University Daily Kansan, December 2, 1982
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Decision spurs party activity
By BRUCE SCHREINER Staff Reporter
Former Vice President Walter Mendale is the early winner from Sen. Edward Kennedy's decision to bow out of the 1984 presidential race, two lending Kansas Democrats said yesterday.
But they said the race for the Democratic nomination could become a free-for-all because several other candidates could try to woo Kennedy supporters.
Kennedy, D-Mass., was considered by many to be the front-runner especially after the team went to another six-year Senate term Nov. 2. But Kennedy withdrew from the race yesterday because of family reasons.
Edward Kennedy
U.S. REP, DAN Glickman, D-Kan,
said Kennedy's withdrawal initially
would bolster Mondale's position,
which he said was already strong
because of a solid organization and
fund-raising drive.
But Glickman said other candidates could be heartened by Kennedy's surprise decision. He said a large bloc of Democrats now would examine the other hopefuls who want to return the White House to Democratic control.
Other Democrats indicating an interest in running are Sens 'Gary Hart, D-Dolo; John Glemn, D-Ohio; Ernst Hollings, D-S.C.; Alan Cranston, D-Calf; and former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew.
"I's really too early to tell, but at first blush it helps Monday," Gleckman said. "But my gut instinct tells me that it throws the door open to dark horses. I would say it throws the door open dramatically."
GLICKMAN SAID REP. Morris Udall, D-Ariz., might be tempted to enter the fray because of Kennedy's decision. Utah has testified the presidential waters on a few occasions, and he never attempt at the nomination in 1976.
Jim Pliger, executive director of the Kansas Democratic Party, said Montale might have the right political bait to lure many Kennedy supporters into his camp. He said Kennedy and Montale were wrong when Montale was a U.S. senator from Minnesota. Mondale later became Jimmy Carter's vice president.
"I think Mondale will reap the benefits of this because of a comparable philosophy between the two," he said. "I think the average person backing Kennedy would go to Mondale on philosophical grounds."
He said Mondale, along with Glenn and Hart, were probably the big winners in the 1982 election. The three hopefuls crisscrossed the nation camp. The Democratic candidates, and at the same time accumulated political debts.
EVEN THOUGH the midterm campaigns ended only a month ago, the season for presidential politics already has arrived. Ploper said. At a meeting of Democratic state chairmen in New Orleans two weeks ago, Hart, Glenn, and others were calling for potential contenders — were among the featured guest speakers.
Ploger said a change in the Democrats' presidential selection process
triggered the early campaigning (or the White House.
The period for state primaries and caucuses, which stretched for six months in past campaigns, has been shortened for the upcoming primary
New Hampshire, traditionally the first state to hold its primary, pushed its 1984 primary back to March 1, about two weeks later than usual, Ploger said. And all other primaries will be bunched in between March 1 and June.
"CANDIDATES ARE going to have to get an earlier start because many primaries are going to be on the same day," he said.
Glickman and Ploger said the eventual nominee would have a lot of political ammunition to fire at the Reagan administration's economic policies. They both said many traditional Democrats who abandoned the party in 1980 would return to the fold in 1984.
"The prospects are excellent with Reaganomics proving to be unproductive on the whole for Americans," Glickman said. "But I'm not seeing any moves to indicate the Democrats are going to trump all over the Americas and must come up with some sound alternatives to get Americans back to work."
DESPITE THE economic problems plaguing the Reagan administration, mainly large budget deficits and double-digit unemployment, Reagan will still be hard to defeat if he seeks re-election. Glickman said.
“Reagan is still more formidable than any other Republican,” he said. “I know there are many itching for Reagan to step down, like Bob Cole, and then be Kemp. But if that happened, the Democrat will be almost sure winners.”
By DON KNOX
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Senators want grad for Regents job
Nearly 60 KU student senators, some of them meeting for a final time last night, signed a petition calling for the appointment of a former KU student body president to the Kansas Board of Regents.
The senators urged Gov. John Carlin to name Steve Leben, the 1978 KU student body president, to the Board of Regents, the governing board of the state's universities. The petition will be sent to Carlin, who is expected to appoint four Regents later this month.
Leben, 26, is a 1982 graduate of the KU School of Law. He is now a lawyer with a Kansas City, Mo., law firm.
"STEVE SHOWED him to be an innovative student body president," David Adkins, former student body president and Topena senior, said during a joint meeting of the 1982 and 1983 Senates last night. "There is no doubt that he understands most of the problems that student faces today."
"I'm honored that the senators feel that way about me as a possibility." Leben said last night from his home in Overland Park. "A position on the board is something I would be proud to have at Albany. I'm also a lot of qualified candidates."
The petition nominating Leben was not the first time that students from a Regents institution called for the regent to college graduate to the Regents.
STUDENT GOVERNMENTS from several universities passed resolutions in 1873 asking them Gov. Robert M. Woodson to lead the board to the board. The proposal originated
in the Student Advisory Committee to the Regents, a board composed of student body presidents from the seven Regents institutions.
The SAC's idea became reality that year when Bennett appointed a 1976 Kansas State University graduate, Bernard Franklin, to the board.
At 24, Franklin was the youngest person ever selected to be a Regent. Two years later, he was elected to the board, again the youngest ever.
Franklin resigned from the board last year, citing career opportunities as his reason for leaving.
Terry Mattack, who was chairman of the SAC at the time of Franklin's appointment, said yesterday that any graduate on the board was a good idea.
"THEE IS A lot more to being a Regent than reading a report or seeing a number on a balance sheet. The teacher could have a student's perspective on things."
Matlack said Leben would make an excellent Regent.
"There is no doubt about it. He's a true leader," he said.
Leben, who was also a member of the SAC when Franklin was appointed, was a driving force in the establishment of the appointment of a recent graduate.
"He (Franklin) was exactly the type of person we were hoping the governor would appoint," Leben said in 1978. "He certainly is a recent president who will be able to really help the Regents and higher education in Kansas."
Last night, Leben said he still supported the SAC's idea.
"I THINK getting a recent graduate
on the Board of Regents, any recent graduate, is the senators' goal," he said.
Mike Swenson, assistant press secretary to Carlin, said yesterday that Carlin would not be opposed to a recent graduate serving on the Board of Directors.
"Sure, if the person appears to be a qualified candidate interested in higher education, then that person can be considered for consideration as any other," he said.
During his tenure as student body president, Leben organized the creation of the Student Legal Services office. He was also a member of the Senate and served on the Board of Education Board and was once a reporter for the University Daliy Kansan.
In his final month as student body president, Leben called for the removal of then KU Athletic Director Clyde Walker, a move that was later reversed. Walker however, resigned a few months later for personal reasons.
LEBEN WAS THE press secretary to U.S. Rep. Bob Whittaker, a Republican from Kansas $4th Congress district, for eight months from 1799.
Despite Leben's work with Whittaker, the KU graduate is a Democrat.
According to state law, no more than five of the nine Regents can be from one political party.
Four Regents seats will be open for appointment. The terms of Sandra McMullen of Hutchinson, Glee Smith of Larried and Margaret Glades of Dumas of Kansas City, Kan., resigned earlier this fall.
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