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■ So what do the smart guys think of Fritz Mondale’s slight slump in the polls? Kevin Phillips: Mondale is in no danger from John Glenn unless Jesse Jackson gets into the race. One recent poll showed Jackson getting 9 per cent of the Democratic vote in a Jackson- Mondale-Glenn match-up. Says the Washington Post’s David Broder: Mondale is vulnerable because the Democratic pols—his main supporters right now—are so anxious for a win they’ll dump him “the minute it seems he can’t win the nomination.” The Post’s Robert Kaiser believes that Mondale “just doesn’t have what it takes to win the Presidency.” While Glenn “does well in the polls,” Kaiser adds, Democratic insiders predict with surprising unanimity that “he’ll be the George Romney of this campaign.” . . . Hamilton Jordan thinks it would be a mistake for Mondale to take AFL-CIO endorsement he will probably be offered by Lane Kirkland come December. He should tell Kirkland: I want labor’s help, but not the endorsement. . . . The endorsement will not be all that valuable, according to recent New York Times/CBS poll, which found that only 9 per cent of Americans would be swayed by labor’s endorsement to vote for a particular candidate; 21 per cent would be “less likely” to vote for such a candidate; 64 per cent said it would make no difference. . . . Democratic analyst Alan Baron suggests that no matter what New York Gov. Mario Cuomo says about not being interested in the brass ring, he has a) hired exMoynihan AA Tim Ruppert to head top political staff and b) established close links with Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell. . . . Syndicated columnists Germond and Witcover report that John Anderson has started serious fundraising operations in preparation for another third-party bid.

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■ So what do the smart guys think of Fritz Mondale’s slight slump in the polls? Kevin Phillips: Mondale is in no danger from John Glenn unless Jesse Jackson gets into the race. One recent poll showed Jackson getting 9 per cent of the Democratic vote in a Jackson- Mondale-Glenn match-up. Says the Washington Post’s David Broder: Mondale is vulnerable because the Democratic pols—his main supporters right now—are so anxious for a win they’ll dump him “the minute it seems he can’t win the nomination.” The Post’s Robert Kaiser believes that Mondale “just doesn’t have what it takes to win the Presidency.” While Glenn “does well in the polls,” Kaiser adds, Democratic insiders predict with surprising unanimity that “he’ll be the George Romney of this campaign.” . . . Hamilton Jordan thinks it would be a mistake for Mondale to take AFL-CIO endorsement he will probably be offered by Lane Kirkland come December. He should tell Kirkland: I want labor’s help, but not the endorsement. . . . The endorsement will not be all that valuable, according to recent New York Times/CBS poll, which found that only 9 per cent of Americans would be swayed by labor’s endorsement to vote for a particular candidate; 21 per cent would be “less likely” to vote for such a candidate; 64 per cent said it would make no difference. . . . Democratic analyst Alan Baron suggests that no matter what New York Gov. Mario Cuomo says about not being interested in the brass ring, he has a) hired exMoynihan AA Tim Ruppert to head top political staff and b) established close links with Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell. . . . Syndicated columnists Germond and Witcover report that John Anderson has started serious fundraising operations in preparation for another third-party bid.

Martin, Punch