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Helms supporters say a victory for their man would be a victory for the New Right. Hunt supporters say that a Democratic triumph would be a victory for moderate, mainstream politics. Hunt aides have sought to portray Helms as the "High Priest" of a neo-rightist cabal headed by figures...
Hunt aides now claim they knew Helms would resort to mudslinging. They say they had long prepared to counterattack by focusing first on Helms' record as a devout opponent of social security and abortion and as a lackluster Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and second on Helms' "retrogressive" mindset...
Helms has wooed his constituency of the Old South and the New Right by following Ronald Reagan's lead in communicating themes and visions and soaring above the grimy world of facts. Before his New Right admirers, he envisions an America governed by Christian libertarians who would strip the federal...
Beneath the cloud cover of his visions, Helms has attacked Hunt on all fronts. He has sought to portray Hunt as the fickle puppet of interest groups he believes are unpopular in North Carolina--labor unions, Blacks, and gays. A publisher sympathetic to Helms recently ran an article in his...
INDEED, HELMS' master plan has been to associate himself as closely as possible with Mr. Testosjerone, Ronald Reagan, while sticking Hunt with the tag "Mondale liberal". His gamble is that if all else fails Reagan, who leads in North Carolina almost 2 to 1, will carry the state for the...