THE PRESIDENCY: Too Many Horse Handlers

Out of the current political turmoil there is emerging something that seems like a rebuke from the voters to the professional handlers of candidates. The emergence of Loner John Anderson, the firing of Reagan Manager John Sears, the general pruning and realignment of other staffs suggest an effort by candidates to regain some control of themselves in response to mounting skepticism from the folks out there.

As they say in the trade, there may have been a little overpackaging. It is no wonder, since the handlers have swelled into the thousands, many of them coming out of the sales and...

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