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...signal success. A loss, they said, would have put a dent into Reagan's mandate and given Congress a psychological edge in the months ahead. For their part, the lawmakers insist that the MX vote will not put them at a disadvantage in coming battles. Said Democrat Leon Panetta of California: "By putting that much emphasis on this issue, the Administration undermined others. This may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for them...
...Times/CBS News exit poll, a larger percentage of voters between the ages of 18 and 24 cast ballots for the President than did any other age group, and for the first time since the New Deal, more of them identify themselves as Republicans than Democrats. Says California Congressman Leon Panetta, a Democrat: "You have to attribute the size of the President's victory to something beyond the fact that he's a nice guy. Certainly it implies there's more of a conservative edge on what we're dealing with...
...Congress are doing the same thing. Playing politics. With a vengeance. Even a Medici might marvel at the maneuvering on Capitol Hill, designed to take partisan advantage of every issue and to dazzle voters with a wondrous array of illusions and images. "Everyone is posturing," protests Democratic Congressman Leon Panetta of California. In the meantime, the legislators are willing to let the nation's urgent business be ignored...
...describe-the-future' Democrat," says Democratic Congressman James Shannon of Massachusetts. Many of the younger Democrats on the Budget Committee have come to realize that entitlement programs must be cut to reduce the deficit. Not Ferraro. "She is very tough on not touching them," says Panetta. In stormy Budget Committee meetings, she resists any attempt to cut cost of living adjustments for the elderly, Government workers, veterans...
...organization Democrat who, despite her evident ambition, played by the rules. She loyally supported Jimmy Carter after he sent his mother Lillian to Queens to stump on Ferraro's behalf. "When someone does something for me," Ferraro says, "I don't forget." Congressman Leon Panetta, a California Democrat, vouches for her political savvy. "She doesn't shoot from the hip," he says. "She's sensitive to issues and their various ramifications...