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Reagan gave Ford his opening for the "extremist" charge by indicating, in response to a newsman's question two weeks ago in California, that he would not rule out sending U.S. troops to Rhodesia if asked to do so by that African nation's white minority government (TIME, June 14). Instead of letting Reagan simply suffer the consequences of his gaffe, Ford men junked the President's California TV commercials, substituted new ones playing on the theme that "Governor Reagan could not start a war. President Reagan could." The overkill did not benefit Ford in a state...
Although agreeing that Reagan cannot win the election, even so devoted a Ford adviser as Mel Laird seemed to take issue with the tactic of painting him as an extremist. "I don't consider Reagan an extremist," said Laird. "I think he's got greater popularity inside the Republican Party than any other candidate. Reagan is much more popular than Ford in the rank and file, but you can't win the election in that area. Declared Republicans make up only 17% to 19% of the electorate." The remark about Reagan's popularity was a startling admission from a member...
...White House, which hold that the primaries have dangerously divided an already undersubscribed party, in which the conservative element has swollen in influence as moderates have fled the party. The very real fear of a number of Republican professionals is that President Ford, in painting Reagan as an extremist who cannot win, and Reagan, in depicting the President as too weak and indecisive to lead the nation effectively, may both turn out to have been all too persuasive...
Momentarily, at least, as a result of the murders, violence suddenly overshadowed Communism as a central issue in the election campaign. Politicians warned of a renewed "strategy of tension" among extremist groups to foment disorder and influence voters: in addition to last week's triple killing, the violence has already included the murder of a Communist demonstrator following a neo-Fascist rally, street battles between extreme right and left, and the fire-bombing of a Rome movie theater used for neo-Fascist rallies...
...invasion, of our duty to the Cubans we had promised to set free. But the rest of the United States has managed to forget the years devoted to crushing the "Communist island within ninety miles of our territory." Neglect has proved to be a simpler policy than military invasion. Extremist groups may still throw a hand grenade down the gangplank of a Russian cruise ship or threaten the airlines of countries resuming diplomatic relations with Cuba, but the lurid billboard in San Juan that showed Cuban soldiers executing prisoners before a bloodsplashed wall disappeared years ago. Hardly anyone remembers...