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...Charles Manatt. Presidential nominees usually replace their party chairmen with their own people, but they generally wait until after the convention has ended. Even so, the firing of Manatt would probably not have caused much of a national stir had it not been for Mondale's choice of Bert Lance, President Carter's scandal-tainted Budget Director, to replace him. Whether they liked Manatt or not, and many did not, scores of delegates rushed to his defense. Willie Brown Jr., California's Democratic assembly speaker, sarcastically professed to see a plus for Mondale in the debacle...
...Jackson platform challenge was more troublesome. Jackson was annoyed at not being consulted about the Lance appointment, complaining to numerous groups, "For women it's Ferraro, for the South it's Bert Lance, but for the blacks and Hispanics, so far they can point to nobody or no concrete commitment." The Mondale forces easily defeated Jackson planks calling for the U.S. to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons (2,216 to 1,406); a real decrease in defense spending rather than a modest rise (2,592 to 1,128); and the elimination of runoff primaries when...
...human justice and basic human rights." It was vintage Jimmy Carter, and the convention crowd greeted his opening-night speech with respectful enthusiasm. But not every one had been certain that he would be so well received. Troubled by last week's controversy surrounding his former Budget Director, Bert Lance, some Democrats feared that Carter's appearance would only lengthen the shadow of his Administration over Walter Mondale's candidacy. Indeed, Carter had declined initial invitations to speak at the convention. Said he: "I wanted to be sure that the potential nominee would want...
...fine script and excellent potpourri of supporting actors round off this special movie. Bert Young appears as a rotund godfather type figure, who revels in good pasta and his small network of not-so-efficient hoods...
Many in the Mondale camp are lukewarm about Senator Bentsen, whose campaign style is soporific at best, though Georgia Party Chairman Bert Lance made a strong case for him when he visited Mondale. He warns, "If Mondale can't win the South, he can't be elected President." Another strong contender from the South is Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers, who is expected to visit North Oaks in early July. Governor Mario Cuomo of New York, once considered a possibility, has firmly removed himself from consideration; he will, however, give the keynote speech at the convention...