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...Kennedys after their three years in the White House, that we have psychoanalyzed both Ford and Carter more than we had Nixon when he walked out of the White House after nearly six years, that we have examined the two reasonably healthy men more closely than we did Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson, who had health problems...
Many people see an advantage in having a President of the same party as the congressional majority. But Carter's dealings with Congress may be difficult-after the traditional honeymoon. He strongly criticizes "dormant" Presidents like Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford for giving-by default -too large a policy role to Congress. Nonetheless, Congress is not likely to stop trying to influence strongly foreign policy or to change the Administration's proposed budgets. To get some of his programs through Congress, particularly those that will offend special-interest groups-many Government employees, for example, will not like...
Officials in both camps agree on one fact: neither Ford nor Carter has stirred this year's troubled voters. Professor Everett Ladd, a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, believes if Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower were running this year, the vote would be higher by at least 10%. Walter Burnham agrees. He contends that the two candidates have not been up to the country's thirst for leadership. He argues that the Democrats were in the best position by far to match that need, but Carter blew his natural advantage. Reaching back to Abraham Lincoln...
...Never happened--obviously the product of a drug-crazed hippy's mind; these people also believe that Dwight David Eisenhower was president once...
...Boston ever had a quarterback quite like the Kansan. Against the Steelers, he refused to be intimidated by Dwight White, 50 Ibs. heavier, who mocked him after a play lost yardage. A cool Grogan stuck a warning fist into White's back. "Aw, I wouldn't hit anyone," says Grogan. "They're bigger than I am. But I am a little faster, though." A little faster has made a big difference in Boston...