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...sails as he seeks the presidency; these are the same winds that blew across America's prairies this winter, spring and summer. The gale force conservative bluster was supposed to blow away liberal senators Frank Church of Idaho, George McGovern of South Dakota, John Culver of Iowa and Birch Bayh of Indiana like so many mobile homes in the path of a tornado. But now it seems that the eye of the storm might, just might, have passed and that the winds of the hurricane have turned back upon themselves...
More than a year ago, conservative strategists gathered in some D.C. war room and began sticking pins in maps. They aimed at Church--their chief target, for he was floor manager for the Panama Canal "giveaway." They stuck a pin in Indiana, where they said Birch Bayh had voted consistently to cut national defense. Iowa's John Culver made it to the list, for his fellow Iowa liberal, Dick Clark, has proven vulnerable in 1978. And George McGovern, it almost went without saying, got a pin too, if for no better reason than the memory of his radlib...
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...