Word: andersons
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...candidate everyone admires and no one takes seriously" a recent "60 Minutes" profile about Rep. John Anderson (R-Ill.) began. Chin resting on his hand, intent on the 19-inch black-and-white screen, Anderson winced a little when he heard that introduction...
...beneficiary of that trend may be Rep. John Anderson (R-Ill.), a moderate Republican running strong on the city's campuses. If Anderson does well, he could rob votes from the city's favorite, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass...
...Anderson they found a man who supports the Panama Canal and SALT II treaties, gun control, the Equal Rights Amendment and some forms of school-busing, and who opposes the MX missile, B-1 bomber and selective service registration. His record on civil rights has been particularly distinguished; it was his vote in April, 1968 that allowed President Johnson's open housing bill to get through the Rules Committee. But on the economy, the domestic policy area over which a president has most direct control, Anderson remains a conservative, a man who believes a balanced budget is the primary goal...
...ANDERSON STANDS out as the class of the Republican field but he still belongs in it. In his first six years in the House, the reactionary Americans for Constitutional Action gave him an average approval rating of 88 per cent. His views have moderated since then, but even in the past three years, the AFL-CIO's committee on political education gave him an average rating of only 32 per cent, in part for his vote against the Common Situs bill, a measure that would have allowed unions with a greivance against one contractor to picket all the contractors...
...American progressives cannot be underestimated; liberals love an honest loser. And by the same token, liberals all too often see reformers where none exist--witness Jimmy Carter, who teased with promises of reform, only to cast them off somewhere along his celebrated Inauguration Day walk to the White House. Anderson lacks the cynicism to distort his record; the press has done it for him. If the triumphant political product of 1980 turns out to be John Anderson, the package should be clearly marked...