Word: bayh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carswell has been defeated and the Honorable Birch Bayh emerges victorious in his fight against mediocrity and racism...
Never mind the fact that Senator Bayh was one of less than a dozen who failed the state bar exam in 1960. Ignore the fact that Bayh was chosen National Alpha Tau Omega of the Year while at Purdue, for upholding the high standards of a segregated fraternity...
...meantime, it is the Florida Democrats who are in the worst bind. They supported Carswell's Supreme Court nomination avidly; now they must oppose him. In a telegram to Indiana's Senator Birch Bayh, a leader of the Carswell opposition, Florida Democratic Chairman Pat Thomas reflected their dilemma: "Thanks a lot," said Thomas. "It only hurts when I laugh...
...theory, the direct-election scheme-titled the Bayh amendment after its chief sponsor, Indiana's Senator Birch Bayh-is simplicity itself. The Electoral College would be abolished and the candidate who received the most votes would be the President. If no one got more than 40%-a situation that has happened only once in U.S. history*-there would be a runoff between the two who ranked highest. Majority will would always prevail, and a Wallace-like spoiler could no longer threaten to disrupt the system. In practice, however, things might not prove to be quite so simple...
...Administration strategists quickly assembled in Hruska's office right after the recommittal vote to reassess the situation. They looked at that eight-vote margin and compared notes on which pro-Carswell Senators they might lose. To their consternation, they detected the same potential slippage that Bayh and Brooke had sniffed: the possible loss of Republicans Packwood, Fong and Percy, plus Democrat Dodd. That would not be fatal, since Vice President Agnew would break the tie in the Administration's favor, but it was highly dangerous. "We knew then that we were in trouble," one strategist recalls. The White House...