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...chief speechwriters, Carey Parker and Robert Shrum, began drafting a withdrawal statement, his sisters pored through a book of quotations looking for poetry appropriate to a losing situation. They could not find a suitable verse. Kennedy hit on one thought. "I want to start off thanking my delegates for their support," he said. Then he added: "Of course, Carter has more delegates to thank." Amid the laughter, his writers turned that idea into his opening line: "I'm deeply gratified by the support I received on the rules fight tonight [pause] but not quite as gratified as President Carter...
...idea for the get-together came to Kennedy Strategist Robert Shrum and Anderson Adviser Lawrence Tribe when they met over breakfast in Cambridge, Mass., last week. They agreed that both campaigns needed some kind of jolt. Why not do it jointly? The candidates quickly endorsed the notion...
...Shrum said he believes it is up to individuals involved in the media to "provoke some passion over the issues...
...media should have someone who specializes in each of the issue areas" to eliminate the media's tendency not to confront the candidates with complicated questions, Shrum said...
...Shrum cited the second Carter-Ford debate as proof of this "win-or-lose" philosophy...