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...Howard M. Metzenbaum (D) OKLA. George Nigh (D) No Race ORE. Victor G. Atiyeh (R) No Race PA. Dick Thomburgh (R) John Heinz (R) R.I. J. Joseph Garrahy (D) * S.C. Richard W. Riley (D) No Race S.D. William J. Janklow (R) No Race TENN. Lamar Alexander (R) Jim Sasser (D) TEX. Mark White (D) Lloyd Bentsen (D) UTAH No Race Orrin G. Hatch (R) VT. Richard A. Snelling (R) Robert T. Stafford (R) VA. No Race Paul S. Trible Jr. (R) WASH. No Race Henry M. Jackson (D) W. VA. No Race Robert C. Byrd (D) WIS. Anthony S. Earl...
...Senate race provides a dramatic constrast to these pirouettes. Sen. James Sasser, a liberal Democrat, is being challenged by Rep. Robin Beard, a doctrinaire conservative whose views on social issues and national defense place him far right of even the Republican party. Earlier in the year. Beard's emphasis on abortion, school prayer, a balanced budget, and aid to communist countries seemed to be working. His assertions that Sasser had voted both ways at different times on several of these questions struck home in this Bible-belt state...
Although Beard later apologized to Sasser for the incident, it raised more questions about the challenger's qualifications for the U.S. Senate. Worse, his charges turned out to be inaccurate and misleading, and even prominent Republican politicians and editorials turned against him. Sasser now mentions Beard's campaign excesses only to ridicule them. Sasser emphasizes economic issues, offering a five-point economic stimulation package...
...BEARD's charges have backfired. An anti-Sasser commercial featuring the antics of a wind-up mouse called "Flippin Jimmy" designed to highlight the Senator's alleged woffling on the issues, raised doubts as to Beard's seriousness and drew threats of a lawsuit from Sasser. A subsequent advertisement featured an actor portraying Fidel Castro lighting a cigar with a $100 bill and saying. "Thanks, Senor Sasser," referring to the Democrat's vote for a bill to extend U.S. aid to international development banks. Later to draw attention to Sasser's vote against a Constitutional amendment banning abortion, the Beard...
Ronald Reagan last week called it "a political football" kicked around by "demagoguery" and "falsehoods." To one of the President's advisers it is "the most sacred cow we have around here." Democratic Senator James Sasser of Tennessee believes that "it might well be the dominant issue in this fall's campaigns." Even last week Senate Republicans were pitted against House Republicans, to the glee of their Democratic adversaries, and a meeting of a blue-ribbon presidential commission degenerated into a partisan shouting match...