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...STUDENTS in a dorm room last week were calmly debating the pros and cons of the United States invasion of Grenada. They argued tactics and strategy, some supporting the American initiative, others opposing it. Then one man spoke up, and silenced the room. "A friend of mine in the Marines was sent to Grenada," he said. "And every morning I check the paper and pray to God he isn't listed among the dead." For a moment, the proverbial Ivory Tower crumbled, and the students faced the bitter reality that men their age and younger were dying in a place...
...emphasizing the areas of difference, the doubts and anticipated inflexibilities of Reagan. Men like James Schlesinger, the former Defense Secretary; Lloyd Cutler, a former Carter aide; and Richard Helms, former director of the CIA, challenged the briefers from the National Security Council. Strengthen and clarify the language, the old pros said. Get rid of the accusatory slogan "It takes two" on almost every chart depicting Soviet-U.S. negotiating positions. Of course it takes both the U.S. and the Soviets to forge an agreement, the men said. The legislators know that. Save the sloganeering for the Soviets. Emphasize the points...
...assaulting the Normandy beaches. Fifteen paid Mondale workers and 35 full-time volunteers canvassed the state's two congressional districts for 2½ months. Mondale himself stumped for ten days. According to rivals, he spent $200,000, or more than $100 for each of the 1,849 party pros who cast straw poll ballots at the caucus in Augusta. And all that for a contest in which Glenn made a token effort. Mondale's chief opposition came from Cranston and South Carolina Senator Ernest Hollings, who were desperate for a victory that might win some press attention. Results...
Whichever Democrat wins, he will face a hard campaign. Much depends, of course, on the state of the economy, the climate in foreign relations and other imponderable factors. But Reagan's standing in the polls has been rising with the economic recovery, and he daunts Democratic pros more than any other Republican since Eisenhower. Whichever Democrat survives the nine innings of the primary season may find himself pitching next season to the Republicans' best hitter, probably with the bases loaded. Getting there may be half the fun. -By George J. Church. Reported by Christopher Ogden/Chicago, Evan Thomas/ Washington...
After the iron-fisted Chicago convention in 1968, reform-minded Democrats vowed to get the bosses and the smoke-filled rooms out of politics. By the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City, they had almost succeeded in pushing the pros out. Of the 3,331 delegates in Madison Square Garden, only 309 - a mere 9% - were party officials and Democratic officeholders. To give party stalwarts a bigger role in 1984, the Democratic National Committee adopted new rules that will bring to the San Francisco convention at least 191 Congressmen and Senators and 370 other party and elected officials...