European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 6,1987 the stars and stripes Cuomo denies Skeleton kept him from joining 88 presidential race new York a gov. Mario Cuomo denies that his decision against running for president was based on tears that the Glare of publicity would uncover past misdeeds but said hell never be president. I have run in new York state for governor twice he said sunday in an inter View on the lbs news program face the  they throw everything Al you in this place especially if you re an italian american. I Don t believe there is a Skeleton or you would have known about it he denied any wrongdoing in his or his family1 past but said ill never be  i have no great desire to prove that i could get to the top or the Heap. I won t get a Chance because the Democrat Are gome 10 be in place Tor eight Yean and by then i win be a vague whisper of a footnote in the Book of new York stale  asked Why people doubt him when he says he in t running Cuomo replied maybe you re All cynical people believe in this country that if you re the vice president you must want to be the president that we always have to go up. They refuse to believe you can arrive at a Point where you say. I m  Cuomo also downplayed recent potentially harmful publicity surrounding democratic presidential hop Fuu saying the party has the Best Field we be Assem. Bled in a Long Long  what sen Joe Biden did in Law school 22 Yean ago a nol As significant As the Way he conducted the Bork hear Ings said Cuomo referring to the sen ate judiciary committee hearings into the supreme court nomination of Rob Ert Bork. What Mike Dukakis did with in three hours in the John Sasso Contro Versy is not As important As whether Mike Dukakis economic policies Are transferable to  Sasso offered to resign a Dukakis Campaign manager last week after it was revealed thai he had leaked videotapes that disclosed Biden bad lifted material from a British politician speech. Duka Kis at first declined to accept the Resig nation but later did so. On another topic Cuomo who recently visited the soviet Union said that country was much More vulnerable than i thought they were before i  their Economy is in terrible shape. They have no currency that s Worth any thing worldwide except in the socialist countries and France. ,. They have huge infrastructure problems. They can t afford to continue the Armi race Deal with the chinese., they need to make a  in Moscow Cuomo Drew controversy by stating he would not oppose a joint  conference on human rights. Asked whether that remark would have marred his Campaign had he been running for president he replied i think ill were a candidate people would have  however he added that he would oppose such a conference if the soviets in tended to use it As propaganda against the United states. Candidates Jackson Bush leading in 2 Southern safes poll shows Atlanta not five months before the South picks a Quarter of the presidential convention delegates for both parties the Rev. Jesse Jackson and vice presi Dent George Bush hold substantial Lead in the Region according to a pod of 6,452 southerners conducted for the Atlanta journal and Constitution. The poll conducted by the Roper organization sept. 18-28, surveyed the 12 states in the Region that will hold presidential primaries or caucuses in Early March All but one on March 8. Although Southern democrats had purposely concentrated their nominating contests at about the same time in an Effort to increase their influence and to unite behind a moderate to conservative candidate Jackson the most Liberal candidate held a substantial Lead in 9 of the 12 states Overall he was favored by 27 percent of the 2,489 democrats responding in the poll. Sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee a relative late Comer 10 the democratic race who has recently sought to cast himself As More conservative than his rivals on arms control and other issues followed with 13 per cent. They were followed by Cov. Michael s. Juk Altis of Massachusetts with 9 percent and rep. Richard a. Gephardt or. Of Missouri and sen. Paul Simon of Illi Nois with j percent each. Sen. Joseph r. Biden or. Of Delaware who dropped out of the race while the sur vey was under Way and former gov. Bruce Babbitt of Arizona were each favored by 3 percent of those polled. Thirty five percent said the had no Choice or preferred none of the candidates. