Word: eizenstat
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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Democrats were euphoric about the President's mounting political misfortunes. Crowed Carter's issues coordinator, Stuart Eizenstat: "If there is to be a turning point in this election, I think this week may very well have been just that." Carter has lately seemed more at ease after revising his scheduling system so that he works shorter hours and suffers less from fatigue. He has also become more forceful on the stump. According to a survey by TIME correspondents, Carter already holds a comfortable lead in electoral votes, with 273 v. Ford...
Material for Carter's appearances?including the all-important debates?is organized by an "issues staff' headed by Stuart Eizenstat, 33, an Atlanta lawyer. Hoping...
...scotch the criticism that the candidate is fuzzy on the issues, Eizenstat's group is drawing up 40 position papers on subjects including tax reform and Government reorganization. Defining Carter's philosophy, Eizenstat says it tries to combine "the compassion and concern of liberalism and the caution and efficiency of conservatism." Would he call it the "new liberalism?" No indeed, says Eizenstat. "I'd call it Carterism...
...most sensitive issue concerned Viet Nam draft evaders and deserters. Sam Brown, 32, once a prominent leader of the antiwar movement and now state treasurer of Colorado, argued for full pardons. After some amiable maneuvering between Brown and Atlanta Attorney Stuart Eizenstat, Carter's chief spokesman on the platform committee, another compromise emerged. A blanket pardon would be promised to draft dodgers, but treatment of those who actually deserted from military service would be considered "on a case-by-case basis." Said Brown: "I am not enthusiastic about this language, but it is the position of our candidate...