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If it’s more than a two-man race in ’84, who stands to gain? Everything points to the Republicans. Take John Anderson, who’s working hard on a program for his still nebulous third party. How will it affect the race? Last week a Washington Post / ABC poll found that while both Mondale and Glenn top Reagan (by 5 to 12 points) in two-man standoff, when Anderson is added to equation, Reagan is about even with the Democratic front-runners. Further breakdown shows that Anderson —as of now—would take one out of every eight Democratic votes. … In Chicago last week, Jesse Jackson got approval in principle, but not in person, of a black candidacy in 1984 from group of black leaders, and estimates are that if he goes all the way, he also will pull up to 8 per cent of the vote from the Democrats. Which is why the NAACP and National Urban League are cool to Jackson’s campaign. Says NAACP official Joe Madison, Jackson wouldn’t be getting the kind of publicity he’s been getting if the Democrats hadn’t fielded “six of the most undramatic, noncharismatic white men that they could find to run for President of the United States.” . . . That same Washington Post poll, incidentally, shows Jackson third among Democrats, with 8 per cent, after Mondale (42) and Glenn (26), and ahead of Alan Cranston (7). . . . Why has Sen. Paul Tsongas endorsed John Glenn so early in the game? Because, says Tsongas, he doesn’t believe any liberal Democrat can beat Ronald Reagan. This has outraged Democratic establishment in Massachusetts which, reportedly, is looking for candidate to put up against Tsongas in next year’s Democratic primary. . . . Aching to have a shot at Tsongas is Ray Shamie, who kept Ted Kennedy to under 60 per cent of the vote in their senatorial race last year. . . . Good news for Fritz Mondale: A Darden poll of Southern voters shows that 44 per cent of them don’t realize that Mondale was Jimmy Carter’s Vice President. . . . Bad news for Mondale: Wisconsin Republicans have picked Mondale as the Democrat they would most like to see Reagan run against. . . . Alan Cranston’s comment to Godfrey Sperling of Christian Science Monitor after Wisconsin straw win was: “Fewer people are out to lunch when I ask them to pitch in.”

Holland, London Daily Telegraph

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If it’s more than a two-man race in ’84, who stands to gain? Everything points to the Republicans. Take John Anderson, who’s working hard on a program for his still nebulous third party. How will it affect the race? Last week a Washington Post / ABC poll found that while both Mondale and Glenn top Reagan (by 5 to 12 points) in two-man standoff, when Anderson is added to equation, Reagan is about even with the Democratic front-runners. Further breakdown shows that Anderson —as of now—would take one out of every eight Democratic votes. … In Chicago last week, Jesse Jackson got approval in principle, but not in person, of a black candidacy in 1984 from group of black leaders, and estimates are that if he goes all the way, he also will pull up to 8 per cent of the vote from the Democrats. Which is why the NAACP and National Urban League are cool to Jackson’s campaign. Says NAACP official Joe Madison, Jackson wouldn’t be getting the kind of publicity he’s been getting if the Democrats hadn’t fielded “six of the most undramatic, noncharismatic white men that they could find to run for President of the United States.” . . . That same Washington Post poll, incidentally, shows Jackson third among Democrats, with 8 per cent, after Mondale (42) and Glenn (26), and ahead of Alan Cranston (7). . . . Why has Sen. Paul Tsongas endorsed John Glenn so early in the game? Because, says Tsongas, he doesn’t believe any liberal Democrat can beat Ronald Reagan. This has outraged Democratic establishment in Massachusetts which, reportedly, is looking for candidate to put up against Tsongas in next year’s Democratic primary. . . . Aching to have a shot at Tsongas is Ray Shamie, who kept Ted Kennedy to under 60 per cent of the vote in their senatorial race last year. . . . Good news for Fritz Mondale: A Darden poll of Southern voters shows that 44 per cent of them don’t realize that Mondale was Jimmy Carter’s Vice President. . . . Bad news for Mondale: Wisconsin Republicans have picked Mondale as the Democrat they would most like to see Reagan run against. . . . Alan Cranston’s comment to Godfrey Sperling of Christian Science Monitor after Wisconsin straw win was: “Fewer people are out to lunch when I ask them to pitch in.”

Holland, London Daily Telegraph