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...Gordon J. Humphrey (R-N.H.) benefited perhaps more than any other candidate from the Reagan coattail effect, winning reelection by a 15-point margin over five-term Democratic Rep. Norman E. D'Amours...
...Humphrey, a former airline pilot, overcame mild turbulence in his campaign two weeks ago, when his wife was linked to the American College of Orgonomy, a group that believes orgasms are essential to the physical and mental health of people of all ages...
There is a serious age issue in the election campaign-the age of Mondale's ideas. His theories may have had merit when Hubert Humphrey proposed them years ago, but they are too outdated to be relevant today...
...more defense. He conceded last week that even his best shots, such as his opposition to Reagan's Star Wars proposal, did not seem to be "resonating with the voters." So he began preaching his deepest beliefs, the gospel handed down to him by his mentor, Hubert Humphrey: that government is a force for good, that society has a duty to care for its weak and poor and dispossessed. Rising at 5 a.m., hitting three or four states a day, drawing large, enthusiastic crowds (20,000 in Philadelphia, 15,000 in Ann Arbor), Mondale seemed strangely liberated. He quieted...
When he's not on the defensive, Humphrey has been trying to convince New Hampshire voters that D'Amours has pulled a fast one on them--that he's convinced them he's not a liberal while he plots the revolution behind his back. Truth is, D'Amours is about as conservative a Democrat as you'll find, outside of the South. If he pulls an upset on Tuesday, it won't mark a shift towards liberalism in New Hampshire--you can expect all the final clubs to admit women before that happens. But if it nudges the Democrats over...