Carter vs. Reagan. A President who has presided over a series of foreign policy calamities and a ruinous inflation, challenged by an aging actor who is widely viewed as a simplistic right-wing ideologue. The choice disturbs 58% of the voters polled for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, who wish there were an acceptable alternative. And it also bothers many foreign observers, including diplomats who will have to deal with the eventual winner.
But is there an acceptable alternative? Less than halfway through the nominating process, Carter and Reagan have built leads that seem...
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