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Sally and Slade with Scoop and Helen Jackson in 1982. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW28890 ship shApe 183 meet-the-candidates spot. The race was never in doubt. GOP strategists had recruited Elicker in large part to keep Scoop from spending more time boosting other Democrats. Jackson won re-election with an astonishing 84 percent of the vote, but he shunned Gorton for the next decade. Gorton was mystified and disappointed. “All I said was, ‘This is a great guy, and he’d make a great United States senator.’” Peter Jackson, Scoop’s son, also points to some unflattering remarks by Gorton concerning his father’s sponsorship of the Indian Self-Determination Act. In any case, Jackson’s congratulatory call on the night Gorton ended Magnuson’s career in Congress was unexpected, gratifying and a huge relief. In the 32 months they were seatmates, Jackson and Gorton forged a partnership based on mutual respect and shared goals. Absent party obligations, it also bloomed into a genuine friendship. 5 AfteR theiR weLcoMe-to-wAshington Lunch, the Jacksons hosted a reception for the Gortons. Helen Jackson, 21 years younger than her spouse, and Sally Gorton bonded immediately. They were the same age, outgoing and unpretentious. Sally had a degree in journalism; Helen was an En glish major. “She was beautiful, gracious and smart,” Sally recalls. “She looked like Grace Kelly. Just a lovely person. And Scoop was a dear.” Sometimes when her freshman spouse was busy, he’d take her to lunch and give her books and articles to read and pass along to Slade. When Peter Jackson, then a boy, was shopping for a bike he turned to Slade for advice. The spitting image of his dad, with his large Scandinavian head and infectious smile, Peter says his parents enjoyed the Gortons’ company. Many were surprised that Gorton and Jackson got along so well. Slade,
184 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics though, grasped early on “that very frequently the two senators from the same state get along better when they’re from opposite parties simply because they don’t share constituencies to a great deal. They aren’t both sort of maneuvering to be the number one guy in the party when they’re home.” Jackson and Magnuson had a subtle rivalry, Gorton says. “I probably got along with Jackson better than he got along with Maggie. Now, it wouldn’t have been as close, because they were together all the time, and each of them was always the honorary campaign chairman for one another, but their views on issues and their personalities were radically different.” 6 the MidteRM eLections in 1982 found the economy still struggling to climb out of a brutal recession. Joblessness was a record high 10.8 percent by November. Reagan’s approval ratings were in the low 40s. Not much had trickled down. The Republicans lost 26 seats in the House, greatly strengthening Tip O’Neill’s hand, but held on to their majority in the Senate. Shaken by Magnuson’s defeat, 70-year-old Henry M. Jackson had run harder than ever. He hired hard-charging young Ron Dotzauer as his campaign manager and took seriously pollster Peter Hart’s warning that his base had eroded, particularly on the left, which hammered Jackson for supporting Reagan’s defense buildup and backing the Bonneville Power Administration’s alliance with the Washington Public Power Supply System. Few acronyms in American history have been as apt as WPPSS (pronounced “Whoops”). The Supply System’s ambitious nuclear power plant program was having a cost-overrun meltdown. Gorton, Dan Evans and practically every other member of the political establishment in Washington State were also being tarred by irate ratepayers. Jackson’s Republican opponent was Doug Jewett, Seattle’s young city attorney and a Gorton disciple. Slade made some uncomfortable appearances at his campaign rallies, hoping Scoop would understand they were obligatory. This time their relationship was so strong that he did. “Selfishly, I was very fortunate that it wasn’t a real campaign,” Gorton says. Jackson won his sixth term with 69 percent of the vote. 7 On August 28, 1983, Jackson returned from a grueling two-week tour of China with a deep chest cold and hacking cough. Antibiotics helped, and he resolved to go into his Seattle office on September 1 st . He called Gorton to brief him on the trip. Daybreak brought the appalling news that the Soviets had shot down Korean Air Flight 007 when it strayed into their airspace. All 269 people aboard the Boeing 747 perished. It was a
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