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Back in October, that trait was easy to overlook--Haig was only a tough-looking general with visions of grandeur and Reagan was an unemployed ex-governor. Now Haig is the President's Secretary of State, a post which, as many presidents have stressed, should never serve as one man's bully pulpit or stepping stone to the Oval Office. As recent events have shown, Haig has yet to learn that lesson...
...ex-governor is looking to sweep the 168 delegates up for grabs in his home state. But the other Republican candidates are already on the lookout; they have challenged the legality of the state's winner-take-all system, whereby the candidate who gets all the most votes gets all the convention votes. If the challenges succeed and delegates are distributed proportionally, Reagan will be standing on very thin...
...ball game is still on. If Reagan does not come away with some sure wins in New Hampshire and Massachusetts his base in the icy Northeast will be less than secure and some of the frost could spread to Alabama, Florida and Illinois--the ex-Governor's strongholds...
...runs on the platform that he will put "a class act back into the White House," and in public settings the ex-Governor looks like he believes he will do just that. He speaks loudly and radiates force, but there is still a certain charm. The often scowling, sometimes fearsome product of the Texas oilman tradition declares that he always says what he thinks. "Anybody who thinks oil refineries are a greater threat than Communism must have something wrong with him," says Connally, and his conservative businessmen-backers smile...
...evenly matched. Carter's forces have a larger organization, including control of the party machinery and loyal party officials in each county, and more money (total budget: $250,000). For the past several months the White House has been raining appointments and grants on the state. For example, ex-Governor Reubin Askew was made Carter's special trade negotiator, and Miami was awarded a $2 million grant to rejuvenate the Little Havana district. In addition, the President's people in Washington have dispatched a steady stream of high-level visitors, starting with the President and Rosalynn Carter...