Word: republicans
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Many Democrats fear the party will be so badly split by it that the White House will be lost to the Republicans. On the other hand, many Republicans dread the possibility of a Kennedy victory. Says House Republican Leader John Rhodes...
...fact is, Kennedy's and Carter's views are close on many issues, and there is considerable truth to the Republican wisecrack that "if you liked Jimmy, you'll love Teddy." Kennedy ranks fourth among Senators in support of Administration positions on roll-call votes; so far this year, he has backed Carter 85 times and opposed him only twelve. The similarities in their positions led California's Jerry Brown to ask, "Why is Kennedy running? What is his debate with Carter? The only issue is career advancement...
...impractical spendthrift. Kennedy's staff has taken to calling him a "pragmatist," which is supposed to convey the impression that he is a hard-headed problem solver not bound by any ideology. That definition, too, can be read in more than one way. Says an old Kennedy friend, conservative Republican Congressman Barber Conable of New York: "Ted is the son of Joe Kennedy and the brother of Jack and Bobby. Like them, he accommodates himself to the prevailing views...
...served on about three dozen committees and subcommittees, more than any other Senate member, and too many to be efficient, as he later learned. Senators on both sides of the aisle have come to respect him as an able legislator, on the Senate floor and in its hearing rooms. Republican Majority Leader Howard Baker calls him "one of the half-dozen most effective people in the Senate." Many of his colleagues agree...
Baker continued to Concord, N.H. and to Maine, where today he will woo 1500 Maine Republican leaders scheduled to conduct a straw poll