Word: backers
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...choice was largely Carter's idea; Vice President Walter Mondale was equally enthusiastic. Sorensen was esteemed for both his mind and his morality. He was also an early backer of Carter for President, raising funds and tapping talent among liberals who had serious reservations about the Georgian. Beyond that, Sorensen was seen as a good soldier who would carry out Carter's instructions at the CIA. Moreover, some Carter staffers reckoned that a liberal like Sorensen might be better able to defend the agency against criticism from the left. Said a close Carter adviser after the scheme...
Fellow Minnesotan Fritz Mondale's choice as Agriculture Secretary . . . Age 48 . . . Congressman from a farm district since 1970 . . . Was prominent draft-Humphrey backer until H.H.H. dropped out, then switched to Carter...
...undistinguished. Founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, it has been edited by some of the great names in American letters: William Cullen Bryant, E.L. Godkin, Carl Schurz. Schiff, who was born into a prominent Manhattan banking family, bought the money-losing Post in 1939 for her second husband, George Backer. They were later divorced, and she eventually assumed near-dictatorial control of the paper. Aided by a generally liberal editorial line, the Post survived as other New York dailies died...
Several other Republicans are interested in the job but are probably too closely tied to one wing of the party or another. They include outgoing Washington Governor Daniel Evans and Wisconsin G.O.P. Committeeman Ody Fish, who both supported Ford, and Utah Republican State Chairman Dick Richards, an early Reagan backer. Among the more remote possibilities for the job is Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "Rummy" is one of the very few Ford Cabinet members who openly talks of a future in elective politics (see box page 24). But at 44, with scant savings and three children in school...
...after the second debate). Still, 3 out of 5 panelists were worried that he might increase spending at the taxpayer's expense. One out of 2 panelists agreed strongly or partially that there is "something about him I don't like." Said Charles Hochberg, a Carter backer from Orange, N.J.: "He has a hedgy way of talking about issues." Added Joseph J. Molinari, a Government worker from Willingboro, N.J.: "His smile bothers me. When someone smiles when talking about serious things, you think of them as being dishonest...