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...beginning of the school term, Robin Schmidt, former assistant vice president for public affairs, stepped up to succeed Daly...
...Schmidt said yesterday he believes the job does not differ much from his former position. Before taking over Daly's reins, Schmidt specialized in the federal end of the Government and Community Affairs office...
...personality contest between two competent, but certainly not dazzling, politicians who scarcely differ in their approach to key issues. Most Western and Japanese political leaders are softly cheering for Ford. His main attraction: being a known quantity, v. the relatively unknown Jimmy Carter. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt makes it a point to note privately that Ford has "grown" into the presidency and is much more intelligent and decisive than is popularly thought. But the West Germans also regard Carter as a highly competent, tough and intelligent politician, and are pleased that he has tempered his earlier cries for cuts...
That appeal-and the repeated charge that the S.D.P. was "soft on Communism"-went over well among middle-class voters. They feel threatened by the young leftists who have taken over the Social Democrats' party machinery in a few major cities. Although Schmidt embodies the old virtues as well as anyone, he had to bear the banner for a party that acquired a largely undeserved left-leaning reputation under former Chancellor Willy Brandt. Since West German voters elect their Chancellor by voting for a party, rather than directly for an individual candidate, that bogus image may have cost Schmidt...
...they awaited the results, both candidates faced one certainty. Whoever won would have a formidable opposition leader to contend with. Indeed, with the likelihood of a reduced margin of seats in the Bundestag dividing winner and loser, it seemed possible that neither Kohl nor Schmidt would be able to stay in power for a full four-year term...