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• The current best bet for a woman veep is Rep. Geraldine Ferraro of Queens.
  Luckily for her she's not from Kings....
• The big question facing Democrats now is whether Gerry Ferraro's coattails are long enough to carry Fritz Mondale into office with her.
• After she got married, Gerry Ferraro kept her maiden name as a tribute to her mother.
  It's further evidence of how she balances the ticket. Mr. Mondale kept his to honor his father....
• If nothing else, a Mondale-Ferraro ticket will outsyllable a Reagan-Bush ticket by two.
• Our friend Orly says he figures Mr. Mondale put Ms.
  Ferraro on the ticket just to help him skirt more issues....
• We'll believe the Ferraro-Mondale ticket is really confident about winning the election when we hear it has hired a band for the inaugural ball.
• Gerry Ferraro expects a "nasty, personal campaign." Oh, we bet she's just saying that so we'll pay attention.
  Before this country adopts a balanced budget constitutional amendment it should find out how much more that would throw the budget out of balance....
• All-Star baseball game afterthought: If they were worried about wind in Candlestick why did they let Howard Cosell talk?
  Gary Hart said if he got nominated he'd also have picked Geraldine Ferraro as a running mate....
• Gerry Ferraro is proving a more exciting campaigner than Fritz Mondale.
  To have avoided that, Mr. Mondale would have had to run with, uh, Mr. Mondale....