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California Gov. Jerry Brown is a flake, Ted Kennedy would cause a tidal wave in the state; but maybe somebody else will turn up."
“Carter can’t be reelected," he added sadly.
There was nearly unanimous agreement that the President’s staff is his main problem. Taking a swipe at the administration’s resident public relations expert, Gerald Rafshoon, one said, “Take his energy speech Sunday night, it was too much of a media event. It came off as contrived; an act to create a new, unreal image. It was too much Rafshoonery.”
“How can they expect a 34-year-old kid like Hamilton Jordan to be accepted by the Cabinet and the veterans on Capitol Hill as a sort of second president. It's ridiculous!” he added.
Another critic ruefully pointed out the only way Democratic General Assembly candidates could make use of the Carter presidency.
“We could say to our Republican opponents, ‘You had Nixon, we got Carter who is at least an honest man.’ But isn’t that a hell of a way to h^ve to get a plus?"
“Carter should be just what Virginia wants," he continued.
Thus, as the summer of ’79 wanes, the President’s prospects are anything but bright if those Virginia Democrats interviewed are any judge of the state’s political climate.
Still, it is only the summer of ’79, and there is plenty of time before next year for some stunning presidential initiative to turn it all around. The Carter loyalists are hanging their hats on that hope.
And, after all, it has happened before.
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