University Daily Kansan, October 22, 1984
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Profs say debate victory not enough
By JILL OVENS Staff Reporter
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Walter Mondale won the final presidential debate of the 1984 campaign, but whether his effort will be enough to defeat President Reagan in the election is another matter, two communications studies professors said last night.
"Monday might gain five points, but that won't be enough to close the gap," said Karlyn Kohlrs-Campbell, one of the professors.
Donn Parson, the other professor,
said that some additional narrowing in the polls was possible, but that Mondale had a large margin to close. Whether he succeeded in closing that margin was questionable, he said.
Kohrs-Campbell said Mondale's campaign managers had been trying to use the debates to salvage a
campaign that had been poorly run. The broader issue that emerged was the question of the Democrat's campaign strategy, she said.
THE ISSUE OF Reagan's age, which surfaced after the first presidential debate, was not resolved in last night's debate, Parson said.
"The final 1984 debate will probably not resolve whether one candidate is too old or the other too young and inexperienced," he said.
On the whole, Kohrs-Campbell said, Reagan seemed more like the Reagan of the campaign trail, comfortable and humorous. But the curious lapse in his closing statement was shocking, she said.
"As an actor, Reagan could have been expected to have learned his lines and perfected his timing," she said. "But instead, he paused, changed his subject, and ran out of time.
PARSON AGREED THAT the central theme emerging from Mondale's presentation was that a president must combine knowledge with strength and that, in a number of instances, Mondale demonstrated that Reagan lacked necessary knowledge.
"This is just the sort of thing that Mondale was hammering throughout the debate. A president has to be on top of things."
Reagan had problems with the question of the CIA manual, Parson said. Reagan's answer, that he was investigating the matter and that several panels of the man had been made as effective, he said challenged by Monday.
Parson identified the so-called "Star Wars" proposal as a second problem for Reagan.
Kehrs-Campbell agreed, saying,
"Reagan was being naive if he
thought the United States could give away technological information about such research without also giving away advanced computer and related knowledge."
Reagan did not respond well to Mondale's arguments about the bombings in Lebanon, Parson said.
"His arguments on Lebanon are not as strong as those of Vice President Bush's answers in the last debate."
ONE OF THE ironic aspects of the debate, Kohrs-Campbell said, was the change in postures. Reagan worked hard to come across as a "dove," which did not match his record, she said. Mondale consistently took a strong stand on defense, but Parson said Reagan successfully scored points by bringing up Mondale's voting record on defense.
Debate continued from p. 1
About 2,000 guests watched the debate, frequently ignoring instructions from Dorothy Ridings, presidents of Women Voters, to forgo applause.
Throughout the debate, Mondale questioned the factual knowledge of the president, citing such events as the bombing of the Marine barracks in West Beirut last October, which killed 241 Marines, and the recent discovery of the CIA manual encouraging terrorism against the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
"ALL OF THIS has strengthened our opponents," he said. "A president must not only assure that we're tough, but we must also be wise and smart in the exercise of that power"
Mondale also said last April's mining of Nicaragua harbors by the CIA was another embarrassment allowed by the administration.
Reagan said that he had ordered an investigation to find who was responsible for the controversial pages in the book. He later acknowledged he had started its own investigation.
"That's a classic example of a strategy that's embarrassed us, strengthened our opposition and undermined the moral authority of our people and our country in the
Reagan defended what Mondale called his failed policy in Lebanon. He said there was no way to retaliate against the unknown terrorists who were responsible for the attacks on the American Embassy in West Berlin, and for the bombings of the East Beirut embassy annex, which killed two Americans.
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