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Biden said he and the commitee's ranking Republican, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, would meet with the Senate leadership on a hearing timetable, and then sit down "sometime next week" with White House chief of staff Howard H. Baker...
...Thurmond, who met with Reagan along with Biden, predicted that conservatives in general would support Kennedy--even though Thurmond said two weeks ago that some conservatives were uneasy with Kennedy's record as a conservative judge...
Wilkins, on the other hand, is the candidate ofSen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), ranking Republicanon the Senate Judiciary Committee
...ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, reportedly had Kennedy on his list of recommendations to the White House...
...addition to Biden and Kennedy, criticism of Bork in the Judiciary Committee is likely to come from Paul Simon, who, like Biden, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination. Bork's most fervent support will come from two conservative Republicans, South Carolina's Strom Thurmond and Utah's Orrin Hatch. Later, when the issue reaches the Senate floor, Minority Leader Robert Dole will head the fight on Bork's behalf. The three key swing votes on the committee: Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Democrats Howell Heflin of Alabama and Dennis DeConcini of Arizona. Last week DeConcini still...