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praise. Those party leaders interviewed gave him a 7.4 rating average.
His grades on domestic policy, the handling of the energy problems, inflation, the impending recession and other issues were lower: a 5.4 rating.
Lower still were the Democrats’ appraisal of his effectiveness in working with the Congress to obtain the enactment of his legislative, programs. On this his rating dropped to 4.9.
But most alarming of all was the response to the question dealing with his leadership capacity. In spite of the profound problems facing the nation, these members of his party gave Carter an abysmal grade of only 5.2 in his ability to deal with them.
On the question concerning the political impact on the “Seven Days," five of those interviewed said Carter’s actions would, on balance, help his chances of re-election. Four believed they would damage those chances and one was unsure. Three interviewees said they would improve his chances of carrying Virginia in 1980, four felt they reduced his already anemic popularity in the Old Dominion and three had no opinion at this point.
Three believed -'the president's initiatives would help Democratic General Assembly candidates this year, two said the legislative hopefuls would be hurt by them and four said they would have no effect on the outcomes.
In spite of the generally low marks they gave the President, nine of the 10 favored his renomination as the party’s candidate next year. One offered a qualified dissent.
“1 would like to see Sen. Henry Jackson run,” he said, “but I understand political realities. He can’t do it.
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