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People tend either to love or to hate Jesse Helms. Across the nation there are those who see the ultraconservative Republican as mean-spirited and sanctimonious. But back home in North Carolina, Helms is generally beloved as an outspoken champion of patriotism and oldfashioned social mores. The dilemma for the...
The colorful Helms, 62, wields highly charged oratory as a nationwide clarion for the right. "The Soviets are out for blood everywhere in the world," he says on the stump. His invective is peppered with humor: "I was standing on the Capitol steps when an empty cab pulled up and...
Both Helms and Hunt support a sustained military buildup, the MX missile and B-l bomber and stronger conventional forces. They oppose a nuclear freeze. Both back a constitutional amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools.
On more peripheral and personal matters, however, the campaign is downright nasty. "We knew it would be hateful and mean and expensive," says Betty McCain, Hunt's campaign chairwoman. Helms began a TV, radio and mail attack more than a year ago. It accuses Hunt of waffling on issues...
Hunt has responded with a smaller, lower-key ad and mail drive. It cites Helms' votes against restoring minimum Social Security benefits, tax credits for the elderly and larger tax cuts for the middle class. One TV spot claimed that about 75% of the campaign funds Helms raised last...