celebrity candidate

[Charles Doyle]

In what looks like an authentic "snippet," Google Books gives ". . . the emregence of the celebrity canditate" from William J. Keefe, _Parties, Politics, and Public Policy_ (Holt, 1972), p. 144. Clearly, the phrase "celebrity candidate" is being used generically--not in reference to a particular individual.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:42:02 -0600
>From: Dennis Baron <debaron at UIUC.EDU>
>Subject: celebrity candidate

>anybody got an early date (pre-2004) for "celebrity candidate"?

>
>Dennis Baron

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