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yA at a WOU. CRAY) Keeveco - O’Donnell aims. By. MIKE BEATRICE = > “pourricaL cmcurr WAS Acs Wi} Arst of the gubernatorial candi- ; ally what his campaign strate~ , ... SY will be, both for the September primary and, if suc- p ‘ean. : it cessful in that political war, the November election. ys . © Although regarded as a liberal, progressive leader, ~ one who gave himself the label “the anti-establishment candidate,” O*Donnelithas chosen a traditional theme of party versus party, Democrat again foundation of his strategy. dates to ounc Jc 3 sp jean, as the : ai 95 Q "Donnell doesn’t say that the Democrats need revitalizing, ohly 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 contending Democrat who can tip over Gov. Francis W. Sargent come election day. . 0 0515 * 0 y Da7 Republican control of government doesn’t work: in -the executive branch of ‘a state in which the legis~ a lature is overwhelmingly KENNETH P. O'DONNELL Democratic, says O'Donnell. And this is not because the “ legislature becomes obstructionist, he adds. O'Donnell contends that, historically, his party, has led the way for all liberal and progressive programs, and that the Republicans have conceded their support : only when. forced to do so. We considers Sargent highly vulnerable because of Jack of accomplishment. He denounces him as an “Au- tumn liberal,’ indicating that the governor comes in with Jate support for programs only after they have been — proven popular. s ae . « + OrDenneéll intends "to-“make Sargent’ a’ Republican, ~ a Nixon Republican, an who carries out Republican _ policy.” ~~ ee t ‘RAB 2 2 He says t, in the spirit of the regime of forrm—- er Gov. John A. Volpe, blames resistance from the Dem- ocratic legislature for failure to get things done. Be- ~ hind the O*Donnell strategy is his conviction that the | 9 majority of Bay Staters prefer to vote Democratic; that foot as the 40 percent ofthe voters who are registered Democrats tho = ~~... represent a decisive base for any Demorcatic candidate of; cee : -, ~s ie Sk teHhat a majority of the voters who regard the a ee