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Other panelists participating in the forum were House Majority Leader Rep. James Wright (D-Tex) and two journalists from opposite sides of the political spectrum National Review Publisher William A Rusher and New York Times Assistant Editor Tom Wicker...
...Ph.D. candidate, he worked as a Congressional aide. His responsibilities weren't too demanding ("If I were lucky, I would get to pour the brandy and branch water at meetings"), but he had the invaluable opportunity of sharing an office with D.B. Hardeman, an aide to Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.), then-speaker of the House...
...House side, Majority Whip John Brademas (D-Ind.) and Rep. Al Ullman (D-Wash.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, energy specialist Rep Robert Echhardt (D-Tex.), and urban expert Rep. Thomas Ashley (D-Ohio) all lost to Republican opponents...
Both House Speaker Tip O'Neill (D-Mass.) and House Majority leader Jim Wright (D-Tex.) easily weathered the Republican hurricane. In a tough, uphill battle liberal spiritual leader Rep. Morris K. Udall (D-Ariz.), chairman of the House Interior Committee, surprised the grave-watchers and won by an almost two-to-one margin...
...Well-Intentioned Cliche and the Uncontroversial Piety. Normally a tough and inquisitive journalist, Broder lets answers like "If you look at the history of Western Civilization, the facts are pretty clear that man's progress is accelerated in periods when...we allow markets to allocate resources," (Rep. Phil Gramm, (D-Tex.) and "My job is helping the President keep his own commitment to women's issues" (Presidential adviser Sarah Weddington). In his desire to make all those interviews worth his time, Broder seems to have suffered a touch of the Elizabeth Drew disease: the uncontrollable urge simply to retype rather...