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...study's publisher, citizens' group Common Cause, reported that Kerry accepted no PAC contributions in a six-year period and that Kennedy took much less PAC money than many other senators...
Common Cause maintains that receiving large amounts of PAC money can make legislators vulnerable to manipulation by special interest groups...
...Kerry first ran for the Senate in 1984 and was the first in a crowded held to declare that he would not accept PAC money," said Kerry spokesperson Michael Meehan. "Sen. Kerry obtains his campaign funding solely from individuals," he said, adding that last year 45,000 donors contributed to Kerry's reelection fund...
Atwater's "big tent" talk and Stone's new PAC are just two manifestations of a long-term strategy. "It's like perestroika," says a Bush adviser. "It takes time and hard work to change positions previously carved in stone." In other words, concedes the G.O.P. strategist, "the party is going to have to be hit over the head in the 1990 elections. Our big winners will likely be those who are pro-choice, our big losers those who are pro-life. It will take the shock of '90 before a change can really be set in motion...
Bowling for dollars is indeed big business. Notre Dame and Colorado each picked up $4.1 million at the Orange Bowl. The Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences earned $5.5 each at the Rose Bowl. A play-off would mean even more money, but for only a few teams. Two years ago, Division I schools voted 98-13 against the idea...