European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday March 10,1987 David Broder Host of White House hopefuls to woo vote last month democrats got their first avowed residential candidate when rep. Richard a. Gephardt of Missouri went Home to St. Louis and made hit bid official until then former Delaware Republican  s. Pete Dupont in was Able to Tell hit audiences in Kir mocking Good humor that they were looking at 100 percent of the declared presidential candidates when they looked at him Dupont got into the race last fait. I saw both Dupont and Gephardt on the Campaign Trail last week in Iowa end Florida and it set me think ing about the Challenge facing the voters of both Par ties with All the lint Lime presidential candidates who will be running this next year. Gephardt and Dupont Are Welt known and Well liked by their own constituents but they number about one four Hundredth of the citizens of the nation the propose to Lead. They Are Well recommended by the folks at Home where neither Ever suffered a  despite their years in office Dapont served three Fermi in the House and eight Yean As governor Gephardt 10 Yean in the House they Are unknown to most americans in that respect they Are not much different fro such other first Lime candidates and potential Candi dates at rep. Jack Kemp  Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld sen. Joseph r. Biden or. D of Delaware gov. Michael 5, Dukakis do of Massachusetts and former gov. Bruce Babbitt d of Arizona. Former Secretary of state Alexander a Haig new York gov. Mario a Cuomo d and the Rev. Marion a pal Robertson r have a degree of television recognition. Only Haig is in the league with those who have run for president before including vice president George Bush sen. Bob Dole of Kansas and former sen. Howard h. Baker of Tennessee Al republicans and on the democratic Side former sen. Gary Hart of Colorado and the Rev. Jesse l Jackson. How is anyone to judge which of these relative unknowns May have the right stuff to be president Haw can you gauge their claims one plausible Standard rarely employed in the re cent Era is to ask How these men Are viewed by their political Peers those who have served with them. I you think that football and basketball coaches can Rale each others teams for the National rankings or tha College faculties Are competent judges of tenure for their colleagues then it is plausible to suppose As Ido that politicians arc discerning appraisers of other politicians. If you apply the criterion of demonstrated Confidence from political Peers you reshuffle the rankings of presidential contenders Baker and Dole chosen in William Safire succession by other Republican senators for the Post of Senate majority or minority Leader clearly enjoy Spe Cial degrees of Confidence. Gephardt and Kemp Youngmen who have been elected and re elected Early in their congressional careers to posts As caucus or con Ference chairmen that rank third or fourth in their parly s House Hierarchy also can claim a significant degree of esteem from their colleagues. Those who Are not currently in Congress Are harder to judge. But Bush was chosen for responsible leadership positions by the last three Republican presi dents and has endorsements for the 1988 nomination from Many other Republican officeholders not solely because of his title As vice president Dukakis has been a major player in the National governors association Nga for eight of the last i i years and was rated in one informal poll of his pea As the mos effective governor in the nation Babbitt and Dupont in their time were Active but less influential in Nga affairs while Cuomo has barely been a participant. Hart and Biden have mainly gone their own Way As senators neither is enlisted Many allies nor has either been counted As legislator whose views swung Many votes. Like Jackson and Robertson who have earned their renown outside the formal political Structure and have never held Public office Cuomo Hart and Biden ask to be judged on their individual strength and weaknesses not on testimonials from others. If history is at All a guide testimonials and endorse ments will have Little to do with Success or failure in the coming Campaign Jimmy Carter and Ronald Rea Gan were never chosen by the other governors of a Cir party As their Leaden or spokesmen. They were regarded 1 think it fair to say As men who used the regular meetings of the nation s governor in much tideway that ambitious senators and representatives use the Capitol simply As a stage for their Solo performances. Some May argue that the troubles both Carter an Reagan encountered in the White House confirmed limitations their fellow governors had seen and talked about and that voters should have heeded those warn ing signs. But the three presidents before them Rich Ard Nixon Gerald Ford and Lyndon Johnson All