To: nwrep
Was Robert K. Dornan there? He was there in 1963, but the blacks thought he was prejudiced against them. That may have been one factor in his 1996 defeat.
To: Theodore R.
Was Robert K. Dornan there? He was there in 1963, but the blacks thought he was prejudiced against them. That may have been one factor in his 1996 defeat. The way I heard it was, Dornan let his fences break down with the heavily Republican-voting Chinese-American community in his district, who didn't turn out the way they had in the past, allowing Sanchez to squeak by him. (And of course, there's the immigration thing -- but that wouldn't have mattered if he'd taken care of his base, so "they" said afterward.)
To: Theodore R.
Funny. There were very few blacks in Dornan's district, so I doubt that their opinion of him was important. It was the rise of the Mexicans and Vietnamese that killed him.
121 posted on
08/24/2003 1:00:16 PM PDT by
Clemenza
(East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
To: Theodore R.
What about Charleton Heston? He was there in 63 also.
150 posted on
08/25/2003 6:37:35 AM PDT by
wjcsux
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