We hear the Soviets are embarrassed about rumors linking them to the Institute for Policy Studies.
If, as Michael Dukakis claimed in Atlanta, this election were about competence, not ideology, then Lloyd Bentsen would probably be the vice-presidential pick of those who watched the Omaha debate. Bentsen—sober, smooth, and glib as an Op-Ed piece— out-pointed his tight-jawed, easily flustered opponent. True, many of his substantive answers seemed to boil down to Jap-bashing and protectionism, but then a lot of Op-Ed pieces give those answers as well. Dan Quayle’s best moment came in his closing, when he explained what the election was truly about: a choice between the road of Michael Dukakis and the road of George Bush. The silver-haired Rio Grande patron has hired himself out this fall to do roadwork for the Duke. Good debater; lousy judgment.
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