Word: baker
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WASHINGTON--Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.) yesterday announced he is a candidate for president, although he acknowledged he has not yet demonstrated he can beat his Republican rivals...
...time we're in the middle primaries, I've got to stop being in second place and start being in first place," Baker, the Senate minority leader, said yesterday to a group of supporters...
...Baker, who joins eight other declared Republican presidential candidates, made his announcement in the Senate Caucus Room, where he attained national recognition six years ago as the senior Republican on the Senate Watergate Committee...
...Baker's late start, however is more a measure of his strength than of his weakness, his supporters say. "They've all been campaigning for a year now and Dad has had a job. Sure he's got a late start but he's in tune with Congress everyday," she added. And indeed his extensive Washington experience could well be a strong asset in 1980 after the failures of outsider Jimmy Carter. Baker will have a tough time in the midwest and the west considering the host of Republican contenders from that area such as Rep. John Anderson...
...BAKER HOPES TO BUILD that support with his move to amend SALT II and has some Congressional leaders reconsidering a decision to open the SALT debate to the television cameras. The extra-exposure could put Baker right back or the centerstage of 1974, with millions of Americans watching--which is just where he wants...