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Article: Battered liberals dream of comeback.
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- July 8, 1985
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Battered Liberals Dream of Comeback
American liberals, seven months after being flattened by President Reagan and his conservative steamroller, are picking themselves up off the floor and talking of a comeback.
Politicians to the left of center insist they see signs of a political resurgence that eventually will sweep them back into power:
Stiffening opposition in Congress to such Reagan policies as the military buildup and cuts in domestic spending.
Increasing prominence of liberal Democrats--among them New York's Governor Mario Cuomo and Representative William Gray (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Budget Committee.
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