Word: taking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sarcastically, Carter answered that he had no dispute with such "a group of superbly qualified, highly objective, extremely intelligent analysts," but he added that he planned to "let my voice be heard and felt . . . from various places in the country." This week the new campaign of hard-selling will take him to Bardstown, Ky., and more trips are being planned...
Those pessimistic assessments by TIME's bureau chiefs were echoed in a surprising fashion last week by two prominent Democratic Senators. Washington's Scoop Jackson predicted that Carter will either "take himself out" of the 1980 campaign or that events, most likely defeats in the early primaries, will "take him out"-and that Senator Kennedy will be the Democratic nominee. Later, South Dakota's George McGovern accused Carter of "moral posturing, public manipulation and political ineptitude," and said he agreed that Kennedy "is the most logical candidate of our party ... and would be an inspiring President...
...Jimmy Carter prepared to take office in 1977, he received a memo from Pollster Patrick Caddell advising him to keep on emphasizing the open, anti-Washington style that had helped him win the election. In this way, the pollster said, Carter could turn his narrow victory margin into a broader mandate. The memo soon became known as Caddell's "style over substance" pitch. Somehow, Carter forgot that advice. But last month, when he began trying to rescue his presidency, he turned again to Caddell for counsel, and this time he followed...
Donovan and the President agreed on three primary points: Donovan would report directly to the President (among White House staffers, only National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan now have that access); he would take no part in Carter's re-election campaign; and he would not be an image shaper for the President. Donovan said he had been "very impressed by the sincerity with which the President described his need and the country's need for the job. It was difficult to resist such an appeal put on the grounds of public service...
...even decided whether Donovan will be paid a regular salary (the legal limit would be $57,500) or serve on a dollar-a-year basis. Donovan will live in Washington and ask for a leave of absence from the corporate boards on which he serves. But first he will take a two-week vacation, traveling by barge through France...