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At stake in this election--the candidates repeat ad nauseum--is the future of North Carolina. Hunt, seen by many as the embodiment of the New South, argues for progress and high technology. Helms, widely considered the standard-bearer of the Old South, wages a moral crusade in defense of...
With polls showing President Reagan far ahead of Walter F. Mondale by almost 2-to-1 margin--25 to 30 percentage points--in North Carolina, Helms has bet the bank, on a strategy of sewing himself on the President's coattails.
On the road and over the airwaves, Helms cozies up to the White House, boasting that "Ronald Reagan is my longtime friend."
That friendship is valuable not only to me; it's valuable to North Carolina," the senator says. In a veritable campaign coup, Helms, in August, persuaded Reagan to tape a 30-second television commercial in which the President solemnly proclaims: "One senator we can always count on to stand up...
"I cherish my friendship with Jesse, and I need his honesty and his outspoken patriotism back in the United States Senate. Next year, more than ever, I'm going to need the advice and the experience of Jesse Helms to keep America moving," the President says.