Every presidential campaign views New York as a major hurdle to get over. Nowhere else in America is politics so intense, so nasty, and so complex. New York state has a population of 18 million. More than 12 million people live in New York City and its immediate New York...
Big Changes in the New Congress?
This year’s congressional elections may produce the largest number of new members of Congress in the last forty years. Political analysts estimate that the number of new members elected may be as high as 120, but will certainly not be less than eighty. By comparison, in recent years the average...
Israel's Friends Running for the Senate in 1992
Not only are the parties choosing their Presidential candidates this election year, but all 435 members of Congress and 35 Senate seats are up for reelection as well. In fact, the biggest news to come out of the Illinois primary elections this past week was not was not the victories...
Campaign '92: Preparing for Super Tuesday
As the first half of the 1992 U.S. Presidential primary season stumbled to a close, the best one can say is that “it hasn’t been neat or pretty—but it has been interesting.” George Bush’s renomination as the Republican candidate to run for reelection in November was never in doubt. After...
Campaign '92: Observations at Half-Time
While President Bush continues to win in each of the presidential primaries, the margin of the victories is causing concern in the White House. It is increasingly clear in many states that there is a solid 30% on the Republican side who will vote against the President, as shown in...
Campaign '92: Getting Meaner and More Confused
Last week, Democrats and Republicans in Maine and South Dakota voted in primary elections and the results only added more confusion to the already confused 1992 presidential campaigns. On the Democratic side: In Maine, former California Governor Jerry Brown tied for first place with Paul Tsongas. In South Dakota, Senator...
Round One: The New Hampshire Explosion
As the dust settles from the explosive New Hampshire primary elections, both the Democratic and Republican parties and their leaders have been forced to take a fresh look at their political campaign strategies. In this first round of the 1992 elections President Bush beat his conservative challenger, T.V. personality Pat...
Six months ago it appeared certain that the 1992 elections would be a non-event. Buoyed by high ratings in the polls, George Bush seemed unbeatable. Democrats were in disarray. Paul Tsongas, a little-known former one-term Senator from Massachusetts was the only announced Democratic candidate. Other bigger name Democrats seemed unwilling...
