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...Senate confirmation hearings on Thornburgh begin today and will give him a great chance to make headlines and garner praise from Republicans and Democrats alike. Already, Thornburgh has been praised by many Democratic leaders as a qualified public servant with a great reputation for personal integrity. He is expected to pass through the Senate hearings with as little trouble as a hot knife has passing through butter...
...Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Ma.), who will chair the hearings today because of an illness to Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), said at the time of the nomination's announcement that he had the "greatest respect" for Thornburgh, adding that "the state of justice in America would be very different today if Dick Thornburgh had been attorney general for the past three and a half years instead of Ed Meese...
...Thornburgh were named as the vice presidential running mate after the hearings, there is no way that Kennedy, or any of the other Democrats who will praise Thornburgh during the appointment hearings, could criticize him as incompetent or lacking integrity...
...Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) also praised Thornburgh at the time of his appointment, calling him a "man of competence." Competence is the main theme of the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign. Completing the Republican ticket with a "man of competence," would easily deflate the Democratic balloon...
...effect of Bush selecting Thornburgh as his running mate, would be to nullify one of the main criticisms weighing down his campaign--the Reagan Republican sleaze factor. Today, Thornburgh will be widely praised as a man of great personal integrity by the Senate leaders, many of whom will also take the opportunity to criticize the indiscretions of Meese. In choosing Thornburgh--the antithesis of Meese--Bush can project an image of a cleaner and more honest administration...