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Wednesday, October 24, 1084
Ey Ward V. Triplctt III
DaiJy Mebmskaa Senior Editor
The Rev. Jesse Jackson didn't
win and Walter Mortd&le appears
headed for defeat. But the goals
of the Rainbow Coalition have
been realized in the 1034 cam
paign,' according to panelists
speaking Tuesday at the Nebraska
Union.
Donna Polk, the Lincoln direc
tor for the Rainbow coalition
UNL political science lecturer
Zelma Mosely and UNL Ethnic
Institute director Miguel Carr
anza presented the forum before
a small audience In the union's
main lounge. UPC Talks and Top
ics sponsored the forum a3 part
of its series on the 1084 election.
Polk said Jackson's objective
was not necessarily to win, but to
present the issues of forgotten
people in the political arena. Not
only wa3 that achieved but the
Coalition is working against other
candidates besides Reagan.
"There are 10 key voting states
and only one of them, Texas, has
a black congressman," Polk said.
If we can get that corrected, that
would be more, awesome than
any damage Ronald Reagan can
do. If we can get the majority in
Congress, there's nothing Reagan
can do. Except go back to sleep."
The forum itself dealt mostly
with the history and future of
Jackson's Rainbow Coaltion. All
three panelists agreed the coali
tion's purpose was to support
candidates who be3t represented
the coalition's issues, which inclu
ded peace, equality and educa
tion. It was not intended to be
come a forum for 'left-wingers
Carranza said.
The coalition is for those who
see themselves as left out rather
than left of center," Carranzasaid.
Jackson's intent was to
reach out to those groups like
minorities, homosexuals and
women who the political ma
chines, concerned mostly with
popularity, had left out.
But since the Democratic nom
ination went to Mondale, the coa
lition has been quiet, even though
it was intended to live far beyond
Jackson and the 1034 elections.
Polk said part of the reason for
that is the lack of charisma from
the Democratic candidates.
"I'm not sure how much enthu
siasm the Mondale-Ferraro cam
paign ha3 been able to generate
among minoritc3," Polk said. "I
would low to see thousands of
people ol'cclcr take to the streets
election day and vote for Mon
dale, but I don't think it's going to
happen. They (the candidates)
are just missing something."
Mosley said the black vote
alone would not be substantial
enough to sway this election. Oth
er factors, such as the rise of the
right and the Democratic flow to
the Republican ticket, have re
duced the signiScance of the black
voting block that greatly helped
Jimmy Carter in 1076.
"But people who say the Rain
bow Coalition wa3 ineffective are
being very short-sighted," Mosely
said. "It made a symbolic and
dramatic impact on the political
process of this country. You have
to look at what would have hap
pened if Jesse Jackson had decid
ed not to give any support to the
Democratic ticket."
By running and supporting the
ticket Jackson gave previously
uninterested black voters a sym
bol and presented reasons for
blacks to become Involved in the
political process, she said.
William Todd-Mancillas of the
UNL speech department moder
ated the forum, during which
panelists were asked about the
effect of the military on minority
voters, the Simpson-Mazzoli bill
and the college students' prefer
ence for "facism."
Talks and Topics will sponsor
another forum, "The Impact of
the Gender Gap on the 1084 Elec
tion," Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the
Nebraska Union Main Lounge.
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lacked experience. "Experience
with no results means nothing,"
she said.
She also told the crowd that
Vice President George Bush's polls
show that heir's is the "strongest
challenging campaign" for a senate
seat.
"We can feel it snowballing,"
Hochsaid.
If the polls reflect the enthusi
asm of Reagan's endorsement,
that snowballs might become an
avolanche.
Democrats have portrayed the
"Gender Gap" a3 a problem of
only the Republican Party, Rea
gan said. Women, as a group,
have more than one set of goals
and standards. The only way a
political party can serve the
diversity of women b by talking
"with and through women offic
ers and candidates," she said.
According to Reagan, 440 of
the 1,000 women who hold state
and federal offices are Republi
cans. With 400 more GOP candi
dates on the ballot in November,
Republicans could put more
women into office than the Demo
crats. "This is the year in which we
prove that it wasnt an accident
in 1080.. .that it was only the
beginning of building a new
majority party and a party that
can really look at the future of
this country and be the future of
this country," Reagan said.
The Republican Party has
created a "safety net that people
can't fall through" by approach
ing problems with a combination
of government, community and
individuals, she said.
Foreign policy is held in that
net, she said. The U.S. made a
commitment to protect its allies
so that nations would not settle
border disputes with nuclear
arms, she said.
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