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How big is the Wallace vote? A recent Gallup poll pitting George Wallace against five Democrats (Kennedy, Humphrey, Muskie, McGovern, Jackson) shows Wallace trailing them all. But, and here’s the interesting finding, one Democrat in eight—13 per cent of the Democrats polled—voted for Wallace in all five showdown tests, while 50 per cent voted against him in all five test votes. . . . Incidentally, HHH, Muskie, Wallace, and Kennedy—who are not officially in the race—consistently score better in the polls than Bentsen, Jackson, Udall, and Carter, who are. . . . Jimmy Carter predicts that after the Florida primary—that’s the second primary, March 9—only two or three Democrats will be left in the race, one of whom, says Carter, will be George Wallace. . . . About ready to test the presidential waters: Gov. Milton Shapp of Pennsylvania (who believes a governor has a better chance than a congressman or senator because of the “disrepute Congress has fallen into”), Sen. Birch Bayh, and Sargent Shriver. . . . James Lorenz Jr., a former close associate of California Gov. Jerry Brown, says “the decision has been made to go for the big prize,” which statement was, as expected, instantly denied by Sacramento. The ADA has formally denounced Sen. Henry Jackson as “one of the most conservative non-Southern Democrats in the Senate in the last two decades.”

Slightly cold water for Ford: Melvin Laird believes Ford will win the election in ’76 only if unemployment is brought down to 7 per cent by that time, inflation to 6 per cent (both chancy). . . . Asked about a possible Reagan-Rockefeller vice presidential race, Laird thought it might help the Party, add interest. Asked about a possible Reagan-Ford presidential contest, Laird was silent: No comment. . . . The latest Christian Science Monitor sounding of Republican state chairmen and national committeemen found “only a handful” preferring someone else (either Sen. Howard Baker or John Connally) to Rockefeller as Veep. . . . Southern GOP leaders meeting in Wrightsville, North Carolina last week were more pro-Ford than they had been in past (although very vocal in their criticism of Betty Ford’s recent statements). Their feelings about Ronald Reagan could be summed up by Mack Mattingly, the Georgia state chairman: “Reagan would have beat hell out of Ford six months ago, but now it’s much more of a race.” . . . New additions to Citizens for Reagan Committee include former NR summer staffer and ACU Washington Director Jeffrey Bell and Sen. James Buckley’s former executive assistant, David Keene. . . . Buckley will be a speaker at this year’s New York Conservative Party dinner, “Salute to Ronald Reagan” (Americana Hotel, NYC, Oct. 20 —for information write James O’Doherty, Conservative Party, 468 Park Avenue South, NYC 10018), as will NR contributor and former senatorial contender, Mrs. Barbara Keating.

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How big is the Wallace vote? A recent Gallup poll pitting George Wallace against five Democrats (Kennedy, Humphrey, Muskie, McGovern, Jackson) shows Wallace trailing them all. But, and here’s the interesting finding, one Democrat in eight—13 per cent of the Democrats polled—voted for Wallace in all five showdown tests, while 50 per cent voted against him in all five test votes. . . . Incidentally, HHH, Muskie, Wallace, and Kennedy—who are not officially in the race—consistently score better in the polls than Bentsen, Jackson, Udall, and Carter, who are. . . . Jimmy Carter predicts that after the Florida primary—that’s the second primary, March 9—only two or three Democrats will be left in the race, one of whom, says Carter, will be George Wallace. . . . About ready to test the presidential waters: Gov. Milton Shapp of Pennsylvania (who believes a governor has a better chance than a congressman or senator because of the “disrepute Congress has fallen into”), Sen. Birch Bayh, and Sargent Shriver. . . . James Lorenz Jr., a former close associate of California Gov. Jerry Brown, says “the decision has been made to go for the big prize,” which statement was, as expected, instantly denied by Sacramento. The ADA has formally denounced Sen. Henry Jackson as “one of the most conservative non-Southern Democrats in the Senate in the last two decades.”

Slightly cold water for Ford: Melvin Laird believes Ford will win the election in ’76 only if unemployment is brought down to 7 per cent by that time, inflation to 6 per cent (both chancy). . . . Asked about a possible Reagan-Rockefeller vice presidential race, Laird thought it might help the Party, add interest. Asked about a possible Reagan-Ford presidential contest, Laird was silent: No comment. . . . The latest Christian Science Monitor sounding of Republican state chairmen and national committeemen found “only a handful” preferring someone else (either Sen. Howard Baker or John Connally) to Rockefeller as Veep. . . . Southern GOP leaders meeting in Wrightsville, North Carolina last week were more pro-Ford than they had been in past (although very vocal in their criticism of Betty Ford’s recent statements). Their feelings about Ronald Reagan could be summed up by Mack Mattingly, the Georgia state chairman: “Reagan would have beat hell out of Ford six months ago, but now it’s much more of a race.” . . . New additions to Citizens for Reagan Committee include former NR summer staffer and ACU Washington Director Jeffrey Bell and Sen. James Buckley’s former executive assistant, David Keene. . . . Buckley will be a speaker at this year’s New York Conservative Party dinner, “Salute to Ronald Reagan” (Americana Hotel, NYC, Oct. 20 —for information write James O’Doherty, Conservative Party, 468 Park Avenue South, NYC 10018), as will NR contributor and former senatorial contender, Mrs. Barbara Keating.