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...shot-in-the-arm is needed for the much-maligned Mondale candidacy, these debates should provide it. Though the shrinking ranks of college-age voters who remain Democrats went largely for Sen. Gary W. Hart (D-Colo.) in the spring primaries, the time has come not only to support Fritz Mondale, but to support him with open arms. There is no excuse to hide behind the traditional criticisms of Mondale--he's boring, backward-looking, etc.--because, as Sunday's debate showed, the perception of glamor and excitement is about as deep as the celluloid it's projected...
...about Republicans sending hecklers to my rallies. It is about Jerry Falwell picking Justices for the Supreme Court." (The Fundamentalist preacher had earlier boasted that "we" will get three to five high court appointments.) The line drew a prolonged standing ovation for Mondale and a "We want Fritz" chant from the students. But the Democratic candidate usually makes an issue of the court only before liberal audiences, presumably because he fears it will not play well with more politically mixed crowds. The President has remained mum about his plans for the court, but the Republican platform calls for the appointment...
Political cartoonists across the country are having trouble drawing a bead on Fritz Mondale. Some admit that they have not "found" their Mondale face yet. Can this be an indication of Mondale's difficulty in getting himself across? Some cartoonists will tell you that it is more an occupational hazard of their own craft...
...THAT SEASON again the campaign is heating up. But while speculation over whether or not Fritz and Gerry can get it together by November is all well and good, let's not forget there's a race even closer to home...
...about the press who sip their Coors, stuff their face with shrimp, and pronounce the death of protest movements in our time. The story is not about Republicans who blow into town, spend money, drink, vote on the party platform without bothering to read it over first, and take "Fritz and Tits" buttons home as souvenirs. Nor is the story about young middle-class students like myself, who are able to take off a few weeks, months, or years to work with poor people while living under the poverty line themselves--though all the time with the knowledge...