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...chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee in June, many believed he had his Senate election sewn up: he became the fourth most powerful Senate Republican and the only Westerner at the leadership table. But he had not counted on the growing appeal of his budget-cutting challenger, Walt Minnick. Now Craig finds himself in a tighter race and has counterproposed his own cuts, such as disassembling the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
...tenure has been controversial among some Democrats for what might be called Kerrey's Merry Millionaires. His enthusiastic championing of wealthy businessmen such as Walter Minnick in Idaho, Tom Bruggere in Oregon, and former Glaxo executive Charlie Sanders in North Carolina (who last month lost the Dem-ocratic primary to Gantt) has caused some Democrats to wonder whether it was wise to link the erstwhile party of the working- man with those perceived as high rollers. Kerrey bristles at this charge. "Who was our most hallowed Democratic politician of this century? Frank-lin Del-a-no Roos-e-velt," Kerrey...
Kerrey recruited his candidates like a zealous corporate headhunter eager for his 10% commission. In Idaho he tried to persuade Minnick, a former CEO of the construction-products firm TJ International, to challenge first-term Republican Larry Craig. For several months, he called every week, and each time Minnick said no, he was too old, didn't like Washington and couldn't win anyway. Kerrey authorized a $25,000 poll and found out that while Minnick's popularity was just 11%, only one- third of Idaho voters recognized Craig's name, and many were more moderate than...
...Senator Bob Kerrey, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Kerrey is convinced that there is not enough new blood among his fellow Senate Democrats and so has persuaded successful, energetic businessmen like Sanders--among them Oregon's Tom Bruggere, South Carolina's Elliott Close and Idaho's Walter Minnick--to challenge Republican candidates...
...WALTER MINNICK of Idaho, former CEO of TJ International...