For the Record

Senate races in home stretch: Republican incumbent Jeremiah Denton of Alabama continues to benefit from Democratic feuding in governor’s race, where two Democrats are seeking the office, one as a write-in. Democratic chaos hurts Denton challenger Richard Shelby. . . . Florida incumbent Paula Hawkins is still behind Democrat Bob Graham. … In North Carolina, the Charlotte Observer poll, which shows GOP senator James Broyhill pulling ahead of former governor Terry Sanford, shows why: increased Broyhill support from Tarheel Democrats. . . . Wisconsin Republican incumbent Robert Kasten helped by opponent’s boo-boo. Private-eye hired by Democrat Ed Garvey to dig up dirt on Kasten was caught posing as a reporter and planting anti-Kasten stories. . . . Denver Post gives Republican Ken Kramer a narrow lead over Democratic Rep. Tim Wirth in their fight for seat Gary Hart will vacate in his quest for higher things. . . . New Hampshire’s Warren Rudman, the Siamese triplet of Gramm and Hollings, maintains his huge lead over Democrat Endicott Peabody, despite the campaign of conservative independent Bruce Valley. . . . Nip and tuck in Missouri between Lt. Gov. Harriet Woods and moderate Republican Kit Bond. Mrs. Woods drew flak for accepting $2,000 contribution from Jane Fonda; she “slapped the face of every Vietnam veteran in Missouri” (Missouri Veterans Who Haven’t Forgotten). . . . Another GOP moderate, Ed Zschau, still trails California peacenik Alan Cranston, even though, as Time put it, in a state “that worships youth and glamor,” Cranston has neither. … In Oklahoma, although polls still show GOP incumbent Don Nickles ahead, Rep. Jim Jones closes the gap. . . . Meanwhile, the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, a nonpartisan research group, turned from the captains and the kings long enough to look at state legislatures. “If the Republicans continue to make inroads,” says director Curtis Gans, “the U.S. House of Representatives and the entire cast of American politics could have a very different partisan coloration in the 1990s.” Since 1976 GOP has gained 135 seats in state upper houses, 553 in lower houses.

Lee Iacocca is running hard for President—in the polls, at least. Miscellaneous samplings—in Successful Farming Magazine, Salt Lake City Tribune, Detroit News—show him coming out on top. But so have Gallup and Arthur Finkelstein polls of Democrats nationally. (Finkelstein’s numbers: Iacocca, 19.9 per cent; Hart, 18.7; Cuomo, 10.5; Jackson, 9.4; Robb, 2.3. Gallup’s: Iacocca, 48 per cent; Bush, 42). . . . But would the Democrats ever nominate him? Kevin Phillips’s American Political Report: “We doubt it.” . . . Republican all-but-candidate Pat Robertson shores up his evangelical base. Robertson’s September rally at which he asked for three million petition signatures urging him to run was attended by Oral Roberts. Fire-breathing Jimmy Swaggart, who had once derided Robertson candidacy, and Rex Humbard had both endorsed him earlier. Biggest surprise of all: George Bush supporter Jerry Falwell met with Robertson, promised not to campaign “actively” for the Vice President. . . . Washington Post/ABC poll in aftermath of Pan Am hijacking in Karachi shows nine out of ten Americans had read or heard about the incident (a high level of awareness); 74 per cent supported military actions against any Middle Eastern nation backing anti-American terrorism; half thought Col. Qaddafi had been involved; 38 per cent said bombing of Tripoli in April lessened terrorism, 43 per cent felt it made no difference.

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Senate races in home stretch: Republican incumbent Jeremiah Denton of Alabama continues to benefit from Democratic feuding in governor’s race, where two Democrats are seeking the office, one as a write-in. Democratic chaos hurts Denton challenger Richard Shelby. . . . Florida incumbent Paula Hawkins is still behind Democrat Bob Graham. … In North Carolina, the Charlotte Observer poll, which shows GOP senator James Broyhill pulling ahead of former governor Terry Sanford, shows why: increased Broyhill support from Tarheel Democrats. . . . Wisconsin Republican incumbent Robert Kasten helped by opponent’s boo-boo. Private-eye hired by Democrat Ed Garvey to dig up dirt on Kasten was caught posing as a reporter and planting anti-Kasten stories. . . . Denver Post gives Republican Ken Kramer a narrow lead over Democratic Rep. Tim Wirth in their fight for seat Gary Hart will vacate in his quest for higher things. . . . New Hampshire’s Warren Rudman, the Siamese triplet of Gramm and Hollings, maintains his huge lead over Democrat Endicott Peabody, despite the campaign of conservative independent Bruce Valley. . . . Nip and tuck in Missouri between Lt. Gov. Harriet Woods and moderate Republican Kit Bond. Mrs. Woods drew flak for accepting $2,000 contribution from Jane Fonda; she “slapped the face of every Vietnam veteran in Missouri” (Missouri Veterans Who Haven’t Forgotten). . . . Another GOP moderate, Ed Zschau, still trails California peacenik Alan Cranston, even though, as Time put it, in a state “that worships youth and glamor,” Cranston has neither. … In Oklahoma, although polls still show GOP incumbent Don Nickles ahead, Rep. Jim Jones closes the gap. . . . Meanwhile, the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, a nonpartisan research group, turned from the captains and the kings long enough to look at state legislatures. “If the Republicans continue to make inroads,” says director Curtis Gans, “the U.S. House of Representatives and the entire cast of American politics could have a very different partisan coloration in the 1990s.” Since 1976 GOP has gained 135 seats in state upper houses, 553 in lower houses.

Lee Iacocca is running hard for President—in the polls, at least. Miscellaneous samplings—in Successful Farming Magazine, Salt Lake City Tribune, Detroit News—show him coming out on top. But so have Gallup and Arthur Finkelstein polls of Democrats nationally. (Finkelstein’s numbers: Iacocca, 19.9 per cent; Hart, 18.7; Cuomo, 10.5; Jackson, 9.4; Robb, 2.3. Gallup’s: Iacocca, 48 per cent; Bush, 42). . . . But would the Democrats ever nominate him? Kevin Phillips’s American Political Report: “We doubt it.” . . . Republican all-but-candidate Pat Robertson shores up his evangelical base. Robertson’s September rally at which he asked for three million petition signatures urging him to run was attended by Oral Roberts. Fire-breathing Jimmy Swaggart, who had once derided Robertson candidacy, and Rex Humbard had both endorsed him earlier. Biggest surprise of all: George Bush supporter Jerry Falwell met with Robertson, promised not to campaign “actively” for the Vice President. . . . Washington Post/ABC poll in aftermath of Pan Am hijacking in Karachi shows nine out of ten Americans had read or heard about the incident (a high level of awareness); 74 per cent supported military actions against any Middle Eastern nation backing anti-American terrorism; half thought Col. Qaddafi had been involved; 38 per cent said bombing of Tripoli in April lessened terrorism, 43 per cent felt it made no difference.