European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ago 10 columns James Kilpatrick wednesday december 23,1987 Hart has no real Chance of getting nomination the re Enthy of Gary Hart Inlo politics has Hrc Alicd life into a democratic presidential race that was about to die of boredom and he has made it a merry Christmas for the gangsters but if the gentleman think s he has a Mil Prospect of winning the democratic presidential nomination he has another think com ing. The Story of his re entry Inlo the contest will be a Short slur. After that. Mart will take his place As one of seven candidates subject to the same rules that apply to the other six. The Novelty will Wear off and inc Hart jokes will yield to other jokes. He May do Well in new Hampshire in february but without a professional staff and Cash in the Bank he will have grave problems with super tuesday in March. Why did he Lake this plunge those who know Han to the extent that anyone outside his family truly knows him Are satisfied that he did t do it for inc Money. He is still a million dollars in debt from his Campaign of 1984, and in inconceivable thai the Feder Al election commission would provide Hinl with Feder Al Matching funds thai might be applied in part 10 the old obligations. Bui whatever May be said of the for Mer senator he is nol a mercenary fellow. My own Gucci is that the Surprise Ile med from a part of Hart s character thai ends to get overlooked. He is a Complex Man. Sustained by a powerful ego. There is nol much humility in him. He truly believes Hal he has been endowed with a Mission to educate inc american people to realities As he perceives them. He has a High opinion of his own ideas and a Low opinion of everyone else s. He has an even lower Opin Ion of the press an opinion he doubtlessly will share with some eloquence As Lime goes on. Oiler aspects of Han s character surely will be rehashed but probably to a wrong conclusion. 11 in t inc Adul cry As such thai might he held against him. The american people most of them anyhow Are capable of forgiving a repentant sinner. They Are not so forgiving about conspicuous bad judgment and that was whal Hart displayed last May. The people could get very nervous about hav ing a president who snarls into arms negotiations and metaphorically takes off 10 Dimini with a blonde in his Lap. In presidential politics almost anything can happen. Surprises Are nol the exception they re inc Norm. Remember Wendell Wilkic he polled Only 1.2 percent of the Vole in the Republican primaries of 1940 and wound up with he nomination anyhow. Re member George Romney he was doing or cloy Well until he remarked offhandedly that he had been William Safire is brainwashed by he military. Remembered mus v s fall tears at press criticism of his wife remember Bill Miller almost no one remembers Bill Miller. He was Goldwater s Surprise Choice As a running male in i 964. Remember Tom Eagle Lon s withdrawal As Mcgovern Vicc presidential Choice in 19/2? remember Geraldine Ferraro anything can happen. Beyond the surprises however lie some enduring realities. Presidential campaigns arc a form of big Busi Ness. They Are nurtured by the Mother s milk of Money. Their Success depends heavily upon experienced Stair. Hart has no Money to speak of and his disenchanted staff Long ago leaped to other Candida los. Mark Hogan one of Hart s lop advisers has gone to Paul Simon. Teresa Vilmain a coordinator in Iowa has gone to Michael Dukakis. Hart s former Campaign directors in new Hampshire Are now working for Bruce Abb it. Others have been hired by Jesse Jack son and Albert Gore. Some will return to Hart s Camp Bui most still Harbor bitter memories of seven months ago. These wen.1 people who misled i Livirt. He Lei them Down. A Campaign Meeds Advance men. La needs peo ple who Ean arrange travel schedules who can answer telephones and draft tetters who can throw Bones to the press and see that the candidate gets an hour or iwo of sleep. Someone has to keep meticulous books. Someone has 10 meet requirements of ill ing deadlines. There is always another form thai has to be filled in and signed. Campaigns Are ruled by Murphy s Law if anything can go wrong it will. Hart sees himself As the Man of ideas but in his vanity he fail to Nolc thai other Candida los have ideas too. They not Only have ideas they also have staff and Money and they Don t have the Burden of Monkey business on their backs. Deaver s fall offers a lesson for nearly Ever one i was