51. He also called for political candidates to be given free television time during their campaigns as one way of reducing costs. 52. He has run his every campaign as a scourge of government spending and a champion of the beleaguered little taxpayer. 53. He offers his campaign as a testament to his ability to forge agreements. 54. He opposed the tax cut in his presidential campaign as too big and too unfair. 55. His appearance in front of a predominantly black audience is part of an ongoing effort to portray his campaign as centrist and focused on winning votes of minorities. 56. His tax cut plan, for instance, began during his presidential campaign as just that, a tax cut. 57. His stance would allow Republicans to head off traditional attempts by Democrats to put themselves forth in campaigns as the protectors of programs dear to retirees. 58. Historians may remember that campaign as the first in which a politician offered the now-familiar defense that oral sex does not count. 59. Hollywood studios are scrambling to fine-tune massive marketing campaigns as their most crucial season approaches. 60. I refer to his campaign as the Bush Corp. |