Nation: Scrambling an Already Wild Race

Anderson does well, but the week's real winner may be Ford

First it was Iowa, then New Hampshire, and last week it was Massachusetts that managed to scramble the 1980 presidential race. Every one of the early heats seems to produce its surprises, thrusting up a new star and creating new possibilities. That emphatically was the case in last week's voting, which shaded or changed the fortunes of the whole cast of characters from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan, produced headlines for G.O.P. Congressman John Anderson, hitherto only a beguiling also-ran, and most important, pushed Gerald Ford to the edge of joining...

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