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...energy-induced inflation that has little in common with common sense. Since the idea is not down-to-earth, Anderson is forced to appeal to an academic galaxy of stars from Harvard, Stanford, M.I.T., Wharton, Princeton, Georgetown, Michigan, even "Michael Evans of Evans Economics" himself...it is a crowded stump speech...
...candidate's rhetoric, his positions, his style on the stump-a reporter can get these down in a few days," says Senior Correspondent Laurence Barrett, "but only by tagging along in close quarters for weeks at a time can you capture a full portrait of this fellow who wants to be President." This week's cover story on the Republican race reflects the insights of two reporters who have been coattailing the party's leading contenders for the past nine weeks: Barrett, our man on Ronald Reagan's plane, and Washington Correspondent Douglas Brew...
...veto. He bludgeoned almost 70 bills sent down from Capitol Hill. That was a negative way to work, but work it did-and without an act of Congress or an environmental impact study. It would be instructive for all parties to hear a little discourse from the stump on the mechanics of power, without which nothing moves...
Kennedy has also made gains by attacking the administration's performance on domestic issues. Without Carter on the stump--justifying and explaining why the inflation he has promised to bring down since 1976 continues to rise--staffers have had to rely on White House representatives and a deft combination of sidestepping and counter-punching. "We can only point out what they (the administration) are doing about inflation and energy and that they are long term problems. We also point out that the programs Senator Kennedy has proposed are unrealistic and actually fuel inflation," says Woodward. More specifically, the Carter people...
...perform up to his potential. It's more like a fight promoter's attempt to ensure a well-balanced card. Thus David S. Broder, contrasting Howard Baker's inept campaign in Maine with "the Howard Baker that Washington knows," concludes censoriously: "The man on the stump in this presidential campaign is a double who invites ridicule." James Reston reproves the voters themselves because John Anderson of Illinois, "a good man in a bad time," doesn't fare better: "Most of the American voters are now out to lunch, and won't be listening until later...