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...field of five contenders. Idaho Conservative James McClure was eliminated on the first ballot. (The election rules required that the candidate receiving the fewest votes on each ballot be dropped from the next round.) Pete Domenici of New Mexico was knocked off on the second ballot, and Richard Lugar of Indiana on the third...
...gearing up for an assault against reform on the logical assumption that they might have to pay more in taxes. Indeed, the realization is dawning that millions of Americans will have to pay more under any reform plan that could be passed by Congress. Even Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar contended that the President "misspoke" in declaring that no one would pay more. A common estimate is that nearly a third of all taxpayers will end up losers in the complicated game of whose tax break should be protected and whose taken away...
...declared contenders for the job, all conservatives, are Robert Dole of Kansas, Richard Lugar of Stevens: hot temper Indiana, Ted Stevens of Alaska, James McClure of Idaho and Pete Domenici of New Mexico. Dole is the front runner. Once known chiefly for his astringent wit and confident, almost arrogant intelligence, the three-term Senator in recent years has played a more statesmanlike role. "I'm sort of a consensus builder," he says. To the consternation of the Reagan Administration, he has pushed for tax hikes along with spending reductions as the only way to make a sizable dent...
...Lugar, buttoned-down and a bit bland, is a capable organization man who may be the second choice of Senate Republicans. If Dole might be too assertive as majority leader, the low-key Lugar could be too deferential. Elected to the Senate in 1976, he is a relative newcomer. It seems apropos that Stevens, a 14-year veteran, is majority whip: his opinions tend to be plain and angrily expressed. "I've got a temper," he confesses, "and I know how to use it!" The New Right would pick McClure, a Senator since 1973, who shares their ultraconservatism...
Another factor working in Lugar's favor is the structure of the selection system. The Majority Leader must be elected by a majority of his Republican colleagues; if no one triumphs on a first ballot, the last-place finisher drops out, and his votes are redistributed among the remaining contenders. In the view of most Congress-watchers, Lugar is everyone's second-choice...