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...smaller margins than he would top Reagan. Says California Pollster Mervin Field: "I'm hard-pressed to rate Carter worse than even in any of the 50 states, and he is clearly the favorite in 25 to 30. It's difficult to diagnose anything other than a sweep...
...gave up his job for four months to work as a full-time volunteer (15 hours a day). He worked telephone banks turning people out for ward conventions, the first step in the delegate selection process. Says state chairman Jack Stahl, who is staying neutral: "I see a clean sweep of all 21 delegates for Reagan...
...from Harris the portside populist to George Wallace the starboard demagogue. Now they figured that unity would spell victory. They smelled blood because the Republicans were opening their veins like suicidal ancient Romans. The battle between Ford and Reagan is certain to intensify still more after Reagan's near-sweep last week of Missouri at-large delegates (see story page...
With the delegates yet to be chosen in twelve states, Reagan appears certain to close the gap and prevent Ford from reaching the 1,130 total required for nomination. In the view of Reagan strategists, he may very well sweep the 127 delegates to be chosen at state conventions in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Washington?all in the Western heartland of Reagan country. After splitting North Dakota's 18 votes with Ford and picking up eight in Minnesota to ten for Ford (an estimate that observers believe exaggerates Reagan's strength), Reagan will try to pick...
...These men, such as Jacques Maisonrouge of IBM and George Ball of Lehman Brothers International (a former Undersecretary of State and a possible Democratic Secretary) agree with William Spencer of Citicorp that "the political boundaries of nation-states are too narrow and constricted to define the scope and sweep of modern business." They sympathize with the desire of Carl Gerstecker of Dow Chemical (a former America-Firster) to establish his company's headquarters on an island under the sovereignty of no nation...