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Party fundraiser at the navy pier in chicago, and much to everyones surprise, hundreds of women showed up to picket that democratic party fundraiser, and they were all carrying the same sign, "dump dixon." you can actually still see the dump dixon pins they made for that protest. theyre in political history collections now. but the first dump dixon protest was two days after dixons yes vote for the clarence thomas nomination. two days after that protest, its clear that senator al dixon, al the p...

Picketed by women protesters holding the dump dixon signs at a democratic fundraiser. this is two days after that. and you see stevenson referenced in the headline there. thats former illinois senator adlai stevenson. the reason stevenson is in the headline next to the picture of alan dixon is because alan dixon at this point was scrambling to shore up his position in the party, to shore up his position for re-election, which is something he never thought he would have to worry about. the lead o...

Problem is that al dixon had made that promise to president bush for how he would vote on clarence thomas before he had all the information about clarence thomas, before the thomas confirmation process got upended and the nomination hearings had to get reopened, all because of serious sexual harassment allegations against thomas, allegations that had been known internally at the judiciary committee and kept quiet and confidential there, but then the allegations leaked to the press and nprs nina ...

Explicit endorsement for reelection from illinoiss other u.s. senator, the liberal paul simon, who importantly had voted against clarence thomas. al dixon would quickly go on to line up basically every other endorsement in democratic party politics, including from richard daley, the all powerful mayor of chicago. i mean ostensibly, dixon at this point is a completely bulletproof candidate. hes got the entire democratic party apparatus lined up against him, doesnt have an enemy in the world, has ...

In 1991, when president george bush nominated clarence thomas to the supreme court, this democratic senator from illinois, alan dixon, he made a personal promise to president bush that he would vote yes. that he would vote for that supreme court nominee. its interesting. senator dixon didnt make that promise public at the time. years later he would explain that when the nomination was initially made, he had made that promise to the president, but his constituents didnt know that at the time. and...

But the first dump dixon protest was two days after dixons yes vote for the clarence thomas nomination. two days after that protest, its clear that senator al dixon, al the pal, was starting to have a little bit of an uh-oh moment about what that vote might cost him. this is from "the daily dispatch," a newspaper from moline, illinois, from october 19th, 1991. so this is four days after dixons yes vote on thomas. its only two davis after he got picketed by women protesters holding the dump dixon...

Across the aisle. he was friendly with president reagan, who of course is a republican. he was known to go golfing with dan quayle. meanwhile, his fellow democrats, they all loved him. they chose to elevate him into leadership by the end of just his second term in the senate, he was the number three democrat in the whole senate. everybody liked him, got along with everybody, al the pal. in 1991, when president george bush nominated clarence thomas to the supreme court, this democratic senator fr...

Something he never thought he would have to worry about. the lead of the article is about him lining up support both personally and specifically for his clarence thomas vote from former senator adlai stevenson. it also shows him getting the explicit endorsement for re-election from illinois other u.s. senator, the liberal paul simon, who importantly had voted against clarence thomas. al dixon would quickly go on to line up basically every other endorsement in democratic party politics, including...

Two days after that protest, its clear that senator al dixon, al the pal, was starting to have a little bit of an uh-oh moment about what that vote might cost him. this is from the daily dispatch, a newspaper from moline, illinois, from october 19th, 1991. so this is four days after dixons yes vote on thomas. its only two davis he got picketed by women protesters holding the dump dixon signs at a democratic fundraiser. this is two days after that. and you see stevenson referenced in the headline...