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...from being a mere appendage to the winning ticket, Walter Frederick Mondale turned out to be a considerable asset. With unflagging energy and unfailing good humor-even when his staff steered him to factory gates after shifts had changed-Mondale effectively worked the northern tier of the U.S. His assignment was to build bridges between Jimmy Carter and the sizable Democratic blocs that did not know the Georgian well: ethnics, labor, liberals...
Ford stumbled some, but he was not to blame for the damaging investigation of his campaign finances by the Watergate special prosecutor; the inquiry that plagued his campaign for three weeks was prompted by a single informant, whose identity is still not known. Ford's chief campaign asset was probably his character. The President appeared straightforward and reliable. Only his pardon of Nixon was held against him as a moral question mark. Ford hoped that his openness would have more appeal to the voters than Carter's enigmas...
While Cheever explained that "it would not kill the institution" to sacrifice national funding, the grant is a substantial asset and "we'll have to look at what they want," he said...
VIEWS ON FORD. Only a third considered Ford's personality a distinct asset; half felt this way about Carter. Both Ford's own supporters and Carter followers rated the President high on his experience and handling of foreign affairs. Said Bus Driver Harold Lloyd, a Ford supporter from Middleburg, N.Y.: "His assets are over 25 years in Government and two years as President. He's done a lot to help the American people." But only 4 out of 10 argued that his positions on domestic issues should earn a strong rating...
Indeed, Dole's greatest asset on the stump has turned out to be his humor. But Ford did not select Dole as his running mate just for the laughs he might bring. A former G.O.P. national chairman, Dole can peel skin as well as tickle ribs. Dole accuses Carter of vaulting ambition and questions his "weird performance, his judgment" in the wake of the Playboy interview...