Word: mates
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...down time" for Walter Mondale, a chance to recover from one ordeal on the stump and gird for the next. With the Democratic nomination apparently in hand, Mondale loafed about his woodsy $200,000 house in North Oaks, Minn., swatted a tennis ball and pondered his choice of running mate. His aides, however, spent much of last week fretting about his unruly rivals. Gary Hart would not quit. Jesse Jackson was making threatening sounds. The Mondale camp's worst fear was that the pair would form an alliance that could turn the Democratic Convention into a political brawl. Having...
This methodical catering to constituencies was going on as well at Mondale's home, in a suburb of St. Paul. The former Veep began his formal search for a running mate by interviewing a black, a Southerner and a woman: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, followed by Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein. Although most observers said his selection was unlikely, Mayor Bradley, the son of a sharecropper, touched reporters by reminding them how remarkable it was that a presidential nominee would even consider a black running mate. A female running mate (more probably...
...Mondale, should be the presidential nominee. Hart no longer attacks Mondale personally. Indeed, his supporters are now trying to position their man as a vice-presidential candidate. In a speech at the National Press Club last week, Hart sounded like one, playing the traditional role of a feisty running mate by attacking the Reagan Administration's "routine contempt for facts and ethics...
...Democratic Party's probable (and self-proclaimed) presidential candidate last week outlined his job description for a running mate, and the prime prospects awaited their pilgrimage to North Oaks. Despite the slightly imperious overtones of the summoning, it promises to be an ego trip for the invitees, who will bask in press attention and at least fleetingly enjoy the heady notion that he or she could be tapped for the nation's second-highest office. Walter Mondale, recalling his own trek to Plains, Ga., eight years ago, was following the same selection process that had taken...
According to a new Gallup poll, 59% of Democrats want a Mondale-Hart ticket, compared with only 27% who prefer Mondale with an other running mate. The same poll was bad news for the Hart advisers who still hope to draw delegates away from Mondale by arguing that the Senator would run a stronger race against Reagan. It showed the President ahead of Mondale, 53% to 44%, and leading Hart by virtually the same margin...