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...Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) will run a possibly successful campaign for senator this year, focusing on the nuclear freeze issue. And seven of the eight presidential contenders-former Florida Gov. Reubin O. Askew being the exception-have endorsed some sort of freeze. Unsuccessful 1972 Democratic nominee George S. McGovern has gone so far as to call for a unilateral halt to nuclear arms production and deployment...
Mondale had resisted a wide-open debate precisely because he worried about such a confrontation. But most observers agreed that he did not suffer any serious wounds. Said fellow Candidate George McGovern: "It's clear that Mondale gained more than anyone else from the debate by not being hurt during it. As the front runner going in, all he had to do was not make any mistakes, and he didn...
...enough notice to guarantee that he will not be lost or forgotten in the pack. At the least, Jackson may be able to help shape the party platform at the Democratic Convention. Stanford Political Scientist Seymour Martin Lipset thinks that Jackson has stepped ahead of Cranston, Hart and George McGovern as the most influential candidate from the party's left wing, which includes some 20% of Democratic voters. Predicts Lipset: "Whoever the nominee is will probably have to make Jackson some promises...
...national Presidential campaign is heating up. Taking their cue from Jesse Jackson and Gary Hart, Reubin Askew and John Glenn team up for an evening on national TV, as do Alan Cranston and George McGovern. Askew is the big loser in this strategy, since a hefty proportion of viewers take him as Glenn's running mate...
...lead over the Ohio Senator, a narrow 28% to 26% in September, has stretched to a gaping 34% to 18% among Democrats and independent voters. Among Democrats alone, Mondale does even better: 39% to 16%. In the poll of Democrats and independents, the other candidates trail badly: George McGovern and Jesse Jackson are at 6%; Alan Cranston and Gary Hart at 2%; and Reubin Askew and Fritz Rollings bring up the rear, at 1%. But one-quarter are still undecided, and polls this early in the campaign tend heavily to reflect name recognition of the candidates...