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...were George McGovern of South Dakota, Birch Bayh of Indiana, and Frank Church of Idaho. Now, Dolan plans to expand his attack--launching his leaflets at several members of the GOP up for re-election in 1982, including Sens. John Chafee (R-R.I.), Robert Stafford (R-Vt.), and Weicker, whom he will stalk with a particular vengence...
...Weicker has the worst reputation of anyone I know of in the Senate, in terms of being pompous and arrogant," Dolan says of his old boss. "Even those on the left wing have congratulated me for going after...
...Indeed, Weicker's gregarious style, immensly popular at home, has won him few admirers in Washington. He takes every opportunity to make long-winded, self-righteous speeches during floor debates, and has been accused of milking his vocal anti-administration stand during the Watergate hearings for more than it was worth. He traditionally sponsors an eclectic array of legislation and though he sits on several influential committees, few consider him an effective lawmaker...
Dolan finds Weicker an unusually easy mark because his "unintelligent, bizarre" votes have fallen consistently on the liberal side of issues such as prayer in school, busing and defense spending. Dolan's National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC), specializes in dredging up little-known legislative records. "Our emphasis is not shock value or distortion," Dolan says--though last fall he and his allies distributed literature illustrated with murdered infants to emphasize their opposition to abortion. "The value of our program is that we tell the truth, and people don't like what they hear...
Dolan is not at all concerned that he might alienate his GOP allies by running arch-conservatives against Republican incumbents in the 1982 primaries. He claims the party would be better off without the excess baggage, and calls Weicker and his ilk "completely irrelevent" in the Senate. "The liberal wing of the Republican party," he adds, is finally dead...