Exit Teddy
New York, Dec. 3—So Teddy won’t run. That’s a pity, for several reasons. In his book Keeping Faith, Jimmy Carter observes that Senator Kennedy always does very well in the polls, but that when he becomes a candidate, he loses. Using the vernacular, Mr. Carter, when informed that Senator Kennedy was going to run against him, phrased all the above as “I’ll whip his ass.” And indeed he did just that. Mr. Carter’s life was subsequently complicated by Kennedy’s staying in the race. This he did even after Carter had accumulated enough delegates to guarantee his nomination. Carter, understandably, feels bitter about this. Indeed, he claims Kennedy’s persistence probably cost Carter the election, though there are those, calmer observers, who believe that Carter cost Carter the election. Still, there is a hangover.
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