Word: powerfully
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Indeed, Kennedy will need to justify his candidacy with reasons beyond his personality and ambition if he is to hold his lead over Carter in the polls. Already he has suffered some serious slippage against Carter (see following story). But the power of the Kennedy personality still makes him the most popular of all the presidential contenders...
...curious commentary but one that leads back to earlier speculation. When it was noted that Carter had taken over a peaceful and prosperous nation, some historians suggested that it might be difficult for a man of so limited experience to learn very much in such a tranquil introduction to power. That does not seem so farfetched...
Carter is in personal political crisis. The weight of Soviet power can be felt and seen. Economic stress is intense. Take the urgency generated by these dark developments and add three years of learning and it changes the profile...
...refinements, adjustments and changes that Carter's people declare he has made in himself. Some of them: accepting the fact that others often know more than he does, sensing the impact of eloquence in the spoken word, understanding that there need be no conflict between morality and great power, acknowledging that people of wealth and position can help the nation, learning that litigating endlessly and sounding nice is not leadership and that preaching can often do more harm than good...
...single administrator would do nothing to improve the Government's regulation of nukes. Said he: "This is not a meat-inspection program." Replied Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, a Kemeny commission member: "The NRC is a headless agency that lacks the direction and vitality needed to police the nuclear power industry on a day-to-day basis...