Word: bayh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...liberal Democratic leaders, including Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) and Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.)--who head the Senate Intelligence, Foreign Relations and Appropriations committees, respectively--all fell to GOP challengers...
Their targets picked, the men representing the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC), Christian Voice, Moral Majority and local groups like Ship Out Bayh (SOB) and Anybody But Church (ABC), went to work, raising money, registering voters and turning out pamphlets and television commercials, all designed to put the incumbents on the defensive. Stressing issues like abortion, defense spending, and "social engineering," the conservatives started to hammer away, and in every case, their efforts seemed to be working, for each state, if presidential returns are any indication, is more conservative than its senator...
...Indiana, though, the supporters of veteran Bayh are beginning to breathe a little easier. Seeking his fourth term in a state ruled by Republicans, Bayh met harsh criticism early from Republican foe Dan Quayle. Pointing to the Hoosier State's moderate/conservative population, Quayle insists Bayh would make a great senator--for Massachusetts...
...Bayh so far has resisted the combined efforts of SOB, Indiana Right to Life, Moral Majority and NCPAC. Even Quayle's polls show the challenger trailing by at least four points, a lead the veteran may have increased with his impressive showing in a televised debate and his rhetorical move to the right, not to mention his repeated stress on the value of seniority in winning favors, for the folks back home...
Reagan's showing in a traditionally Republican state may have a lot to do with Bayh's chances. The charges of liberalism--a term Quayle and company speak in the tone of voice Americans usually reserve for Bolshevism--probably will not destroy Bayh. But if the GOP presidential candidate carries Indiana by more than 350,000 votes... this is a coat-tails prospect Bayh's backers do not care to discuss...