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When Dole, 47, succeeded the hulking, amiable Rogers Morton it was, according to a White House aide, a little like a hungry Doberman pinscher taking over from a St. Bernard. Dole is articulate and often abrasive, a four-term former Congressman who suffered a World War II wound that has made his right arm virtually useless. He has been the President's most vigorous and consistent champion in the Senate since he moved up to that body in 1969. With the political woods now full of potential Democratic contenders, he has had no trouble finding new targets...
Another worry is Morton's voting record on environmental matters as a four-term Congressman from Maryland. According to the scorecard kept by the League of Conservation Voters, Morton rates - 14 on a scale that goes from a perfect + 25 (Representative Henry S. Reuss of Wisconsin) to a miserable -25 (Representative Page Belcher of Oklahoma). Morton voted against highway beautification and for the SST, which environmentalists consider a disaster. Except for fostering the Assateague Island National Seashore, his attention to bills relating to wildernesses and national parks was spotty. He missed the roll call on proposals to preserve areas...
...seemed a shoo-in for the nomination. Then along came George Brown, 50, a four-term Congressman from Los Angeles, a dropout who had dropped in, strictly a modern man. Like his mentor Gene McCarthy, Brown is so relaxed that at times it is hard to tell whether he is utterly exhausted or just doesn't give a damn. "I have no charisma," he groans. Yet he does, despite all that nonchalance. Heavy sideburns halfway down his face, a budding second chin that gives him a self-indulgent look, virile, thick, dark eyebrows and steady dark eyes, a calm...
...departed. But none of them has held the grudge, particularly since O'Brien joined Robert Kennedy's staff last spring. A hotelkeeper's son from Springfield, Mass., O'Brien acquired his taste for Democratic politics as a boy orator campaigning for James Michael Curley, the four-term mayor of Boston. His early tactical work for former Governor Foster Furcolo and then for John Kennedy formed the rich expertise that was later embodied in the "O'Brien Manual," a 70-page codification of all his political know...
...Kansas Republicans chose four-term Congressman Robert Dole, 45, while Democrats picked William I. Robinson, 57, Wichita lawyer, to contest the seat of veteran Republican Senator Frank Carlson, 75, who is retiring...