his acceptance speech. (Human Events Online)
" And he said that all too often, we accept the distance between the two, and settle for the world as it is even when it doesn't reflect our values and aspirations. But he reminded us that we know what our world should look like. We know what fairness and justice and opportunity look like. And he urged us to believe in ourselves to find the strength within ourselves to strive for the world as it should be. And isn't that the great American story? It's the story of men and women gathered in... (Florida Today)
Speaking of the convention: It got off to a rousing start Monday night with speeches by three or four dozen important Democratic party dignitaries, who sounded the convention's official Monday theme: "A Whole Lot of Speeches." But the big news was the decision to seat the entire Michigan and Florida delegations, which means they will be able to participate fully in the roll-call vote, which means you just know the Florida delegation will mess up the buttons somehow and accidentally nominate... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Walter Mondale enlivened his doomed 1984 bid by selecting Rep. Geraldine Ferraro to be the first woman on a national ticket. (ABC News)
In the 1980s, Democratic Party nominee Walter Mondale was pressured into returning donations from Arab Americans, though the religious affiliation of most Arabs in the United States is Christian. But Muslims are still relatively new to politics. (San Francisco Chronicle)
He said, "However innocent and unintentional, (the comment) was insensitive and it was wrong. ... I categorically deny that this in any way reflects my basic attitude toward Jews or Israel."Jackson recovered enough to finish in third place behind Walter Mondale, the party's eventual nominee, and former Sen. Gary Hart. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Similarly, Democratic presidential candidates Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and John Kerry, likely would have severely damaged their respective campaigns had they offered the verbal equivalent of a fist bump and a high five to a communist government, the way Obama did with China. But that was back then. (Townhall.com)
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