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Abraham vs. Romney - Case Study [1994 GOP Senate Race]
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Feb 14, 2007 12:56pm |
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| Description | It was a High Noon showdown in Michigan, with the Old Politics of elite connections and established organization pitted against the New Politics of media-driven populist indignation. It is a fable of the ambitious good soldier, who -- having worked his way up the ranks, doing his duty -- looked to claim the promised brass ring. But it is primarily the story of Ronna Romney -- a perceived political lightweight who found electoral strength in big-market talk radio as the vox populi incarnate. She represents the airwave of the political future.
[S]he had landed a slot as a talk show host on WXYT, a radio station in suburban Detroit. There she joined the growing chorus of airwave revolutionaries, demanding reforms that would make government respond more to public opinion and less to special interests. She pumped the independent presidential candidacy of Ross Perot and became co-chair of a term-limits initiative that swept the state with 65 percent of the vote in 1992.
Although they realize that the Perot vote represents the key swing element of the electorate, chiefs of both parties still look upon the burgeoning populist reform movement with a mixture of fear and disdain. Their kind of candidate was much better represented by Spence Abraham, a solid party organization man.
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