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...case of Democratic Senator Birch Bayh illustrates how a candidate's chances for success in 1976 can be shaped by the new rules on fund raising. "The thing we were watching the court for," says Bayh's finance director, Myer Feldman, "the thing that would have changed the entire nature of the campaign, was a ruling that would have lifted the limit on contributions. It's that $1,000 limit that has caused the problems...
...money would have started pouring in from well-heeled liberal well-wishers. Four years ago, that might have worked. But now the fat cats have been cut off-unless they want to break the law. The lean cats are growing scarcer and leaner all the time. Says Feldman: "It used to be fairly easy to find five people who would give $20,000 each. It is much, much harder to find 100 people who will give...
...average contribution to the Bayh campaign is less than $100, and many donations are in the $20 to $25 range. Because of personal connections, Feldman had little trouble collecting the first $100,000, even though he had to raise at least $5,000 in small donations in 20 states to qualify for matching funds. Feldman did most of the soliciting by phone. But after that the going got rougher. Other Democratic candidates-Morris Udall, Fred Harris and to some extent Jimmy Carter-had already approached the same contributors and sopped up much of the available funds. To date, Bayh...
...expects something in the Mel Brooks mold-raucous, anarchical, anachronistic-from Gene Wilder's debut as a director. He has, after all, recruited members of the Brooks mob: Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise. Like Brooks' most recent works, Adventure is a broad parody of a hoary popular form, in this case the period detective drama...
...Feldman said although she thinks the group "has potential," the individual groups are afraid of losing their autonomy and "getting involved in bureaucratic redtape...