Of all the Tarheels of North Carolina, nobody has more tar on his heels than Republican Jesse Helms. At 74, Helms has served in the Senate for 23 years, and has got himself so happily stuck there as a leading proponent of archconservative values that he appears virtually inextricable.
It would seem the height of cockeyed optimism for anyone to try to unshoe him; yet not one, but two cockeyed optimists are contending in North Carolina's Democratic primary next week for the sporting honor of challenging the Senator when he runs for a fifth term in November. One is Harvey Gantt,...
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