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Mishler, a relative unknown running against a popular Democrat, mounted an impressive campaign. "I went home that last weekend to push it all through," says Elliott, pausing dramatically "And we got beat...
Despite the loss, Mishler was impressed by Elliott's abilities and rehired the Ivy Leaguer for another try in 1982. "We figured we had in this time," explains Elliott. "The Legislature was just totally controlled by the Republicans and carved out a new district for Greg in '82, which also happened to carve out his opponent." He adds matter-of-factly: "It's not gerrymandering; it's called redistricting...
...Elliott emphasized the need for "clear image-projection rather than excessive detail" in the campaign that summer, particularly in a newspaper advertising offensive he terms "pretty successful by most estimates." Once again, he had to direct the final stages of his operation from Cambridge, but "things moved smoothly and fell into place--we won." Says State Rep. Mishler: "We all knew what we had to do, including me... Only someone of Tracy's caliber could have pulled this thing...
...fervor of battle first drew Elliott into politics; his unusual skills as field commander kept him there. But he also quickly developed heartfelt, hard-Right principles to go with his organizing talents. "I was a Republican who would have abandoned the Republican ship if the principles were no longer conservative enough," he says. "I proudly associated myself with the New Right... God, country, and the flag and a very limited role for government in all levels of society, a predilection for business, commerce or economic activity...
...floridly written political column entitled "Verities and Balderdash," he exhorted The Bremen Enquirer's readers to choose right over wrong, and, for that matter, Right over Left. Of Ronald Reagan, Elliott wrote in Spring 1981: "The President is a prophet of renewal in a nation that is losing its self-confidence...He is a prayerful man, and I think that he realizes that, while it's important, our renewal as a nation does not depend upon the state of our economy or the size of our purses, but instead it depends upon our inner selves, and upon our inner sense...