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• More evidence Mr. Jackson doesn't understand the system
  He took it as a put-down when Mr. Mondale didn't consider him for veep....
• A poll shows most folks think Mr. Mondale chose Ms.
  Ferraro because of pressure from women's groups. Sounds like a put down of the Italian-American, Catholic and size 7 shoe lobbies....
• 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....
• How can Geraldine Ferraro help balance the ticket? Why, we bet Fritz Mondale outweighs her by 80 pounds.
• Mr. Reagan says he's engaged in "quiet diplomacy" with the Soviets, and we gather that means more than that he's simply turned the volume down on his hearing aid.
  A new poll shows most Democrats want a Mondale-Hart ticket....
• If nothing else, a Mondale-Ferraro ticket will outsyllable a Reagan-Bush ticket by two.
• 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....
• No, just because Mr. Mondale says he's begun "broad consultations" with party leaders about a running mate doesn't mean he'll select a woman.
• Bella Abzug says having Ms. Ferraro on the ticket will be "a whole new step in American history.
  We're still waiting to find out what it was taken in. A Naturalizer, maybe?...