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Notable victims of the GOP on-slaught included the most venerable giants of the liberal old guard: Sens. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), George S. McGovern (D-S.D.), Frank Church (D-Idaho), and Reps. Al Ullman (D-Ore.) and John Brademas...
Neustadt added that the Republican surge this year is at least partially a result of careful GOP grass roots planning that began in the late 1960s and was interrupted by Watergate. "This trend of Republican strength is only resurfacing now," Neustadt said
...only had the GOP ousted the bulk of the Senate's liberal old guard--headed by the likes of Sens. George S. McGovern (D-S.D.), Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), and Frank Church (D-Idaho)--but it had also gained a majority in the house (53-47) for the first time since...
...Right "targeting" and a widespread public shift toward conservatism may have helped fuel yesterday's shocking Republican triumph in Congressional races, but far more GOP nominees glided to victory on Ronald Reagan's coattails than anyone expected...
Although the efforts of zealous lobbies such as the National Conservative Political Actions Committee and the Moral Majority did not backfire as severely as several Republican candidates feared they might, these groups did not swing the vote toward the GOP as much as the "massive Reagan victory," Gary Orren, lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government and former chief pollster for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), said yesterday...