Grams makes his stand; A modest man with simple plan; The reserved GOP candidate hopes that his actions in the Senate - including $500-per-child tax credit - will speak louder than words.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: October 22, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Frequently shod in cowboy boots and backed by country music at campaign events, U.S. Sen. Rod Grams these days resembles the underdog hero in a Western movie classic, approaching a high noon showdown in his fight for political survival.

Laconic and reserved, tall and lanky, with a touch of the stoic loner, he presents himself as a humble but uncompromising fighter for conservative principles, a man of action and not a lot of fancy talk and book-larnin', in the tradition of Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood and, even more apropos, Ronald Reagan.

Eight years in Washington, D.C., ...

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