Word: andersons
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Thus Anderson appears to have become just what he has always vowed he would not be-a "spoiler" who would siphon off enough votes to alter what would have been the outcome if Carter and Reagan had squared off alone. The Congressman briskly rejects this analysis. Last week he told TIME that if he does fail, he expects Reagan to win-but not because of any result of his own candidacy. Said he: "I just will not accept the idea that I am going to be responsible for Reagan's winning. Carter is losing votes because of Carter, because...
While not giving up, Anderson could offer only one vague reason for thinking he might yet win. "The tides of public opinion," he noted, "are capable of shifting very dramatically for reasons that sometimes are not easily discerned...
Quite rightly, Anderson takes pride in the fact that he began the Republican primary campaign as a relatively obscure Congressman from Illinois who barely rated an asterisk in national opinion ratings. He wound up collecting some 2 million signatures on petitions that should put him on every state ballot as an independent candidate on Nov. 4-an achievement many experts had considered impossible...
Throughout much of his campaign, Anderson has boldly staked out positions on issues that offer a clear third choice. The fact that they may not be popular did not deter him. His 50?-per-gal. gas tax, which would be used to cut Social Security taxes, did not endear him to the nation's automobile owners, but would force the U.S. to restrict its driving and hence its dependence on Middle Eastern oil-a goal that seemed especially worthy last week as the war in the gulf continued. Anderson's opposition to the mobile MX missile...
...Anderson peppered his campaign with a buckshot array of intelligent, unorthodox attacks on specific problems, he nevertheless failed to project the vision that would give wings to a political movement capable of upsetting the two-party system. He might well complain that his 317-page platform was barely read, much less reported. Still the longtime political conservative, who had moderated his views enough to be endorsed by New York's Liberal Party and the New Republic, gambled mainly on riding a wave of anti-Carter and anti-Reagan sentiment. That, clearly, was not enough...