THE CAMPAIGN: Landslide in the Making

When the two old friends squeeze in a round of golf these days, as they used to do when they were together in the House, Congressman Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, leader of the Democratic majority, occasionally brings up a subject that can do little to help the game, or the morale, of President Gerald Ford. The Democrats, O'Neill is telling Ford, are going to win big, very big, in November.

All the evidence tends to support him. The main issue is double-digit inflation. Says one Midwestern G.O.P. leader: "There is no one alive...

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