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Quayle's competitiveness appealed to Roger Ailes, who handled him in his 1986 re-election race for the Senate. Quayle's record in debates was good until he met Lloyd Bentsen. He debated Roush five times in 1976 and Bayh once in 1980. The general view was that both men underestimated him and were beaten by him. Dan Evans, Quayle's 1980 manager, says he was effective against Bayh because he was not being "handled," as in 1988 -- the Nancy Reagan excuse about debate "overpreparation." But Quayle needed help in 1988, when he was on the defensive from the outset...
Congressional leaders, who have threatened tough trade sanctions against Japan unless it opens its markets further, greeted the Japanese pledges with practiced caution. Said Texas Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee: "Put me down as a skeptic who has seen too many agreements in which the results don't match the rhetoric." Many lawmakers are withholding judgment until they can see signs that the agreement is benefiting U.S. companies. Observed Senator John Danforth of Missouri: "In any commercial agreement with Japan, seeing is believing...
...formal agenda: to regain the White House, which means winning back the Southern white males who deserted the party in 1984. What better way to + increase the comfort level of Southern white males than with other Southern white males? Nunn and Robb, Senators Lloyd Bentsen and John Breaux and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton are the D.L.C.'s stars. Dizzy with turning points, raw with fresh starts, wide-awake with new days dawning, their new Democratic Party has blotted out the L word with the M word: mainstream. That is D.L.C. code for letting the constituency it wants to woo know...
...music." The only Democrat who can carry a tune is Mario Cuomo, but he is too liberal to pass the D.L.C. entrance exam, and since his inspiring "City on the Hill" speech at the 1984 convention, he has been reluctant to sing before a national audience. D.L.C. stalwarts like Bentsen, Al Gore and Robb have tin ears. Nunn's libretto -- defense and national-security policy -- seems increasingly irrelevant for a world rushing toward peace. The current season's high-decibel speaker, House majority leader Richard Gephardt, seems too opportunistic as he screeches out a hard-rock message of economic nationalism...
...upheavals at Northwest and United, which involved extensive foreign financing, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation approved a bill last week that would prevent any buyer from acquiring more than 25% of an airline without the explicit approval of the Commerce Secretary. When Senator Lloyd Bentsen learned of the attempt to buy American, the Texas Democrat prevailed on the Commerce committee to make the bill retroactive so that it would apply to the Trump bid. "The Congress must send a strong message that highly leveraged buyouts are not tolerable," said Kentucky Democrat Wendell Ford, who sponsored the bill...