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So far, however, exposure has not been kind to Hart. The doubts Mondale has " planted about him have been heightened by the self-inflicted wounds of his own campaign. Hart's best hope remains the perception that he has a better chance than Mondale to win in November, since he has a potentially broader base of supporters. As one top Democratic official does the arithmetic, "If it's Hart against Reagan, the Mondale vote in the primaries would go to Hart. If it's Mondale against Reagan, a lot of the Hart vote would go to Reagan." The growing concern among many Democrats is that both will be too drained and scarred by their internecine battle to put up much of a fight in the fall.
—By Evan Thomas. Reported by David Beckwlth with Hart Chicago and John F. Stacks/New York, with other bureaus