Word: bayh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bayh, Ind. Mansfield, Mont...
Considering the freshmen's political bias, it is natural that their first impression of the Senate would not be of its power, or of its place in the order of things, but of its people. And Birch Bayh's impression was typical: "it's been wonderful." Besides the oath book ceremony, there are luncheons given by the leadership, and the little gestures that any politician appreciates. Daniel Inouye found his reception "extremely good, embarrassingly good. The senior members go out of their way to be nice to you; they even took me around to the masseur...
Kennedy seemed to summarize the feelings of most freshmen when he remarked "Seniority is the established rule of the Senate-now, can you call it Democracy?" Bayh went along with Kennedy: "Insofar as it reflects experience on the scene, and additional knowledge, it is to the good. A great majority of the time, it would be a great asset." But "as speaker of the Indian House of Representatives, I had too much authority. There is the danger that so far as it permits someone who is no longer in complete control of his faculties to have power...
Despite their common feeling that politics is not a matter of issues but of personalities, they disagree about where one can find his political friends in the Senate. Senators like Bayh ("It all depends on the circumstances; you look for help wherever you can get it") or Kennedy ("You look for votes where you can find them") display an essentially free-wheeling attitude; they are not committed to party label or ideology. Others, like McGovrn, look to men who think similarly, regardless of nominal party. There is a few-McIntyre, especially-who look to the other party, hoping that their...
...Bayh, he was raised on an Indiana farm, took a degree in agriculture at Purdue, won election to the state house of representatives at 25. He became minority leader in 1957 and speaker in 1959, meanwhile earned a law degree at Indiana University. He started his hard campaign for the Senate a full year ago. Says Bayh: "I feel the average voter is impressed by a fellow who's out there just working his tail off." Homer Capehart. who just happened to be a responsible, hard-working Senator, would have expressed the same sentiment-but in the words...