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...does look 35. His ubiquitous personal and political background has proved a great asset to the effort. The man is from everywhere. He is the son of Prescott Bush, former millionaire senator from Connecticut. Bush can genuinely identify himself as a New Englander, a preppie, an Ivy Leaguer, a Texan, a southerner or a westerner--and he does...
...while, it seemed to be working. Backed by Big Business, Connally's campaign, the richest ($4.3 million) of an candidate's, seemed to be gaining strength everyday. It appeared only a matter of time before the tough-talking Texan would be unstoppable. There would be no grass roots for this man: he would overwhelm an entire nation...
...product exists both on and off the screen: a soft-spoken Texan in a Savile Row suit, easygoing in a down-home country way and clearly in a big hurry, an adopted Easterner who has polished his background instead of forgetting it. The son of a pipeline worker and a waitress, Rather grew up in Houston and played end on his high school football team, hoping to win an athletic scholarship when he graduated. The only place interested enough to take a look was Sam Houston State Teachers College. Rather's mother cashed in two $25 savings bonds...
...EVERYONE is marveling at George Bush's transformation into a legitimate contender for the Republican nomination. Many respected political analysts view the Texan's highly publicized success in the infant campaign as the confirmation of a trend threatening to change the way candidates sell themselves to the public...
John Connally emerged from a briefing at the State Department to declare: "I have a greater sense of foreboding than I had when I came in." He charged that Carter had followed "a policy of appeasement" toward the Soviet Union. Campaigning in New Hampshire, the Texan had earlier claimed that Carter was "failing to recognize the facts of life. He should be trying to mobilize the whole world against the Soviet Union. All we're doing is deploring, If we sit here piously hoping for the best, we're going to get the worst." As for Iran, Connally...