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Just about from the horse’s mouth: Vice President George Bush, in Ireland on last lap of European trip, commented that Ronald Reagan has decided to run for re-election and he “has generously asked me to be his running-mate again.” . . . With things at a midsummer crawl politically, the latest David Garth analysis shows Reagan now topping both Mondale and Glenn in popularity, a flip-flop from a month earlier. Garth threw Ted Kennedy’s name into the poll but even Kennedy didn’t generate much enthusiasm. He got only 25 per cent of the vote, as against 23 for Glenn, 17 for Mondale. . . . With his bipartisan approach on Social Security, MX, working out pretty well, Reagan is said to be considering appointing bipartisan commission on Central America. Washington reports are he’s already talked to Sen. Henry Jackson (D., Wash.) and House Majority Leader Jim Wright about it. . . . Black leaders continue to complain they have gotten raw deal from Reagan White House, but they don’t try to ingratiate themselves, as recent statement by NAACP Chairman Benjamin Hooks, rejecting idea of black presidential candidacy, shows: “Since we are so frightened by the Reagan system of government, our primary concern should be ridding the nation of that system.” . . . On plus side, recent poll in Public Opinion shows Americans far less dovish than peaceniks would have us believe. Would you accept Soviet domination rather than risk war? Yes, 7 per cent; no, 93 per cent.

Polish radio and TV crews kept their coverage of Pope John Paul’s visit to minimum, and managed not to cover Solidarity demonstrations, but Poles got the full story from Radio Free Europe, which upped its broadcast time into Poland from 7 to 22 hours daily

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Just about from the horse’s mouth: Vice President George Bush, in Ireland on last lap of European trip, commented that Ronald Reagan has decided to run for re-election and he “has generously asked me to be his running-mate again.” . . . With things at a midsummer crawl politically, the latest David Garth analysis shows Reagan now topping both Mondale and Glenn in popularity, a flip-flop from a month earlier. Garth threw Ted Kennedy’s name into the poll but even Kennedy didn’t generate much enthusiasm. He got only 25 per cent of the vote, as against 23 for Glenn, 17 for Mondale. . . . With his bipartisan approach on Social Security, MX, working out pretty well, Reagan is said to be considering appointing bipartisan commission on Central America. Washington reports are he’s already talked to Sen. Henry Jackson (D., Wash.) and House Majority Leader Jim Wright about it. . . . Black leaders continue to complain they have gotten raw deal from Reagan White House, but they don’t try to ingratiate themselves, as recent statement by NAACP Chairman Benjamin Hooks, rejecting idea of black presidential candidacy, shows: “Since we are so frightened by the Reagan system of government, our primary concern should be ridding the nation of that system.” . . . On plus side, recent poll in Public Opinion shows Americans far less dovish than peaceniks would have us believe. Would you accept Soviet domination rather than risk war? Yes, 7 per cent; no, 93 per cent.

Polish radio and TV crews kept their coverage of Pope John Paul’s visit to minimum, and managed not to cover Solidarity demonstrations, but Poles got the full story from Radio Free Europe, which upped its broadcast time into Poland from 7 to 22 hours daily