From the moment he announced his candidacy for Ohio's at-large congressional seat, Republican Robert Taft Jr., 45, let everyone know that he was anti-Kennedy. Displaying an inherited disdain for expensive, expansive government, he attacked President Kennedy for fiscal irresponsibility, "strongarm methods'' and trying to tack "Government controls onto all his programs." Last week, after easily winning his party's nomination. Taft discovered that he would have to keep right on being anti-Kennedy. For Ohio Democrats, to everyone's surprise, nominated an obscure Cleveland real estate dealer whose main political asset is his name: Richard...
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