Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...panelists expect Carter to do better than Ford in the debates. Explained Mrs. Howard Cable, a moderate Democrat in Hyattsville, Md.: "I think that Carter has a stronger personality." Said Eleanor Squeglia, a conservative Democrat in Medford, Mass.: "He can express his feelings better than Ford. Ford can't make speeches without a written [text] in front of him. You can't have a debate off a piece of paper." Nevertheless, many of the panelists believe Ford will benefit in the debates from his 28 years in Washington. Said Clyde Bullington, a blue-collar liberal from Madison Heights...
...afraid of Carter and the radical changes he might make. Nobody really knows what he will do." Carter's strong religious beliefs also come in for criticism, though mostly from Ford supporters on the panel; 20% of them raised it as an issue. But Claire Briones, a liberal Democrat from Staten Island, N.Y., argued that even if Carter "might get carried away because of his religious beliefs, his common sense will take over and guard...
...election would mean a change in Government. Said Gerald Levy, a college professor from Norfolk, Va.: "He's the sort of person who could run the Congress. He's not a party to the mess in Washington, scandals, Watergate." Added Opal Lafayette, a blue-collar Democrat from Flint, Mich.: "Carter knows what it is like to work, and we need somebody to understand the little...
...first week of the election campaign was dominated by a delicate, emotionally charged issue that scarcely fitted into presidential politics. The issue was abortion. Almost everywhere that Jimmy Carter went, small but disruptive bands of right to lifers trailed him, hectoring the Democrat because he refuses to support a constitutional amendment outlawing such operations. Meanwhile, President Ford invited six Catholic bishops into the White House and, in a 72-min. meeting, reiterated his support for a constitutional amendment that would allow each state to decide whether or not to ban abortion; Carter opposes this states' rights option too. Later...
...presidential contenders have assigned much of the day-to-day campaigning chores to their running mates, Republican Robert Dole and Democrat Walter Mondale. Accompanying Dole last week was TIME Correspondent Dean Fischer, who filed this story. It is followed by TIME Correspondent John Stacks' report on the Mondale campaign...