Seven G. O.P. debaters circle warily and draw no blood
"It's like the Romans at the Colosseum waiting to see which gladiator survives," cracked Gerald Carmen, Ronald Reagan's campaign manager in New Hampshire. Carmen and assistants to Reagan's rivals were huddled in a small room beneath the stage where seven G.O.P. hopefuls were debating last week in a Manchester high school auditorium. As the candidates spoke, the nervous aides winced, grimaced, paled and finally relaxed. All the gladiators survived, and none was bloodied. The League of Women Voters' first 1980 presidential forum was considered pretty much of a draw. No candidate particularly...
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