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Carter next went to Steubenville, Ohio (pop. 30,771), a steel-and-coal town. The trip got off to an unpromising start when Democratic Senator Howard Metzenbaum, a Kennedy ally, did not show up. The state's other Democratic Senator, John Glenn, rode with the President through town but did not join him on the stage when he spoke. Asked if he was keeping his distance from the President. Glenn replied: "I'm neither keeping my distance nor getting close...
Carter supporters are now anxious for Kennedy to declare, because as soon as he does he may become more vulnerable. "We could at least make comparisons," says a White House aide. "Now you take a poke and there's nothing there." Once Kennedy is forced to start speaking out on the issues, his support is almost sure to fall off. His current dazzling charisma is obscuring for the moment his liberal views, which could alienate moderates and conservatives when they become better known. Conversely, Kennedy might antagonize his liberal supporters if he starts taking more conservative positions in keeping...
Amid the rhetoric and confusion, one of the coolest voices in Congress was that of Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. When he saw President Carter at the start of the crisis, Byrd counseled calm and restraint. Last week he predicted, somewhat optimistically that the whole matter would be resolved within a few days. "There never should have been a crisis atmosphere to start with." Byrd declared. "I've been here during a few crises, including the missile crisis in 1962. I saw nothing in this one to justify panic or a hasty judgment on SALT...
...toll was low: only nine people were known to have died. But many survivors had hair-raising close calls. Ervin Nordmann rushed ahead of the storm to board up his beach house at Gulf Shores, only to be forced to spend the night there when his car would not start. After the howling winds moved on, Nordmann discovered that his house was one of only three still standing out of the 40 that once lined the beach...
...Start of a power struggle...