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All in all, a pretty good week for Ronald Reagan. The thinking had been that a Kennedy candidacy would spur the Connally campaign (if the Democrats run Kennedy the Republicans will need a charismatic leader—that kind of thing), but the Connally boom failed to materialize. … A Detroit News poll of nearly 1,400 GOP county chairmen showed 56 per cent think Reagan will be nominated, and 44 per cent think he’ll be elected. Only 23 per cent think Connally will be the nominee. Said Robert Teeter, who conducted the poll, “They [these results] don’t say he’s unbeatable. But God, is he strong. It would take a major turn of events for another candidate to pass him.” … In New Hampshire, a private poll of his own constituents conducted by Republican Cong. James Cleveland gives Reagan 38 per cent of the vote, to 17 for Gerald Ford, 12 for Baker, 11 for Bush, 10 for Connally. … In addition, Reagan is now assured of all of the votes of the California delegation to the Republican convention; his forces rammed through ratification of the winner-take-all proviso.

All in all, another bad week for Jimmy Carter. A U.S. News poll of Democratic National Committee members shows that 53 per cent think Kennedy would carry their states if the vote were today, only 30 think Carter would win. . . . This was in part offset by a Christian Science Monitor poll of ninety Democratic congressmen that found 63 still in Carter’s camp, 17 in Kennedy’s, the balance undecided. . . . The Carter strategy has been to paint Kennedy, when he finally surfaces, as a radical, out of tune with the country; but Kennedy shows no signs of letting himself be boxed in. Sen. Edmund Muskie, of the powerful Senate Budget Committee, says Kennedy’s recent vote for a $3.6 billion cut in domestic spending “suggests to me he realizes there is a center.” … In an earlier interview with Evans & Novak Kennedy confirmed that he would move right. . . . Meanwhile, however, Kennedy’s blossoming campaign is proving wildly upsetting to Gov. Jerry Brown. He has been having such trouble raising money that some Brown insiders believe he may be forced out before the first primary.

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All in all, a pretty good week for Ronald Reagan. The thinking had been that a Kennedy candidacy would spur the Connally campaign (if the Democrats run Kennedy the Republicans will need a charismatic leader—that kind of thing), but the Connally boom failed to materialize. … A Detroit News poll of nearly 1,400 GOP county chairmen showed 56 per cent think Reagan will be nominated, and 44 per cent think he’ll be elected. Only 23 per cent think Connally will be the nominee. Said Robert Teeter, who conducted the poll, “They [these results] don’t say he’s unbeatable. But God, is he strong. It would take a major turn of events for another candidate to pass him.” … In New Hampshire, a private poll of his own constituents conducted by Republican Cong. James Cleveland gives Reagan 38 per cent of the vote, to 17 for Gerald Ford, 12 for Baker, 11 for Bush, 10 for Connally. … In addition, Reagan is now assured of all of the votes of the California delegation to the Republican convention; his forces rammed through ratification of the winner-take-all proviso.

All in all, another bad week for Jimmy Carter. A U.S. News poll of Democratic National Committee members shows that 53 per cent think Kennedy would carry their states if the vote were today, only 30 think Carter would win. . . . This was in part offset by a Christian Science Monitor poll of ninety Democratic congressmen that found 63 still in Carter’s camp, 17 in Kennedy’s, the balance undecided. . . . The Carter strategy has been to paint Kennedy, when he finally surfaces, as a radical, out of tune with the country; but Kennedy shows no signs of letting himself be boxed in. Sen. Edmund Muskie, of the powerful Senate Budget Committee, says Kennedy’s recent vote for a $3.6 billion cut in domestic spending “suggests to me he realizes there is a center.” … In an earlier interview with Evans & Novak Kennedy confirmed that he would move right. . . . Meanwhile, however, Kennedy’s blossoming campaign is proving wildly upsetting to Gov. Jerry Brown. He has been having such trouble raising money that some Brown insiders believe he may be forced out before the first primary.