His hopes revive, but the President's lead keeps lengthening ''
The President's negatives finally caught up with Ted Kennedy's."
So observed White House Press Secretary Jody Powell last week. Through 19 party caucuses and primaries, Democrats had stuck with Jimmy Carter, the lone exceptions coming in Kennedy's home state of Massachusetts and in Alaska. But the morale of American voters has been steadily eroding. They are running out of patience on Iran. They are fed up with the Administration's ineffectual efforts to punish the Soviet Union for invading Afghanistan. They are worried about...