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...President takes over at a particularly challenging time, one of those turning points in U.S. history that seem to be occurring at shorter and shorter intervals. After the banishment of Richard Nixon, the decent, solid and forthright Gerald Ford???to his everlasting credit?did much to restore faith and confidence in Government and to curb inflation. But he did little to grapple with the nation's other problems. The U.S. is still moving into the post-Viet Nam and post-Watergate era, still struggling to recover from a deep recession. Revitalizing the economy, of course, will be Carter's immediate...
...HEDGING ON ISSUES. When Carter proclaimed, "I'll never tell a lie," he was setting himself up to be measured by a stiffer standard than any other politician. In fact, he trimmed or fuzzed no more than other candidates?including Ford???but not much less either. He equivocated on which was the most important priority in dealing with the economy: first it was creating new jobs, then it was fighting inflation, then it was a kind of balance between the two. After meeting with a group of Catholic bishops, Carter hedged his outright opposition to any anti-abortion amendment, then...
...week. For the first time since Labor Day, the Democratic candidate was scoring points with the voters, as he crisscrossed the country and hit hard at Ford at every stop. In his attacks, Carter was so aggressive that it was possible he would provoke a sympathetic backlash for Ford???if the allegations about him were shown to be untrue or grossly overblown. But for the moment, the President gave the Democrats plenty to criticize...
Carter may well be the candidate who has the most to gain by debating these and other issues with Ford???establishing his stature by head-to-head confrontation?but he is also the man with the most to lose as the campaign begins. If he appears to be too evasive or too extreme, he runs the real risk of making American voters ask the basic question in the election of 1976: Is this man really strong and trustworthy enough to be put in the White House...
...scathing attacks by Reagan on his leadership abilities, and the absence of great faith in his capacity to cope with the job. Still, Ford does have the considerable advantages of incumbency. As President, he can shape events?send bills crackling up to Congress, make appointments, dominate the news. And Ford???a hearty, unaffected man, a kind of prototypical Midwesterner?has clearly restored both dignity and informality to the White House. People tend to regard him, as one of his aides puts it, as being "safe, secure, sound...