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus two percentage Points. In addition to the nine slates in which be led. Jack son shared the Lead in Florida with Dukakis each was favored by 21 percent. While More than two thirds of Jackson s backers were Black he also had More White supporters than Simon Gephardt Biden or Babbitt but not More than Gore or Dukakis. Gore who led in Tennessee with 57 percent and in Kentucky with 21 percent also showed the broadest strength of any of Jackson s rivals. He also had at least 10 percent support in Alabama Arkansas Georgia and North Carolina. In a similar poll sponsored by the newspaper last March Gary Hart who dropped out of the race iwo months later lid the Field with 35 percent while Jack son was in second place with 21 percent. Gore was nol on the list then among 2,292 republicans Bush continued to Lead the Field with 46 percent. While that reflected a Small decline from the 33 percent he received in the March poll Bush continued to outdistanced sen. Bob Dole of Kansas who was second with 19 percent. Dole had 17 percent in March. Among the other Republican contenders. Pal Robertson had 10 percent. Rep. Jack f. Kemp of upscale new York had 7 percent Alexander Haig jr., the for Mer Secretary of state had 6 percent and former gov. Pierre s. Dupont in of Delaware had 2 percent. Eleven percent had no Choice or preferred none of the candidates. Bush led comfortably among men and women old and Young newcomers and native southerners in each of the 12 states in the Survey. The Stales covered in the Survey from the most populous to the least populous were Texas Florida North Carolina Virginia. Georgia Tennessee Ala Bama Louisiana South Carolina Kentucky missis Sippi and Arkansas. Eleven of them will hold their presidential primaries or caucuses on March 8, but South Carolina will bold its Republican primary on March 5 and its democratic nominating caucuses one week later. Odds. Board . Presidential race Gorp Bush robot do  5 4 7 4 40 t 20 1 1so 1  Bruce Babbitt 40 1 Michael Duma Kate 8 1 Richard  7 1 Albert Gore 0rt Paul Simon 14 1 Souter we. He bookmaker s View by All Odd George Bosh is the front runner among gop presidential hopeful according to Winlun Hill a professional British books ulcer of 0 e democratic tide Judyrd Gephardt by the Best Chance of winning 7-1, carding to Hul Simon visits Carter does t plan to see Wallace Plains a. A democratic presidential hopeful Paul Simon left Here without Jimmy Carter s endorsement taut some observer of Southern politics say the backing of former Alabama gov. George Wallace might be More valuable the Wallace vote is Ibe swing Vole said Merle Black a political science pro Fessor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill who specializes in South Ern voting patterns everybody wants a Good word from  Simon met for More than an hour sunday with the former president at car Ter s Home. I came to gel some wis Dom,1 the us. Senator from Illinois said afterwards. President Carter is loaded with in Carter said he hot not decided whom to support and said he Likely would not make his preference among democrats known. They discussed everything from for eign policy to campaigning up and Down the streets Flowa said Simon s nation Al Campaign manager Jim Kilpatrick. Kilp Airick quoted Carter As saying he would have backed sen. Sam Nunn d ga., had Nunn entered. Simon it the Only Active democratic candidate to make a Public Call on car Ter. Democrats Are still going to see and be seen with Wallace but nol in the number they did four years ago. So far. Sen. Albert Gore. D-tenn., and Jesse Jackson who backed Wallace s opponent in Wallace s last gubernatorial Campaign have paid Public Calls on Wal lace. Kilpatrick said Simon has no such plans. In 1984, All the democratic Candi dates sought Wallace s support which eventually went to Walter Mondale. Wallace keeps a Low profile now As a Montgomery ala.,-based fund Raiser and Public relations aide for Troy state University but still has a following. With most of the South picking its delegates on super tuesday on March 8, Victory in the South Means a lot. The real Battle in the South is to get to the Wallace voters who Don t vote anymore Black said. Wallace ran for president four times and carried five Southern states As an Independent in 1968. When Wallace left there want any one who had real Appeal to Blue Collar whiles Black said. When Wallace left the scene there was nobody to Lake his place. Most politicians Appeal to Middle class southerners. When Wallace was an the ballot in 1972,22 percent of the eligible Southern ers turned out Black said but Wallace was. Beaten. And us vote totals began to drop to 14 percent in 1984." Wallace built a following in the South and across the nation in a Way Hal Carter never did said professor Dan Carter a specialist in Southern his tory Al Emory University. He had a per Sonal sense of support people never Felt for Carter. Wallace was an old time Southern politician some say Southern Derna go Poe although i Don t think that it a fair word. Henad rapport with the com Mon Folk he said