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...JIMMY CARTER'S bandwagon hits bumpy terrain, the 86 delegates Chicago's Mayor Daley holds in the name of Illinois Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson '52 begin to look increasingly significant. The vision of taking all those delegates in one fell swoop by choosing Stevenson as his running mate, must loom very large in Carter's mind as he creeps towards the 1505 votes needed to nominate...
This scenario, which assumes Jimmy will come out on top, leaves Stevenson as the only one remaining on the pundits' list of vice-presidential possibilities. He provides the old venerated name for Carter's new flashy one, the establishment ties for Carter's anti-Washington constituency, the urban Midwest appeal for Carter's rural Southern one. Most importantly, Adlai finds himself in the unique position of simultaneously representing the party bosses like Daley, plus the liberals who admire the Senator's progressive legislative record and still tingle when they remember his father's greatness. This year the Daley wing...
...Stevenson could help the national ticket in more general ways. Because he realizes he lacks his father's eloquence and wit, he concentrates instead on making his speeches rhetoric-free and responsive to issues--a trait in short supply this year. Stevenson, who some say knows the issues better than his father did, is given high marks for his performance in the Senate. His well-recognized participation in the drafting of the aid package for New York City would help Carter in stricken urban areas and a knowledgability in foreign affairs seems to run in the family. On energy, Stevenson...
...CHOOSING Stevenson makes some sense. Whether in this strange election Carter will pay attention to what makes sense is a different question. What Jimmy must pay heed to, however, is clout--and that's a word Richard J. Daley put in the American vocabulary. If Daley so desires, he can bring a tremendous amount of pressure to bear on Carter to pick Stevenson. "Hizzoner da mare," as he is known to his Chicago friends, possesses hundreds of I.O.U.'s just waiting to be collected on. For years, Democratic politicians from across the country have come hat in hand to Daley...
...support. The new committee will be composed of eight Democrats and seven Republicans. Members would be limited to eight-year terms to prevent the growth of cozy relationships between the watchers and the watched. Among those legislators picked at week's end were Democratic liberals Birch Bayh, Adlai Stevenson, Gary Hart and Joseph Biden, and Republicans Clifford Case, Howard Baker, Mark Hatfield, Strom Thurmond and Goldwater. Though Church might be a natural candidate for chairmanship of the new committee, he ruled himself out. The expected choice is Democrat Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, a tough skeptic, who served...