had built Strong networks of insider alliances before be coming president. And in All three instances they had been picked by their Peers for leadership posts in the Senate the House or the executive Branch. Yet All three stumbled seriously in the presidency. No guarantees attach to any potential president. Butas the search begins again i d argue that Peers judgments should not be minimized. Israeli spies jeopardizing relationship with . Jonathan Pollard the traitor tightly sentenced to life imprisonment for Selling secrets to Israel is an american jew. The israeli Leaden who recruited him to betray his country or who had guilty knowledge of his recruitment dealt a Terri ble blow to the Security of Israel by jeopardizing its relationship with ils superpower ally. Jewish americans feel doubly betrayed. Most of us ate offended first As americans at the spectacle of having our foreign Aid Dollar used to buy . Secrets we Are betrayed again by the easy exploitation of Pollard s zionism by israeli spymaster Blind to the immorality of inducement to treason and the consequences of getting caught. One of those consequences is the encouragement of anti semites who change that jews everywhere Are Ai Best afflicted with dual loyally and at worst arc agents of avast fifth column. That is Why when the pollards were arrested last year and two israeli diplomats promptly fled the country some of us called for israelis to take this venality with the utmost seriousness not merely to cooperate with . Investigators but to track Down and punish the perpetrators and their protectors in Israel. Peres and Shamir did just the opposite. They apologized profusely pretended this was a rogue operation1 unknown to any body in authority and stonewalled. The israeli spy handlers permitted to speak to american investigators probably lied. Far from punishing those Israel intelligence culprits who might then accuse higher up Israel s Leaden gave the so called rogue chief a High paying Job run Ning a state owned chemical Industry. The colonel who gave the american traitor assignments for specific documents was Given the choicest assignment in the air Force an put on the fast track to air Force chief of staff. Last week this display of moral cowardice in the Guise of National Security by Israel s lenders cd to the sentencing of pol lard to life in jail and his wife to a Shorter term and to the indictment Here of the israeli colonel who thinks himself beyond the reach of our Law. That is Only the begin Ning of the damage Israel s leaders redoing to their country. Question Why have they not appointed an Independent commission to find out who knew of this operation answer be cause they know it might bring Down the major leaders in both parties who have joined in unhealthy coalition to protect each other from the ire of Israel s voters. What chutzpah to expect the United slates now ripping up its National Security procedures by the roots to find wrongdoing in Covert intelligence action to forgive and forget the corrupting of two amen can Citi Zens that led to a raid on our National Security Agency by a foreign Power americans who Are not satisfied with an apology from the president of the United states Are hardly Likely to be satisfied with an apology and an embarrassed shrug from the prime minister of Israel. The free press in Israel has belatedly awakened to the meaning of this act which was As stupid As cracking the Safe of your own Bank. A few politicians in both major parties there now dare to upset their leaderships with Calls for prosecution. Many israelis resent the abandonment of the pollards by Israel s government when they should resent the abandonment of the Prin Ciple of accountability by Israel s leaders. The Mere demotion of the Spytma slurs is not  if prosecution of the rogues led to the involvement of two or three leaders of both parties others would take their place More mindful of the needs of democracy Alliance and ethical standards. Some individual reputations would suffer but is Rael would be stronger not weaker. The alternative is a continuance of the cover up minor demotions of the perpetrators vain Hopes that America strategic need and democratic Affinity for Israel will enable this storm to blow Over. It won t blow Over. If israelis Lack the outrage to discipline their Leaden they in vile lie coercion that will Delight their ene Mies a slash in foreign economic Aid the Pollard line is Likely to be pro posed and it will be pushed by the Strang est cd Fellowship Washington has seen in a longtime american supporter of Israel cannot support wrongdoing Here or there. In mat ters of religion and culture Many of those supported arc american jews but in mat ten affecting National interest and ultimate loyalty the stonewalling leaders of Israel will Lam to think of us As jewish Ameri cans maw York Tirawi news