Nation: The Races: Over Already?

Maybe not, but Carter and Reagan look just about unbeatable

"Let me just say there is a possibility I will be the nominee, and I shall conduct myself on that basis."

—Ronald Reagan

"It's mathematically always possible that we wouldn 't get there, but the numbers begin to roll up."

—Carter Campaign Manager Robert Strauss

Such out-of-character understatements from the camps of the two all but certain winners were quite understandable. With three-fourths of the presidential primaries still to be held, neither Republican Ronald Reagan nor Democrat Jimmy Carter wanted to dampen the zeal of...

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