NATION AND WORLD
University Daily Kansan, June 8, 1984
Page 8
Final primaries fail to end delegate race
By United Press International
Walter Mondale sealed up the delegates needed to win the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday and pleaded with the president to give them a sage, saying “our family must stand together” to beat President Reagan.
But Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson were not yet ready to throw in the towel and even the most optimistic in the Mondale camp said it would take a day or two before peace talks could begin.
Mondale fell short of the goa
the final round of the 1984
primaries Tuesday when Hart scored
a stunning victory in California.
But within the next 12 hours
the former vice president convinced a small group of uncommitted delegates to jump on his bandwagon to put him over the 1,967 needed for a first-ballot win.
"The race for the majority is over," Mondale declared. "I am pleased to claim victory. I will be victorious of the Democratic party."
The latest United Press International count showed Mondale with 1,969, Hart 1,212 and Jackson 367, with 219 uncommitted.
In Los Angeles, the senator from Colorado insisted that the race for the nomination was not over.
"Welcome to overtime," Hart told a news conference, adding that he was contacting uncommitted delegates to away them to his side.
Hart met with House Speaker Thomas O'Neill, who staff aides said put his arm around Hart's hand. The man for the job, but not this year."
Hart met privately with Rep. Morris Udall, D-Ariz., earlier in the day to seek advice about his candidacy.
"We discussed the future of the nomination race and my own posture in it," Hart said after meeting with Udall. "He himself eight years ago was in somewhat the same situation as I am now and his advice was particularly helpful."
Hart was asked whether Udall had not dropped out of the presidential race in 1978 when it was revealed that Carter had a lock on the nomination.
"No, his decision was to go on to the convention and have his name placed in nomination," Hart replied.
Afterward, Udall refused to say what advice he had given Hart, but noted that he had told Carter in 1976 that while he knew Carter would get the nomination, he felt that there would be more unity among his supporters if he had his name placed in nomination.
Asked if he would follow the same route Udall took, Hart said. "That's certainly one option. We'll continue to make public appearances and we call delegates and we'll see what happens."
As the senator turned to walk away, a reporter asked whether Mondale had the nomination
Walter Mondale 1,969 delegates
Gary Hart 1,212 delegates
Jesse Jackson 367 delegates
wrapped up.
"No." Hart shot back.
Jackson was not ready to concede, but sounded conciliatory
"The delegates may judgment haven't made the jury put on Mendale over the top," he said in Los Angeles. Jackson said he still expects to challenge delegates at the convention.
Mondale, confident that everything but the convention was over, abandoned the campaign trail for the first time in more than five months and vacationed at the home of a millionaire friend in posh Samptonham, N.Y.
Top aides to Hart said that they would be "immensely surprised" if Mondale / should win the nomination to Colorado senator for vice president.
Mondale, Hart and Jackson engaged in divisive battle
By ARNOLD SAWISLAK United Press International
WASHINGTON — Limping across the finish line, Walter Mondale is calling on all Democrats to rally behind him to defeat Ronald Reagan. The trouble is there still are some who think they can defeat Walter Mondale.
The former vice president reached the 1,967 magic number needed to win the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination after the final five primaries had ended Tuesday. He did it with declarations for him by uncommitted and umpled delegates on Wednesday.
Mondale reached his goal the way it is supposed to be done — by winning pledged delegates in primaries and caucuses during the long process that began in icy lava last winter and by using his political skills and influence to persuade the uncommitted and the unpledged delegates that he is the man to carry the party banner in November.
It was, with the usual and inevitable miscalculations and foul-ups that make politics interesting, a well run debate and delegate count, successful campaign.
Gary Hark kept his campaign alive during the winter and spring like Lee kept the Confederacy afloat — with
But that is not all there is to it. Mondale won some strong victories during the five months, but there were precious few surprising or dramatic moments as she nomination the grant Won the Civil War — by grinding it out.
stirring upset victories and stunning tactical surprises sprung on the plodding opposition. And not to run the comparison into the ground. Jesse Jackson was the J.E.B. Stuart of the campaign, riding flambymonty around the flanks of the main armies, firing a few telling viles and he must. He did it much, but he certainly woke up everybody else.
It is worth noting that Grant eventually beat both Lee and Stuart, as Mondale will almost surely defeat Hart and Jackson. But he lost the chance to do it Tuesday because he did not produce a spectacular finish to the primary season. By failing to beat Hart in California, he left a glimmer of hope for both Hart and Jackson.
Unless something happens in the next few days to change the picture, it looks as if Hart and Jackson will want to take the battle to the Democratic convention in San Francisco next month.
There is a slim chance for Hart at the convention. If he is right that Mondale's support, like the Missouri River, is broad but shallow, he might be able to set off a stumpede by the Mondale credentials of the Mondale delegate elected with the help of the controversial delegate committees.
Jackson has no chance to win the nomination, but he certainly has an opportunity to make demands on the platform drafters, and the planks he wants — a call for a Middle East foreign policy less partial to Israel is an example — almost surely will be controversial.
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