Word: bentsen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...threatened by the ax of Robert Taft Jr. (7), while in Tennessee, Albert Gore (8) aims a mighty swipe at William Brock (9). In Florida, Lawton Chiles (10) closes with William Cramer (11), toe-deep in the Gulf of Mexico. And across the water in Texas, Lloyd Bentsen (12) raises his shield against George Bush (13). Finally, out on the Coast, John Tunney (14) wields a boxing glove bludgeon against dancing George Murphy...
TEXAS. "If Bentsen is going to try to go to my right, he's gonna step off the edge of the earth." Thus Republican George Bush last week
...Texas, a spot shows Lloyd Bentsen Jr., the Democratic senatorial candidate, walking in the woods, informally dressed, chatting about why he wants to be a Senator. The man he is with says nothing; he was paid only to walk and listen. In New York, intimate close-ups in a series of ten-second spots work at two levels for Senator Charles Goodell, who is behind in the race. On the surface, they are intended simply to increase voter recognition. More important perhaps, the camera looks him full in the eye, close up, portraying him as an independent of firmly held...
...Texas' George Bush, 46, son of former Connecticut Senator Prescott Bush, is an even bet to defeat Lloyd Bentsen for the seat that Liberal Ralph Yarborough lost in the Democratic primary...
...election day, Yarborough was unable to rally enough of his traditional support to overcome the electorate's disinterest and to offset the votes of Republicans who crossed party lines to vote for Bentsen. Yarborough's East Texas stronghold deserted him, mainly over the Carswell issue. While Yarborough's friends stayed home, his enemies did not. Thus, the Democrats were deprived of their best chance to defeat the G.O.P.'s Bush next fall...