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...weeks, Mondale had lagged so far behind Reagan that he was barely within shouting range. But finally last Sunday night in Louisville he was on the same podium, eight feet away from Reagan in the first of two presidential debates. It was, almost certainly, his last, best chance to turn a runaway election into a close contest again. Just by being on the same stage with the President, by holding his own and indeed by scoring significant points, Mondale not only avoided a knockout blow, he helped his cause...
Characteristically, in a passage he inserted into the speech prepared by advisers, Reagan put the appeal for negotiations in highly personal terms. "You know," he remarked, "as I stand here and look out from this podium, there in front of me I can see the seat of the representative from the Soviet Union. And not far from that seat... is the seat of the representative from the United States." Returning to his text, the President continued, "In this historic assembly hall, it is clear there is not a great distance between us. Outside this room, while there will still...
That mood lasted not quite 24 hours - until Gromyko mounted the podium Thursday morning for his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. His face wrinkling at times into the expression of a man who has scented a peculiarly unpleasant odor, Gromyko for 75 minutes assailed the U.S. as the cause of all political tensions that have plagued the world since 1946. His speech, delivered in an icy monotone, was replete with outrageous assertions ("Provocative intrigues continue against sov ereign and nonaligned Afghanistan") and devoid of the slightest hint of a change in Moscow's position on any subject...
...campaign. Each side got what it most wanted. Said a member of Reagan's team: "We gave up a little in terms of dates and stood our ground on the question of format." In the debates, four journalists will each ask two questions; the candidates, standing at a podium, will respond to the same eight questions. Reagan and Mondale will get three chances to address each topic, initially with a 2½-min. answer, then with a 1-min. follow-up and rebuttal. As Mondale wished, the second presidential debate is scheduled to come after the diversionary hubbub...
...affable Reagan, of course, doesn't really need this a political help; it is Walter Mondale who could use some help from the Jacksons, but he isn't getting it. Mondale has an anti-charisma, a portable entropy that drains the sparkle of those sharing his podium. The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is the notable exception, which perhaps explains why the Mondale campaign so cravenly sought his endorsement. But even with the redoubtable Reverend on his side. Mondale cannot project the appeal he needs, and his supporters have not managed to find enough celebrities to fill the void--one reason...