THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The View from the Ideal Caf

The Presidency/Hugh Sidey

Go up South First Street in Greenfield, Iowa, and left a few yards around the town square, then turn in to the Ideal Café, and toward the back at a couple of tables any workday morning about 9:30, you will find a genuine American grass root.

Jimmy Carter's organizers have been sniffing around. NBC was in town last week nibblnig at a couple of the coffee drinkers. CBS and Bob Dole cannot be far behind. This about as middle as you can get. And Walter Cronkite really is missed when he...

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