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...eagerly endorse this year. Although they are discreetly keeping their feelings to themselves, they are watching the 1980 campaign with varying degrees of disdain and dismay. In general, they like none of the three candidates, though most would reluctantly cast their ballots for Jimmy Carter. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt expressed one major reason when he told aides, "At least I have got more or less used to Carter." But local and regional considerations also play a role, both for leaders who favor the incumbent and for the few who support Ronald Reagan...
...about Reagan are tempered by the hope that his foreign policy might be set largely by his Cabinet. Many Europeans would be delighted if Reagan named Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State, former NATO Commander Alexander Haig as Defense Secretary and George Schulz as Treasury Secretary. In that case, Schmidt has told aides, "Reagan would not be all that...
...appeals to non-Socialist moderates. He has never concealed his distaste for the Union of the Left, the Socialist-Communist alliance that almost won the 1974 presidential election, only to collapse just before the parliamentary vote of 1978. Rocard is far more comfortable with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's brand of social democracy than with the quasi-Marxist yearnings of his own party's left wing. Mitterrand's intentions are a mystery. Most likely, he will try to remain aloof, hoping that a divided party will turn to him as a unifier at its January congress...
...dramatics in Philadelphia, the Series had actually been won two days earlier in Kansas City, when the Phillies staged a ninth-inning rally to win the fifth game, 4-3. Philadelphia Third Baseman Mike Schmidt, who was later chosen the Series Most Valuable Player, smashed a line drive past George Brett, his Royals counterpart. Brett dove for the ball, but it glanced off his glove and the comeback had begun. With the help of Pinch-Hitter Del Unser, who slammed a double beyond the flailing reach of Royals' First Baseman Willie Aikens, the Phillies turned a one-run deficit...
...Schmidt enjoyed the opposite fate. In the thrill-an-inning playoffs against Houston, he had been the goat, hitting .208 (five hits in 24 at-bats) and striking out twice with the bases loaded in the final game. The Major League home-run leader during the regular sea son with 48, he regained his touch during the World Series, hitting .381, bashing two homers and driving in the winning run in two of the Phillies' four victories. That resurrection led Schmidt to mystical ruminations: ";It was destined for us to win this thing. We overcame too many obstacles, came...