When his hopeless and long-forgotten 1976 campaign for the presidency ended -- and even his last-ditch, favorite-hopes were thoroughly dashed in his home state by Jimmy Carter -- Lloyd Bentsen had still not passed the asterisk level in national name recognition. Twelve years later, at 67, the senior Senator from Texas remains largely unknown outside his home state and Washington. His career has played out in the boardrooms of Houston and the hideaway offices of the Capitol. The backslapping style of a Lyndon Johnson or a John Connally, two of his early supporters, is totally foreign to this patrician son of...
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