Word: domenici
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...declared contenders for the job, all conservatives, are Robert Dole of Kansas, Richard Lugar of Stevens: hot temper Indiana, Ted Stevens of Alaska, James McClure of Idaho and Pete Domenici of New Mexico. Dole is the front runner. Once known chiefly for his astringent wit and confident, almost arrogant intelligence, the three-term Senator in recent years has played a more statesmanlike role. "I'm sort of a consensus builder," he says. To the consternation of the Reagan Administration, he has pushed for tax hikes along with spending reductions as the only way to make a sizable dent...
...year veteran, is majority whip: his opinions tend to be plain and angrily expressed. "I've got a temper," he confesses, "and I know how to use it!" The New Right would pick McClure, a Senator since 1973, who shares their ultraconservatism but not their uncompromising manner. Domenici, re-elected to his third Senate term, is fair-minded and sincere in the Baker fashion. As Budget Committee chairman, he has shown great forbearance. But he is the darkest horse. Says one Senator: "I don't think Pete's got a chance...
Their hopes are not to be, however, as all signs point to a landslide Domenici reelection. The Pratt campaign, hampered by inexperience and unable to get more than lukewarm support from moderate and conservative party brass, has not been able to get off the ground. Domenici, whose $2 million coffers outnumbers ten-times the Pratt treasury, is getting nearly 80 percent of the vote from all the pollsters...
...though, given that it is only two years since the governor took office after campaigning vigorously on a liberal platform, letting the public know that he would play the fitting role as the nation's only Hispanic governor if elected. It was Anaya too who came close to upsetting Domenici himself in 1978. The Pratt campaign, moreover, claims their issues polls of New Mexico voters show them more closely aligned to Anaya and Pratt...
...ever said explaining politics in the year of Reagan was easy. In New Mexico, though, things may not be all that complicated. Pete, as Domenici is affectionately known to his constituents, has carved out a powerful reputation for his skilled bipartisan approach to the budget. Citizens in the state know that. They like it. And while most of them could probably care less about what goes on day to day on Capitol Hill, they do like seeing their senator a couple of times a week on the evening news...