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...shunned much of his image-shapers' advice to win votes by artificially changing his platform behavior. Instead, Anderson has remained true to himself: erratically ebullient, enthused, inspiring, as well as dour, bored, cranky and preachy. In a post-debate memo to Anderson, Stewart Mott, a millionaire backer, wrote sympathetically as well as critically: "That fateful evening, you needed to come across as sensational, exciting, lively, endearing. Instead you were stiff, statistical, stubborn, unsmiling-terrible body language. We know you can be 100% better than that in likability...
...McGovern has begun closing the gap with an aggressive campaign that belies his reserved style on the stump. He reminds voters that he, too, is a fervent backer of farm price supports, that he is the No. 2 Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, and that he supports increased benefits for the elderly (more than 17% of South Dakota's population is over 60, one of the highest percentages in the nation). He makes no apologies for being a liberal, which he defines as "one who believes the power of the U.S. Government ought to be thrown...
...David Mofenson, the other--and only native--liberal in the race, to drop out a few weeks ago. But many Mofenson supporters were less than enthusiastic about backing the chubby Back Bay legislator. "The letter may be just what we need to remind people of the alternatives," one Frank backer in Newton said yesterday...
Released in 1974, Tekere went into exile, first in Zambia and later alongside Mugabe in Mozambique. Responsible for ZANU's fund raising and arms procurement as well as recruitment, Tekere traveled to friendly countries to solicit support for the war. China was the principal backer. When the cease-fire was finally declared last year, ending the civil war, Tekere emerged as his party's third-ranking leader...
...week went on, Carter was hurt by Senator Byrd's call for an open convention, but the President's fortunes in general seemed to rise. The White House won a notable convert: Douglas Fraser, president of the United Auto Workers and an early Kennedy backer, who apparently decided that any move to block Carter's nomination was fading. He refused to fight for an open convention and announced that he was ready to second the renomination of Mondale unless the convention turned to Kennedy. The powerful United Steelworkers Union was also preparing to endorse Carter this week...