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...Associated Press poll of 75 precincts showed that Carter took 54.8 per cent of the delegates elected to county conventions, while Kennedy and Brown trailed far behind with 6 per cent and 2 per cent of the delegates, respectively. Thirty-seven per cent remained uncommitted...
...virtually ignored his promises of change, and instead pandered to the nation's emotions. He has camouflaged his failure to bring the nation an energy policy in a dangerous, confrontational foreign policy. His promises to women and minorities abandoned, he now permits all Americans to suffer 13 per cent and growing inflation. He has had his chance; he does not deserve another...
Domestically, he was the first major national figure to seek aggressively a sound program of energy independence, including a substantial windfall profits tax. Furthermore, he has deregulated the airlines, increased federal spending on education by 60 per cent, extended food stamp eligibility to an additional two million Americans, bolstered Head Start and programs for the handicapped, and appointed more women and minorities to significant positions than any other president in history. His has been a presidency of quiet achievement...
...above all, Anderson understands the link between foreign and domestic problems. His proposal of a 50-cent gas tax coupled with a cut in Social Security taxes indicates both intelligence and a desire to come to grips with the paramount issues of inflation and dependence on foreign...
...voice when he talks about the programs that he really cares about. Like national health care. The voice booms, "Every member of the United States Congress goes to the Senate dispensary and gets their little health care needs taken care of in full, and we don't pay a cent for it." The crowd quiets down. "One out of seven of you are going to die of cancer," he warns. But the kids aren't really listening. They are turning to their neighbors, counting groups of seven and picking out which one of them it will...