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Many of those involved in choosing a new party chairman say -- as did the frat brothers at Sigma Phi -- that they like Brown personally but worry about the effect his election would have on the party. "Ron is a great guy, talented, intelligent and articulate," says Senator John Breaux of Louisiana. "But I think he's the wrong person at the wrong time and the wrong symbol." Brown refers to this as his "but" problem. "My goal is to make it more difficult for people...
...John Breaux, D-La., said he met briefly with the Cubans to relay Meese's offer, but added, "I do not think it will end tonight." Breaux put the number of hostages...
...federal flood insurance on new construction. The Senate is considering a bill, passed by the House in June, that would help people relocate their houses away from eroding beaches. But the Reagan Administration is cool toward a proposal now before Congress, introduced in March by Democratic Senator John Breaux of Louisiana, that would identify all threatened coastal wetlands and provide as much as $40 million over two years for their protection...
...White House Political Director Mitchell Daniels noted that successful Democratic candidates "very wisely slipped every punch and ducked every engagement with the President." Even in Louisiana, where Reagan's policies were blamed for the statewide economic crisis wrought by the collapse of oil prices, Democratic Winner John Breaux declined to criticize the President. He diplomatically called Reagan a "very nice gentleman who gets bad advice...
...some particularly close contests, the President may have turned off voters by attacking Democratic candidates by name. "The Republicans overdid it with Reagan," says Orleans Parish Assessor Ken Carter, who backed Democrat Breaux. "He began to sound like just another politician." In Missouri, former Republican Governor Christopher ("Kit") Bond withdrew an ad in which Reagan warmly endorsed him. Bond feared that it would inspire anti-Reagan votes for his opponent...