Word: bayh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lugar ran a close race in 1974 against Senator Birch Bayh, a far more popular figure in the state than Hartke. Despite his dubious distinction of being "Richard Nixon's favorite mayor," Lugar projects an image of integrity and freshness to the voters...
...national mood has changed. "The economic center of gravity of the nation is moving away from programs like the Great Society; it's shifting in a more conservative direction. I think this analysis is sustained by the fact that liberals such as Morris Udall, Fred Harris and Birch Bayh didn't do very well in the Democratic primaries, while Hubert Humphrey and Ted Kennedy sat them out; it is sustained by the fact that the Republicans have had two men in contention for the nomination who are basically conservative...
...until after the Democratic National Convention next month, is given little chance of enactment this year. Yet the committee's action adds fuel to what has become a bitterly fought ideological, economic and political issue that is certain to spill over into the presidential campaign. Says Senator Birch Bayh, Democrat of Indiana and the bill's chief sponsor: "If there is one symbol of the Establishment ripping off the people, it is the oil companies." The companies, which have suffered a series of blows in recent years, including nationalization of many of the foreign oilfields they developed, have...
Supporters of the Bayh bill, which include labor unions and consumer and environmental groups, argue that putting the giant firms on the chopping block would open the market to greater competition, end price discrimination by the majors against independent marketers and ultimately result in cheaper petroleum products. More important, they insist that splitting up the industry would stiffen its approach to oil-producing countries, which have quintupled the price of crude in recent years. A fully integrated company, the critics say, has a vested interest in playing ball with the producers, while a marketing and refining firm without producing interests...
Other possibilities: Indiana Senator Birch Bayh, who is a liberal-labor favorite, but showed himself a shallow, inept candidate in the primaries; Jackson, who would draw Jewish support but was even more deadly on the stump than Bayh; and Maine's Senator Ed Muskie, who is a tested leader, but is seen as a failed candidate since his 1972 flop. Two men unlikely to be considered are Congressman Mo Udall, who pointedly pricked the usually controlled Carter temper the last couple of months, and California Governor Jerry Brown, who Carter staffers say has been flatly ruled...