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...interview after the meeting. Sorensen recalled his long-standing association with Hart. "When President Carter was foolish enough to nominate me to be head of the CIA in 1977. Gary was one of the few members of the Senate Intelligence Committee to be friendly...
...Sorensen predicted that the added importance of television coverage would probably help Hart's chances of heating the Democratic frontrunners. He explained that TV has generally been a boon to dark horse candidates citing McGovern's upset of then Sen Edmand Muskie (D-Mc) in the 1972 primaries and Jimmy Carter's emergence from obscurity...
Despite polls that show Mart trailing in the race, Sorensen said he is optimistic about Hart's chances for the Democratic nomination: "Not one delegate has been chosen yet," he said...
...Sorensen predicted that before long one of the two leading candidates at the time will "knock out the other." "If Hart survives, he will be invited by the media [into the front of the race]," he added...
...Sorensen does not see the McGovern candidacy as posing any threat to the Hart campaign "George McGovern is a great friend, but I don't think he has any hope of winning the nomination," he said...