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Ford got into the jam in the course of answering Frankel's question about whether the Soviets had the better of the U.S. in the grain sales and the 1975 Helsinki agreement, which confirmed the postwar boundaries of Eastern Europe. The President easily came up with justification for the...
After all of the buildup and suspense, the televised clash in the pressure-pot atmosphere of Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theater failed to crystallize voter opinion. Each man pointedly assailed the other at times. But neither seemed eager for?and the non-debate format prevented?a direct and personal showdown...
President Gerald Ford's ammunition was two briefing books: a 50-page collection of memos summarizing his position on nearly every conceivable campaign issue and a more than 400-page volume of the quotations of Candidate Jimmy Carter. Carter's arsenal of issues and answers was contained in...
There was a further problem. A briefing book for Carter prepared by four Democratic campaign strategists pointed out that he sometimes tends to smile at inappropriate times-when people criticize him, for example. Says one Carter staffman: "Jimmy has his good smiles and his bad smiles." Carter's image...
The black briefing book, prepared by Counselors Ted Van Dyk, John Stewart, Frank Mankiewicz and Ted Sorensen, includes 15 areas of issues, as well as 40 questions likely to be put to Carter, and suggested answers. Said one of the four who worked on it: "It is a sobering list...