Word: carterâ
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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With no strong issues really gripping the public, with a great deal of apathy hanging over the voters, the '76 presidential contest has become mostly a test of personality and character. Just which man?Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter???has the temper, courage, determination and cool to lead the nation? The answer was supposed to be forthcoming in the much-anticipated first presidential debate of 1976. It turned out to be an underwhelming event, the debate in which the power failed and in which neither man gained a decisive edge. The situation after the 90-minute confrontation?interrupted...
...Ford, he was in a euphoric and combative mood, still cheered by his victory over Ronald Reagan in Kansas City. Talking to Republican legislative leaders gathered in the Cabinet Room, the President refused to surrender any section of the country to Carter???even the South. Warned Ford: "If I find anybody on the staff promoting that line, he'll be fired." Said one Congressman later: "I've never seen the President so vehement...
Those positions moved Carter toward the center, all right, but they also raised the old question of whether or not he was changing his stands to catch every passing political breeze. At this point in the campaign, it appears that Jerry Ford cannot beat Jimmy Carter???but Carter...
TIME Washington Correspondent Stanley Cloud, who has covered Carter for several months, reports: "Another problem for Carter???and one that will probably persist as the Republicans zero in on him?has been his reputation as a steel-hard, ambitious man for whom winning is the highest value. The description is by no means complete, but there is some truth in it. Carter is a man of striking contradictions. He tirelessly invokes love but can be a tough political infighter. He speaks movingly of the need to help the poor and downtrodden, but he suggests that the solution is to change...
...major accomplishment as Governor?streamlining the state government by reducing the number of agencies from about 300 to 22. Recalls a top Georgia politician: "He couldn't pass any of his reorganization bill. We had to get it passed for him?or about 60% of it anyway." More recently, Carter???who admits to being "pretty rigid"?showed his stubborn streak by not backing off from his offensive language in the "ethnic purity" flap until he was clearly in danger of losing much of his black support...