rooting for Mike a Caver to Beal the perjury rap. Nol because i approve of the Way he threw his weight around in the Reagan White House manipulated the press dispensed nest feathering favors sold Access lied under oath and ultimately betrayed his closest Friend but because he was both badly and wrongfully prosecuted. The investigation of the Caver dealings was slow starting and Loo Long extended the office Telephone of the prosecutor was unlisted discouraging informants. And the Power Dippy prosecutor All but declared War on the government of Canada for standing on ils Sov Ereign rights. Caver was nol charged with violation of the ethics in government act. The inc pendent counsel Whit Ney North Seymour or. Was unable to persuade a grand jury to indicia the former White House aide for unlawfully lobbying his former colleagues. Instead. Mike a Caver was charged with lying under Cash. Thai seemed to me a cop s cop out if a prosecutor cannot gel a jury to indicia on the Central crime or is fearful of losing Ai trial he ought nol to Strain to put his Largel in jail for testifying about what nobody has charged was a crime. An exception would be to coerce a suspect to testify against a higher up target Seymour is now on a publicity Blitz and May parlay his court Victory into a Book contract or another bid for political office. His perjury prosecution succeeded Only because Deaver was too smug to offer a defense but the prosecutor is right about one thing if Deaver s Bli Ilant Sale of Access did nol constitute a crime. Ihen the ethics in government act which should be labelled the ethics in the executive but nol legis Lalive Branch act needs fixing fast. The Reagan while House fuzzed up the act by dividing itself into nine compartments in a flick making it easier to peddle influence. That huge loophole should be closed and the act otherwise made much More specific using inc activities of Reagin aides As a guide to impropriety. The Law should prohibit a pattern of official deeds designed to be exploited for profit after leaving of tick. Caver s influence on the while House invitation list enabled him. In my View to build contacts for later solicitation his Power through Nancy Reagan to determine which political friends should be ambassadors could be seen As paving inc Way for reprise la i Ion of foreign clients. This ethics act is Congress handle on the while House. In was not Deaver who triggered the act his asking for such counsel to Clear his name was a stunt to get ahead of the action he knew was coming. Nor was the Justice department inclined to move on inc reagans closest Friend despite hollering in this space it was sen. Joseph Oliden. Organ ing 3 majority of the minority on the judiciary committee who forced inc appointment of Independent counsel. Special prosecutors can also draw a lesson from the Caver affair dawdling lets inc Trail grow cold the Central evidence in the Case was developed by Martin to chm and Stuart Diamond of the new York times who travelled to South Korea to gel specifics on the Mcling and photo set up by Deaver through the . Ambassador in Seoul and our National Secundy Council Between president Reagan and Kirn Kin wan a Trade official. The reporters Story Brake months after Seymour was appointed none of their Many sources had Cyl been approached by his lethargic lawmen. Washington reporters and pundits Learned some thing Loo. They were aware of the Caver greed Early in the 80s, As he tried to exploit his office with a while House Diel Book and Lur cd his wife Inlo a rain making publicist. But Mike was such a goo source and his Power to deliver Access to the president and Cirsel lady was so Greal Hal few were willing to Lake him on in print. The Reagan s should have Learned most. In his Book behind inc  previewed m life mag Azine. Deaver reveals that he was Downing a quart of scotch a Day while he was mrs. Reagan s closest confidant. Al the ii St lady s Behest he Reudi acid inc Pas Sage according to the Washington times whose George Archibald has been on lop of this Story the Caver Book confirms conservatives Long held fears Hal he and the first lady conspired to soften the presi Dent s hard line toward Moscow 10 Cut Olaid to the contras. And to Force out William Clark and Donald Regan. William Morrow the publisher is foolishly suing the newspaper Hose passages in the galleys that Upsel the firs lady by exposing her political Power playing May be Cut oui. Thus did Caver s fall instruct us All. Nufa Yui  Ufi