Special state elections often prove unreliable barometers of national political trends. Indeed, the surprisingly decisive victory of Democrat John Durkin in last week's rerun of New Hampshire's long-contested 1974 Senate election may not say much of anything about President Gerald Ford's prospects for election in 1976. Yet if ever there was a masterly campaign aimed at current vulnerabilities of the party in power in Washington, it was Durkin's. His victory in a Republican state shows what a tempting target the Ford Administration has become, at least for the moment.
The vote finally...
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