European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes March columns comments William Buckley soviet faces but the ideology remains two thoughts passed through the mind when Konstantin Chernenko the first was As writ ten by Gerhart the distinguished political it was just after stains death and he was asked by news world report to write about what might be expected Down the say 30 years he asked and then answered the ques Tion what would happen if a successor to find ing himself Secretary general of the communist were to Wake up one Day and acknowledge that communism a discredited ideology that brought about none of the Happy social effects predicted by Karl and that under the circumstances he would retire from duty the ideological troops reduce the offensive potential of the soviet and disavow the intention to dominate the world what would said professor is that the Leader would be quietly led away by his colleagues to an and replaced by someone orthodox in communist the second memory is of Winston Churchill speaking in 1949 at the mid Century convocation of the Massachusetts Institute of Churchill said that the death of the great Khan Gadai 700 Hundred years ago had did in the mongol eruption that threatened All of Europe the reference was obviously to though diplomatic protocols prevented Churchill from using his perhaps some such thing might happen in our Day to remove the threat against he of Churchill was voicing the Hope that the singular evil of Stalin might turn out to be just that but although it is True that Chernenko excesses lacked something of the comprehensive sadism of it int True that life significantly changed within the soviet and certainly it did not significantly change for Chernenko soviet thanks to 30 years of is an of iterative threat to the rest of the world in a sense that stains was what 30 years has made Plain is that Niemeyer was the soviet Union is not about to change its National what changes Ever so slightly in some George will cases in other cases is the perception of what the alternative to Stalin when Chernenko died we got the usual Roundup of opinions by National the new prime minister of Rajiv said during his Chernenko gave evidence of patriotism and dedication to the welfare of the soviet in the International Field he took Many initiatives for peace and to contain the nuclear arms that is a Little bit like saying that Indira Gandhi did a great Deal to improve the marksmanship of her Chernenko was a bumbling but to the extent he can be held responsible for the activities of the past we can assume it was he who deployed a fresh species of mis Siles aimed at european population centers and he who pulled away from disarmament talks in Geneva on the grounds that deployment of missiles aimed at the soviet Union was an intolerable reaction to soviet missiles employed in the soviet Union against if Chernenko did something to improve the welfare of the soviet it is the bes kept secret of his these changes in attitude toward the soviet Union Are governed by two the first is we Are fated to live together on the same and it is the disposition of the Western Liberal not merely to accept that which appears to be but somehow to conclude that it is not really so bad after Alla Man dying of cancer can be admired for making the Best of his last months on but he should not be expected to change his attitude toward we find that we Are expected to make that which is Why people speak such blather As Rajiv Gandhi spoke on learning of Chernenko and it is Why we Are looking for a Daffodil or two to Spring up from the what for the singular stylish Ness of i have seen references to her As the new Jackie or Gorbachev he is we Seldom trouble to remind ourselves that to the extent he is All these he is a More dangerous Man than he would otherwise Henry Kissinger i would expect that Over a period of two or three the leadership of the soviet Union will be More coherent and energetic than it has been under Cher what we do not realize unlike who does is that that is bad c 1985 Universal press Syndicate  Hart May find Reagan Campaign style inimitable Gary Hart is not doing Justice to the cinnamon Toast submitted by the sen ate perhaps because he wanted to be taking breakfast 16 blocks it is precisely one year since David Broder filed this Lead paragraph to the washing ton Post Gary Hart won the Maine democratic presidential caucuses dealing a serious and possibly fatal blow to Walter Mondale prospects for winning the Hart is required to think about Pagosa Springs and other Colorado his term ends in in 1980 he barely won reelection by fewer than votes out of if he runs in he will have to raise million and work like a Dray and if he which is far from he probably will do so with no More than 53 percent of the after Hubert Humphrey lost the 1968 presidential he went Home and won a Senate when Walter Mon Dale left the vice presidency in he decided against seeking a Minnesota seat in 1982 and instead became a profession Al in that for a senator who has tried to become it can be hard to con Vince constituents that he still has his heart in being a Hart seems to like the Senate and sounds mildly sincere when he says he prefers to Georgetown in but whether or not he runs in he will run in in for the first time in 20 an incumbent president will not be in the John a Republican Strate notes that for 72 from 1861 to the gop was considered the agent of constructive and democrats elected Only two people president Cleve land and during the next 48 until the democratic party was considered the agent of and republicans elected Only two people president Eisenhower and Sears believes that in 1988 the role of agent of change will be up for Pat a democratic says that in 1988 the conservative surge will be a decade he dates it from the year five Liberal democratic senators were in the Kemp Roth tax reduction plan was in two years the Republican presidential nominee stood on the Steps of the with other Republican House and Senate to endorse the which gave his Campaign a theme and in december democrats held a midterm min convention in and Ted Kennedy spoke in Praise of bail ing into the his speech was a shot across president Carters Kennedy was making a thinly veiled threat to run against Carter if Carter trimmed to the conservative Carters reaction was to fight defections on the left by buying off interest thereby embracing the notion that Fidelity to democratic principles Means preserving All Harts task in 1984 was to dramatize differences with both the Carter and Ken Nedy styles of but the most telling contrast was Between Harts and reagans conceptions of what presidential campaigns should their differences denote different ideas of democratic con and Hart is an Issue paper he believes in dwelling on telling peo ple the particulars of what he plans to he believes campaigns should produce consent to Reagan believes campaigns Are to fill a Reservoir of if the word deference grates on your demo cratic Call it a Reservoir of Reagan favors campaigns that set themes that bolster Confidence in the them makers his Assumption is that the Public attention to politics is intermittent and its attention Span is a constructive Campaign convinces a majority that the candidate is a Good fellow with a Good idea of what he wants to these two perceptions by the Public will translate into a lot of latitude for him when the game of governance like the rest of tend to believe that the right thing to do is what Ever they feel comfortable this is in part because like the rest of tend to do Well what they do like most cannot Campaign As Reagan reagans gift for rapport with the Public is a for As for All who run in a crucial question will be has the Public come decisively to prefer reagans Conception of political leadership Reagan May have created in the Public a preference for a kind of campaigning that few candidates can c Washington Post writers group