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Ferraro, like Feinstein, seemed unafraid of taking on the vice-presidential race, even with the risk that she might be blamed if the ticket failed. Mondale's advisers were impressed by both women and soon became partisans of one or the other...
...Minnesotan was interested enough in Feinstein to dispatch Johnson to San Francisco on July 5. He had a 60-minute talk with Feinstein, probing for anything in her medical history or finances?or those of her husband Richard Blum, a wealthy investor?that might prove troublesome if she were selected. On the following Sunday, the New York Times carried a report, apparently inspired by a Mondale aide who favored Feinstein, that Mondale had been disappointed in Ferraro when the two had talked. Mondale called Ferraro the next day to tell her that the story was untrue. Ferraro did not seem...
...Feinstein's hopes were further buoyed that same Sunday when two Mondale staffers, Peter Kyros and Michael Cardoza, arrived at her house and stayed for four hours. They asked questions about her health, children, previous marriages (Feinstein and one husband had divorced; a second had died) and finances. "They messed up my Sunday," Blum complained with mock seriousness. "They wanted to know everything all the way back to kindergarten." On Monday the aides spent 14 hours at Blum's downtown office, scouring financial records. Blum ordered sandwiches sent in so reporters would not spot the Mondale...
Last Tuesday John Reilly, the senior Mondale aide in charge of the Veep hunt, also tried to slip into San Francisco. But spotted by a CBS camera crew at the airport, he explained candidly that he was there to see not Feinstein but Ferraro, who had arrived for the pre-convention planning. He met with the Congresswoman for two hours in her Hyatt Hotel suite, seeking assurances that there were no potential problems in her past. As he left in a cab for the airport, Reilly found a TV van following. "Lose it," Reilly barked at the driver, who raced...
...Feinstein had agreed to pose for TIME as a possible Vice President and was just about to leave her Pacific Heights home for a nearby studio when the phone rang. She later recalled her conversation with Mondale: "He said, 'I want to tell you that I think you are a star. I want to tell you that you're on the top of the media's list, but I've decided to go another way and I hope you will trust me.' " Feinstein called off the photo session and went on calmly to attend a black-tie dinner. When reporters...