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...Hart started the question again. "Why is it," he asked, "that the people of this country understand what is really important, but the politicians and the press do not?" Then he sounded a familiar theme. "The political process in this country is destroying its leadership," he said...
...knew, Hart said, that many politicians would view his candidacy as uncontrollable ego. "But I'm not a fool," he said. It is an expression Hart uses often these days. He wants badly to alter his reputation for poor judgment. "Look," said Hart, "if I'm a joke, let the people say that. I'm willing to submit myself to that jury. I am not an unstable person. I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think there was something serious out there...
...only Democrat who continues to reach out and tap the minds of the country's best thinkers, said Hart, is Bill Bradley. That kind of broader thinking, he observed, cannot be acquired during frantic election campaigns. "You can't run for President," he said, "if you don't already know what you think...
...Hart was sure about his own thinking. He knew the exact date of the next candidate debate. He will be aggressive there. When he speaks about the deficit, for example, he doesn't mince words about new taxes: the country needs them. "By Jan. 1," he said, "I'll have a piece of paper with numbers...
...would he pay the bills for his campaign? Hart reached into his pocket and held up a black wallet. He had driven around New Hampshire that day in a friend's white van, holding route directions in his hand and pointing out signs to a volunteer driver. That night he would sleep at a former staffer's house in Concord. Hart said that to help finance his 1984 presidential campaign he was forced to take a mortgage on his home. "Never again," he said firmly. He believed enough money would come in for a couple of months' campaigning. After...