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T he o pposi tion will press,hard on Wi lson 's ob scurity a nd pol itical definition. A harsh critic of Wil son is Con gressman Tony Coelho the H o u se major i ty whip. H e was quoted in th e Ca liforn ia J ournal ; " He has come across as sort of a n amby-p amb y, m ilqueto ast [sic), irrel evant, and jus t a Reaga n robot. H e's j ust too mu ch part of the wall decora tio ns. He's no t a factor . .. if his people tty to say he's not in trouble, (that) he's strong - B.S. He know s th at he's in trouble." Crans ton (a nd th e Dem ocratic party) wi ll throw his full su pport beh in d op po ne nt Leo McCarthy. Furt her, regardless of th e Senat e election ou tco me, Cranston 's staff have said that 'he wi ll proceed with th e bill with or without Wilson 's invo lvement.' Cranston feels time is o n his side. Even if 57 fails in this senate session, he will introduce a " more stro ngly a nd broader " worded version next January in the lOi st Congress, Sen ate Bill 7 was neither designed nor perceived as a partisan issue. But in the upcom ing election for Ca liforni a' s numb er-two senate sea t, 57 is an issue for both camps. Leo McCarthy ha s made his sta nd a nd put on the gloves. Wilson hasn 't yet emerged from his dressing room. Wil son 's kn o wledge of 57's impact is seri ou sly q ues tioned by opponents regarding his ability to ma ke a n informed decision. In spite of the enormous mail flow, U.S. Senate heari ngs, public a nd government testimony, he was unawar e that the extremely influential NRA (rep rese n t in g over 300,000 California voter s) was staunchly opposed to 57 until a few weeks ago. Wilson also didn 't know that national defense ove r-flights from numerous sprawling bases in Ca lifornia would be severely cu rtailed a nd/or elimi nated. Wilson is o n the Armed Forces Co m mittee. T he Sierra C lub, Wilderness Society and radical Earth Firs t! have go ne to ex tensive lenghts to get 57 in every imaginab le media. They spo nso r and endorse ongoi ng desert field trips to sway legislato rs. Ironi ca ll y th o se sta n dard plo ys a re backfiri ng. The San Bernardino Su n has been at the forefront su pporting of 57 through editoria l campaigns cente red o n off-road recreationists, Hundreds of editorials and letters have been prin ted in The Sun endorsing the bill. Yet, in their own carefully worded read er survey a few weeks ago, The Sun was u nable to muster even a maj ority reader sup port for 57. A mere 100,000 votes edged Alan Cranston back into office with more than seven-million voting in 1984. The certa in ba ttl e betw een Wil son a nd McCarthy appears that it will be every bit as close . Wi lso n 's choice to support 57 on th e BLM Plan will side him either with the Sierra Club, Wildern ess Society and Earth First! or with hundred s o f o p posi tion groups. Senate Bill 7's outcome will determ ine that fate of millions of residents, visitors and recreati onists as well as hundreds of industr ies a nd businesses. Wilson's stand o n 57 will also determine California's next U.S. Senator. Senator Wi lson best states h is o wn case in th e Californ ia Journal, " If you have sim p ly do ne the good job and peop le are unaware of it, th at does n' t do yo u much good." Leo McCarthy kn ows th at too. H e recentl y was q uoted as saying " What I' m really ru n ning against is an a bsentee senator." Dave Holeman MOT 0 eye R L E There's no other feeling like it in the world • • • This is the magazine you have been waiting for: Road racing. High speed. One hundred sixty-seventy-eighty mil es an hour. Neck and neck . Down th e stra ight . A round th e sweeper. 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