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...other issues, the candidates-especially Moynihan-part company. Though a committed liberal on domestic matters, he believes in a strong and assertive America. He accuses his opponents of hypocrisy because they demand all-out aid for Israel at the same time they insist on trimming the Pentagon budget. "Bella has never voted a dollar for American defense," he claims. "Never one single dollar. It is against this kind of demagoguery that I'm running...
...Moynihan's combination of scholarly pursuits and public service is almost without parallel in America today. Along with ground-breaking books on ethnicity (Beyond the Melting Pot, co-authored by Nathan Glazer) and the Great Society (Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding), he served as a White House Counsellor to Richard Nixon and persuaded him to support an income-maintenance program. Later, Moynihan was named Ambassador to India by Nixon and Ambassador to the U.N. by Ford. He was expected to be no great shakes as a campaigner, but he seems to be catching on. With his polka...
Doing her best to paint Moynihan as a Nixonite in Democratic clothing, Abzug stresses her six years in Congress. She quotes the often lavish praise of colleagues and pulls out a survey showing that she is regarded as one of the most effective members of the House. Following a schedule that would tax the stamina of a Sherpa, she has the advantage of instant recognition. Her floppy, broad-brimmed hat signaling her arrival, she evokes gasps and squeals wherever she goes. "I may not look like a Senator," she likes to say, "but I think I'm what...
...Bella has seemed less abrasive lately, it is obvious that she still knows how to use her elbows. Asked whether she would support Moynihan if he won the primary, she exploded: "I draw the line at going out and campaigning for a man who undermined the liberal tradition of the Democratic Party. He supported Nixon and Ford policies and has not yet repudiated those policies." Though 33 Democratic county leaders, not all of them Moynihan supporters, called on her to withdraw her statement, she would not budge...
...Irish brogue, is a familiar figure. Nevertheless, he is trying to change his image. Identified as far back as anyone can remember with every possible liberal-left cause, he is casting himself as a "middle-of-the-road ethnic" in the probably forlorn hope of cutting into the Moynihan constituency. For all his radical past, he is also supported by the regular Democratic organization-showing that any renegade who stays around long enough eventually acquires respectability. The question is how much good this backing will...