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...credit for the large Democratic wins goes to Ronald Reagan. He personally made the election across the nation a referendum on whether this country should "stay the course" on his economic programs. While several GOP candidates, such as Heckler, tried to distance themselves from such policies, they were swept away by the prevailing voter sentiment that, in this time of crisis, there is only Democrat and Republican, and no intermediate shades of gray...
...State. State Treasurer and State Auditor face Democratic incumbents who have both some name recognition and affiliation with a party that counts a majority of eligible Massachusetts voters as its members. "There is not much of a chance that a Republic will win one of those four offices" one GOP candidate commented recently...
...anyone deserves the maverick lable, it's Weicker. In Congress, he has voted against the GOP line as often as not, earning the wrath of the Republican hierarchy. On issues like busing, which he favors, and school prayer, which he opposes, Weicker has adhered to traditionally Democratic positions. And when Weicker stands alone among his party peers, he by no means constitutes a silent majority. "The problem with Lowell," says one Republican official in New Haven, "is that he makes too much goddamn noise...
...known-that he has aspired to the Oval Office since he was a toddler. Should win today, as seems certain, in a year that may well prove resoundingly Democratic while not swerving from right-wing goals, the Tribune predicts he "will automatically become a prospect for the GOP presidential nomination "Stevenson, should he pull off the political miracle of the year, would have nearly as bright a future. With the family name, the Midwest's most populous bully pulpit and a mind suited to concocting a new Democratic platform for 1984, he would be a force to be reckoned with...
...Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. is seeking an east Tennessee congressional scat: she spent the first month of her campaign dodging offers of help from Washington, which of late had given Tennessee little more than its 11 percent unemployment rate. She finally appeared with the President in a national GOP commercial last week, but even then, she demurred from supporting the Administration's economic program. The TV ad was merely evidence of her ability to "open doors in Washington...