Word: problems
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...other states, the President must hold together an unwieldy ethnic mix of blacks, Jews and rural white conservatives -a tricky balancing act under the best of circumstances. Blacks show no sign of defecting. The problem is to get them to vote. The rural whites in the Florida panhandle are considerably more wary. They have reservations about Carter's economic, defense and foreign policies, and they are attracted by Reagan, who speaks their language. So are the established Cubans in Florida, who feel that the Republican would crack down harder on Castro than Carter does...
...Catch-22 dilemma: millions of Americans were not prepared to vote for him unless they were convinced that he had a chance to win. But he had no chance to win unless enough Americans backed him in the polls so that the voters thought he could win. Complicating his problem, the experienced professionals in both parties predicted repeatedly that as the election approached, Anderson's support would fade. Last week those predictions, partly self-fulfilling, looked accurate...
Still, the lack of money has been a major Anderson problem. While his campaign has netted nearly $8 million since April 24, it now needs at least another $1 million for a final TV ad drive. Anderson was buoyed last week by a favorable ruling from the Federal Election Commission that his campaign could borrow from banks against the federal funds he will receive if he gets 5% or more of the November vote. The Democratic National Committee had been warning that such loans were illegal, and banks had been holding up Anderson's application. Now his aides expect...
...what is laudable in Eugene is anathema to the lumbermen in the rest of the district. Says Weaver: "My problem is that my district's Establishment -it all revolves around the timber industry-opposes me." With help from lumber companies, utilities and the National Republican Congressional Committee, Mike Fitzgerald, 47, a garrulous, former public relations man from San Diego, has Weaver running like a Roosevelt elk, a species that he has fought to conserve. They agree only in their opposition to gun controls...
...best of the worst may just turn out to be Mather/Dunster, which promises an exciting brand of passing football. Keith Dowds will pitch and hand off to standout running back Mark Rosen, but depth will be a problem...