Article: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES SUGARCOAT ECONOMICS.(Main)

Byline: David E. Rosenbaum New York Times

Taking their cue from the successful scripts of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, the Democratic candidates for president this year offer voters mostly painless solutions to the nation's economic problems.

Day after day in their campaigns, the candidates say the economy is the pivotal issue, and they repeat a common theme about ending a recession caused by the Bush administration and launching a period of sustained economic growth.

But except for former Sen. Paul E. Tsongas of Massachusetts, the Democrats make no suggestion, at least in their public pronouncements, that some bitter medicine might be ...

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