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...since the entire last-gasp Reagan strategy was to stop Ford from going over the top on the first ballot. The President's failure to do so would be a damaging psychological blow to supporters who considered him a sure winner. Ford's strength would also presumably wane as delegates not legally or morally bound to his candidacy felt free on later ballots to express their true sentiments...
...could be over whether delegates must vote for the candidate they were chosen to support by home-state voters, or whether they are free to cast their ballots as they wish. A companion stickler: Can delegates abstain? Since it is generally agreed that Ford's strength will wane if there is more than one ballot, Reaganites might attempt to promote abstentions, depriving the President of the winning 1,130 votes...
...patronage-holders, could maneuver past the perimeter wall. While waiting you could drum up some interesting slice-of-life stories by roaming the balconies. But after a while the value of those "mood of Democratic America as seen through the loge section of Madison Square Garden" pieces starts to wane. Of course, there is some truth to the argument that policy-making is conducted strictly in the dingy rooms in the adjacent Statler. But the policy makers have never been known to let reporters into their private sessions. A reporter's life and death at a convention revolves around...
...world." Foreigners are especially hard on the country; the prime minister of Singapore tells Canfield, "The United States has become impotent because it is no longer controlled by its government, but by its propagandists." A Russian diplomat says, "Most international observers agree that America is now on the wane. The country is under attack by professional critics with an unlimited supply of ink and microphones...
Wallace will probably put together enough of his natural core to finish first tonight, but his percentages will be considerably lower than they were in 1972. His issues are colder and the penny ante demon is on the wane. He's been usurped and outmoded. It's always dangerous to write political obituaries, but if Wallace isn't through for good in July, it will only be because one way or another he's linked up with that other charming anachronism, Ronald Reagan...