Word: griffin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Griffin, 54, may come to rue re-entering the campaign as much as he now regrets getting out in the first place. The latest poll shows him trailing his Democratic opponent, former Detroit City Council President Carl Levin, by 3 points, largely because of the absences...
Levin pokes fun at Griffin's insistence that his roll-call record is not a fair measure of his effectiveness. Had he shown up more often, says Levin, "he would have voted the wrong way anyway." Campaigning for Levin, Vice President Walter Mondale told voters they need "two Senators who want to be there, who are planning on working for six years, who are excited about...
Trying to offset the political effects of his poor attendance record in 1977, Griffin stayed close to the Senate floor this year, to the detriment of his campaign. He is now back in Michigan attempting to make up for lost time, helped by a campaign treasury of about $1.5 million, nearly twice as large as Levin's. Says Griffin: "The mistake I made was to make that decision [to retire] and then to announce it as early as I did. I should have waited...
...Griffin is attacking his opponent as a free-spending Democrat who would add to "the high cost of Levin." The Senator reminds voters of how he helped block Lyndon Johnson's nomination of Abe Fortas as U.S. Chief Justice in 1968 and Richard Nixon's nomination of Clement Haynsworth to the Supreme Court in 1969. Griffin also stresses, in current TV ads, the fight he made this year against the Panama Canal Treaties. Says he: "Next year I'll have even more seniority and my no will be even louder." Levin responds by scathingly calling Griffin "Senator No Show...
...Griffin's newly aggressive campaigning has cut Levin's lead in the polls by more than half. But the Senator now is in the most difficult period for a Michigan Republican: traditionally, Democratic candidates get stronger in the closing week of campaigns as the state's large labor vote begins to solidify. If that pattern holds, Griffin next week may find himself just where he once wanted to be?out of the U.S. Senate...