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...winning the presidency. Just getting on the ballot will require him to wage a long guerrilla campaign through a swamp of bewilderingly complex state election laws, and he will get no federal cash because he is not running as a party man. Historically, voters regard an independent candidacy as hopeless and make their choice between the major-party nominees...
Getting on the ballot and raising money are only the immediate, pressing problems: the deeper one is the tendency of voters, even if they admire a third-party or independent candidate, to write off his cause as hopeless on Election Day and cast their ballots for the Democratic or Republican nominee. Anderson is well aware of the discouraging history of third-party and independent candidacies. He has resolved that he will drop out by fall, if his candidacy seems to be turning into a "spoiler" operation, in which his campaign becomes only a nuisance to the established candidates...
Finally, in the nearly two years since Jonathan's illness was first diagnosed his courage in the face of a painful, hopeless, debilitating condition was extraordinary. He went on teaching (in the Extension division) until it was literally physically impossible for him to do so. On the eve of a critical operation he busied himself grading exams so that students would not be inconvenienced by delay. He never lost his humor, self-knowledge or consideration for others...
Johnson: I hope I haven't suggested that it's hopeless for us. I don't believe that. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned and naive, but I do believe there's a mature side of our society that I think is very positive. There's structural reforms we can make--a six-year presidency, a regional primary system, more discussion, celebrating the public servants--there are a lot of things that are there to be done, and we aren't doing them. I think that's a way out. And the energy question; we can be more self-sufficient...
...YORK METS--Can Fred Wilpon play third base? Hopeless. Last...