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Senator Edward Kennedy — Part 7
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Dot. oe dates to announce specifically what his campaign strate-
Soa Sen, - oe BY will be, both for the September primary and, if suc~
wf tS Be cessful in that political war, the November election.
er ee ~ ay Although regarded as a liberal, progressive leader, *
— oar ty mi 2. one who gave himself the label “the anti-establishment’,
an OP. candidate,” O’Donnell has’ chosen a traditional theme of .-
. , iB party versus party, Democrat against Republican, as the
Le Ste foundation of his strategy. fae! ‘ ray
!- O'Donnell “doesn’t say
that the Democrats need
revitalizing, only an attrac-
tive candidate that can win.
He says, the lack of desir-
able options in the past has
forfeited victory. to the
Republicans.
And, of course he
identifies himself as the
only conténding Democrat
who can fip over Gov.
Francis W. Sargent come
election day. '
Republican control of
government doesn’t work in
the executive branch of
a state in which the legis~
lature is overwhelmingly
Cc. THAT FE Democratic, says OQ’ Donnell.
~ - KENNETH P.O DONNELL And this is not because the
ner. “Tégislature becomes obstructionist, he adds.
: - O'Donnell contends that, historically, his party,
! ° ~s, has led the way for all liberal ‘and progressive programs,
-_ . and ihat the Republicans have conceded their support
- @ _. +\-— only when forced to do so.
° He considers Sargent highly vulnerable because of
lack of accomplishment. He denounces him as an “Au-
. tumn liberal,” indicating that the governor comes in with
ae : late support for programs only after they have been
_ . proven popular. ; a.
, ‘ O'Donnell ‘intends ‘to- stmake Sargent a‘ Republican,
" .- +a Nixon Republican, a man who carries out Republican
, policy.” +, i of
He says Sargent, in the spirit of the regime of form~
." er Gov. John A. Volpe, blames resistance from the Dem-~
ss, ocratic legislature for failure to get things done. Be-
- “hind the O'Donnell strategy is his conviction that the
- +majority of Bay Staters prefer to vote Demoeratic; that
the 40 percent of the voters who are registered Democrats,
mannacant 2 decisive base for ate TAS areatic candidate of
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