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...still trying to keep enough superdelegates uncommitted until the convention so that they can manipulate some votes, give a few good sound bites, wave their magic wands and, in a puff of smoke from their smoke-filled rooms, produce a safe middle-of-the-road candidate--Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, for example...
...congressional elite hasn't pad much attention to voter response to an otherwise tame scandal in the House bank. With congressional prestige at an all-time low, for these members of Congress of to say they are better suited to pick a popular candidate than voters is inane. As Bentsen himself might say, "That dawg won't hunt...
Medoff said that after he presented his initial findings to an aide from U.S. Sen. Lloyd L. Bentsen's (D-Tex.) office, the aide suggested that he expand the findings into a more developed study...
...aide also told him that the Joint Economic Committee, of which Bentsen is a member, would be interested in the results...
However, because of new rules enacted by Congress on behalf of Rep. Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.), another member of the committee, the report was rerouted upon its completion to Bentsen's Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Trade and Taxes...