Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...deal with detail. He likes to have an answer on every issue that appeals to his engineering mind as being quantitatively correct in as substantial a way as possible. I think most politicians tend to move in a different way; to look at the broader political dimensions of a problem...
...Carter challenged President Gerald Ford, he led by 35 points in the polls. That lead dwindled through the fall until Carter managed to edge out Ford by only one point, and might have lost if the campaign had gone on another week or two. "The real crux of the problem is the nature of being a challenger," says Caddell...
...convince voters that he is responsible enough to keep the country out of dangerous confrontations in the nuclear age. Carter will strive to make that job even more difficult. Carter Media Man Gerald Rafshoon is already creating television spots around what the Carter people bluntly call "the button problem." The working title of one such advertisement questioning Reagan's coolness under pressure is called "Places He Would Attack...
...polling booths on Nov. 4, but it is unlikely to generate much enthusiasm for the President. Just how to do that is the subject of dispute inside the Carter organization. One group believes that Carter's record is actually better than he gets credit for; the problem is that the White House has failed to communicate it effectively. Says an aide: "Carter can actually run on his record, as ridiculous as that may sound at first to some people." But Caddell disagrees. Says he: "I would suggest that there is little to be gained in trying to refight...
...billion antirecession program to create at least 800,000 additional jobs. The party also pledges not to fight inflation by any policy that will lead to high interest rates or substantially increased unemployment. Thus the assembled Democrats place unemployment ahead of inflation as the nation's chief economic problem...