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...featured the melancholy ode "What I Did for Love." In his speech, he insisted he was not an elder statesman; he pledged that he would be active in campaigning to defeat Carter while failing to mention whether he would try to move the party back to a more responsible, centrist position...
Consistently voted the most trusted man in America, Cronkite, who delivered yesterday's Class Day address, has been the managing editor and anchorman of the CBS Evening News since 1962. The nation's preeminent broadcaster, he was once described by author David L. Halberstam '55 as "the definitive centrist American who reflects the essential decency of American society as much as anyone...
...entrenched system and Brzezinski's well-established routine of speaking directly and often to Carter. The Maine Senator is convinced that he will have no trouble, and Brzezinski claims to see no problems ahead. Says he: "The President's line is set. The policy is defined. Muskie is a centrist. I'm largely a centrist. I don't want to fight. He doesn't want to fight." And Brzezinski quips: "Senator Muskie's view of the world and mine are bipolar...
...blacks, blue-collar workers, white ethnic groups, but is only now mulling over how to do so. His national unity theme, seeking to win votes from Democrats, Republicans and independents, has landed him in a chicken-and-egg situation. To broaden his appeal, he needs a respected Democrat or centrist Republican as a vice-presidential running mate, but to attract one he probably must demonstrate a broad appeal...
...vote. He thinks it is possible to do that because of disillusionment with the choice between Carter and Reagan. His goal is to bring about a party realignment. He muses that if he wins the White House he will form a new organization that would be a kind of centrist Republican Party under a new name, leaving the official Republican Party to the far right. Says he: "This is a very, very unusual period of history, and that makes it an opportunity to strengthen the System. What we have now is a one-and-a-half party system. We need...