Word: bayh
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Aspects of his record, however, could work against Bayh this fall. Republicans are zeroing in on his support of forced school busing and his opposition to the Alaska pipeline--two positions which many of the Indiana constituency do not share. In the past, Bayh has also been an advocate of gun control and a major opponent of a proposed new Indianapolis area reservoir for water supply--actions which have stirred up some voter opposition...
LUGAR, A moderate Republican with views congruent with many in his conservative state, sees Bayh's voting record as his most exposed flank. Lugar has scored Bayh time and again on his liberal and inflationary record--coining the shibboleth of "the old politics of promise and spend, promise and spend." Indiana currently ranks 50th out of 50 in money received per capita from the federal government--in addition to last in dollars returned versus tax dollars collected. Republicans point out that Bayh, as a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, could have done better for his home state...
...more likely. In a well-publicized television debate, Lugar emerged with a bad make-up job, reminiscent of Nixon's debate debacle in 1960. The mayor, who generally speaks without notes, failed to win the victory for which he had hoped and the debate (the only one to which Bayh has agreed...
...Bayh is also coming on strong with his countryboy image. Once every six years, the liberal Indiana senator (ranked five points to the left of McGovern by the ADA) comes home with a hard-sell conservative act. In August, the senator called for a well-publicized cut in an administration welfare bill, hardly consistent with any of his prior welfare votes. Bayh also loves to emphasize his rural origins (farm boy from Shirkieville, Inc.) and he has even scored Lugar, a Hoosier native, on his Oxford-Denison education, insisting that a senator with a Purdue education is best for Indiana...
Though two journalists reported last week that there are "slight signs of disaffection among conservative Democrats south of Indianapolis," Bayh's down-home style, soft-pedalling approach and slick skirting of issues should be unbeatable. Indiana Republican officials also believe the Ford pardon decision may work in Bayh's favor. They are afraid the decision could mean less interest in the Ford visit to Indianapolis next month--a visit deemed politically beneficial to the GOP two months...