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...choice was Clark MacGregor, 48, a moderate G.O.P. Congressman who, at the President's urging, ran for the Senate this fall against Hubert Humphrey and lost. A hearty Minnesotan with Scot-red hair and a gregarious political nature, MacGregor has spent ten years in Congress, thoroughly understands its members and nuances. With a strong civil rights record, he should find a receptive audience among the Republican congressional liberals...
Bigger Tent. According to MacGregor, Nixon now intends to practice the "politics of inclusion." Says MacGregor: "I have tried to make the point that the Republican Party is a big tent, and should be bigger. Various Republicans reflect different constituencies, but all of these are the President's constituencies...
...first task, as MacGregor knows, will be communications. His own are secure: he will report directly to Nixon rather than through presidential aides. MacGregor promised that all congressional phone calls will be answered within 24 hours; the lack of prompt response is a point of much criticism. MacGregor may increase his office's staff as much as 50%. He also vowed to let Congressmen know exactly where the President stands on pending legislation. Says MacGregor: "I'm going to be in the position of a lawyer with one client and a jury of 535. The cause is attractive...
Still, the price of these boons is exorbitant. No other American institution respects seniority the way Congress does. "Of all the institutional failings of American Government," says Political Scientist James MacGregor Burns, "the seniority system of Congress is by far the most serious...
...other important races, Republican Governors also felt voter wrath over fiscal problems. Incumbents in the Midwest, Plains and Mountain states were ousted. Farmers' unhappiness over Administration agricultural policy was another factor. Congressman Clark MacGregor, enlisted to fight a hopeless battle against Hubert Humphrey, lost 58% v. 42%, a larger margin than he or the polls had predicted. Minnesota got a Democratic Governor as well. "My hunch," said MacGregor, "is that a latter-day populism is rising in the Upper Midwest. That would explain the similar pattern of voting in the cities and in the rural areas. It would...