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...idea of a female running mate, but naturally enough, neither has made any commitment. Hart frequently mentions that he has picked Schroeder, his campaign co-chairwoman, to head his vice-presidential search force, and adds: "You can bet that there will be several well-qualified women on the list she draws up." Says Schroeder (who could not run with Hart because she is from the same state): "The odds are getting better [for a woman] because the polls are starting to show that a woman would actually help the ticket...
Although 55% of these officeholders are Democrats, the party has no women in the Senate and only 13 in the House. The result: the list of women who might conceivably appear on a Democratic ticket this year is quite limited. Herewith, the women other than Geraldine Ferraro and Dianne Feinstein most often mentioned as Democratic Veep possibilities: >Patricia Schroeder, 43. A Harvard-trained lawyer and a Congresswoman since 1973, the Coloradan is a leading member of the House Armed Services Committee. While getting high marks for her military expertise, Schroeder is often seen as a knee-jerk dove...
...ticket, since it is Ronald Reagan who is struggling to close the gender gap. Moreover, the Republicans might have an easier time picking a top-drawer female candidate. "We would be in a better a position than the Democrats," says Kansas Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, 51, who heads the list of her party's female vice-presidential prospects, "because we have more qualified women...
...with a woman. Certainly, his counselors would not point him in that direction. Says one campaign strategist: "When you look at who would be advising the President about potential running mates, you have to conclude that a woman wouldn't be near the top of the short list." A former White House aide thinks the problem is endemic. "Old habits and ingrained ideas die very hard," she says of the Reaganites. "With the present structure, you wouldn't see them going out and beating the bushes for a woman...
Whether this alliance of traditional adversaries can produce solutions to Argentina's myriad problems remains to be seen. But one diplomat in Buenos Aires speaks of Alfonsín as dealing with the country's economic difficulties in "a measured, calculated way." At the top of the list is hyperinflation: the monthly cost of living jumped by 18.5% in April, which is equal to an annual rate of 560.2%. In most countries, newspaper headlines and gossip focus on crime or sports; in Argentina, there is a morbid fascination with the economy. Even during the Falkland Islands war with...