Word: sasso
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ferraro stopped, swiveled her head 90° to the right and pointed to a placard 100 ft. away. "I see a sign over there saying 'Gerry-we need jobs, not cheese.' " The crowd applauded the personal touch and mobbed her when she finished. Says Campaign Manager John Sasso: "The crowd left more excited than when they arrived...
...however, is the debate. As they prepared last weekend, Ferraro seemed nervous. At least her campaign manager is confident. "I think she's going to be a lot more comfortable saying what she wants than Bush will," said Sasso. Bush, however, was relaxed. "I will try to be myself, for better or for worse," he said. "Not tear her down but let her speak up on her side. You have to be what you are. You gotta hang in there...
Polls are being taken again, of course, and last week Ferraro got a new set of campaign advisers to interpret the results. Campaign Manager Sasso was an aide to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis; Anne Wexler, a White House advisor to Jimmy Carter, will be Ferraro's senior political counselor. Along with Mondale's high command, Ferraro's staff will decide how she can campaign most effectively and keep the popular good will from fading. Ferraro also must get her positions in line with those of her running mate; already she has deferred to Mondale's opposition...
...immediate result will be a burst of publicity for the Democratic ticket and attention that no other choice could buy. "Ferraro will give us the opportunity to get double coverage," exults John Sasso, an aide to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis (the white male who probably would have received the V.P. nod had Mondale played it safe). But there is a risk: the slightest hesitancy or overaggressiveness in manner, any fumbled response to a question or verbal gaffe will be enormously magnified. Ferraro is a streetwise campaigner who has won three elections to Congress as a liberal Democrat from Archie Bunker...