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...Chappaquiddick era. It is something that had to be done." But the reception of Kennedy's speech last week inevitably raises the question of whether the 1984 Ted Kennedy will be the Ted that America saw in the campaign or the Ted who spoke so magnificently on the convention podium. All year the irony has been that the further Kennedy seemed from the nomination, the better he performed and was received by the voters. There seemed to be some form of liberation in losing...
Kennedy promised to campaign for Carter, but, like his appearance on the podium with the President, he will be restrained and distant from the current occupant of the White House. His campaigning this fall will be cautious, linked mostly to his friendship with Senators and Congressmen who want his help. He made it clear that the degree of his support for Carter will depend on the President's economic pronouncements. Kennedy believes that Carter must focus his campaign on the economy, which the Senator said is "the area where we were able to get some response." Even so, Kennedy thinks...
...rooms, cutting behind-the-scenes deals. Bradley's was the modern, made-for-television extravaganza of briefly glimpsed public events and quickly forgotten stand-up interviews. Neither the Globe nor CBS gave -or claimed to give-a complete picture. The newspaper preferred analysis and backstage maneuvering to the podium play-by-play. As for TV's supposedly all-seeing eye, it focused on the exuberant demonstrations after Senator Kennedy's rousing Tuesday speech; actually a large portion-perhaps most-of the delegates were not involved in the display...
...eight Globe writers in New York last week, Wilkie was again assigned to the Carter beat. From the start his main interest was whether Kennedy would appear on the podium with the renominated President. He even wagered a dinner with Richard Moe, chief of staff for Vice President Mondale, that Kennedy would forgo this traditional expression of unity. "I'm sure he's not going to do it," said Wilkie the day the convention got under way. "But not sure enough to write...
Shortly after 11 the next morning, Globe Reporter Thomas Oliphant phoned in the news that Kennedy would indeed appear on the podium. Wilkie wrote a new lead for the afternoon edition, then left a message for Dick Moe. It read: "How 'bout Dominique's [a French restaurant near the White House]?" Like any seasoned political reporter, Wilkie was philosophic about his batting average. "We're like Mark Belanger [the Baltimore Orioles' sure-handed shortstop]," he said. "Good field...