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Hart, who directed the heavily student based presidential campaign of former Sen. George McGovern in 1972, said that two of his major issues--the nuclear freeze and education--were targeted at students and asked their help...
Walter Mondale, 55, the popular party warhorse who currently leads the pack, will make his announcement this week. Colorado Senator Gary Hart, 45, armed with a pile of position papers and an organizational expertise learned when he managed George McGovern's campaign twelve years ago, kicked off his quest last week. Senator Alan Cranston, 68, of California, seizing on the issue of a nuclear arms freeze, made his long-shot race official three weeks ago. Of the top four contenders, only Senator John Glenn, 61, has not formally announced his candidacy. He will not do so until mid-April...
...this politicking seems wearyingly premature, like Christmas decorations in July. It is no consolation that both Jimmy Carter and George McGovern officially began their long-shot bids even earlier. Candidates used to attract little press attention at this point in the campaign and thus could test themes and sharpen positions with slight risk of committing a fatal gaffe. This time around, however, they are already in the hot glare of television cameras. That kind of exposure encourages rhetorical posturing and, over the long haul, may discourage voter interest...
Hart made his announcement on the steps of his own state capitol in Denver. Just as Mondale must transcend his reputation as a Big Government liberal, Hart has been working during his eight years in the Senate to shed some of the ideological baggage associated with the ill-fated McGovern campaign. He is included in the somewhat nebulous group known as "neo-liberals," who stress the need for a pragmatic approach by business, labor and Government to adapt the economy to an era of high technology. The theme of the election, he said on a campaign swing through Mississippi after...
...McGovern has done for better in previous roles which gave her more to work with, such as Timothy Hutton's pseudo-girlfriend in Ordinary People. In that movie she successfully captured the mental difficulties that helped delineate the character. As Chloe, though, she doesn't even get a handle on the zaniness and sensuality needed to make the character plausible. Her voice seems unnecessarily monotone at times, and her actions are nowhere near sultry enough to turn Benjamin's life topsy-turvy--even in the scenes where she discusses her fantasies with...