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Perhaps there is no clearer example of Thurmond's political agility than his relationship with the blacks who make up almost a third of the state's populations. In 1970, recently enfranchised blacks helped defeat a Thurmond protege: Albert Watson--after a blatantly racist gubernatorial campaign. Since then, Thurmond has made several highly visible gestures to woo blacks--sending his children to an integrated school, supporting full Congressional representation for the District of Columbia, steering some patronage to black leaders...
...testament to Thurmond's savvy that such maneuvers are likely to prove effective in drawing blacks to Thurmond's campaign, even though he remains as vigorously opposed as ever to any proposals challenging the basic economic structure which has permitted severe poverty to engulf many of South Carolina's blacks...
Jesse Helms is a different political creature, newer to the game and more like the Thurmond of 30 years in the vitriol of his rhetoric. But the charade is similar. Like Thurmond, he identifies himself as a "champion of the little people" while amassing an enormous campaign warchest, much of it from out-of-state business interests (his opponent has dubbed him "the $6 million...
What will be so interesting to see in Helms's campaign--and in Thurmond's--is whether these emotional issues will be strong enough to stand...
...Both Thurmond and Helms face vigorous opponents in November. In North Carolina, Insurance Commissioner John Ingram is tackling Helms after an upset victory over Charlotte banker Luther Hodges in the Democratic primary. Ingram attacked Hodges as the darling of the special interests and is trying to do the same with Helms. He stresses his achievements as a progressive insurance commissioner--the elimination of age, sex and race discrimination in the state's insurance rates, and the investigation of insurance companies that stonewall on workman's compensation payments...