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• Our friend Orly says he figures Mr. Mondale put Ms.
  Ferraro on the ticket just to help him skirt more issues....
• If Mr. Mondale wants a woman veep who's well known and who has been close to the center of power he might ask Nancy Reagan.
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• 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....
• Mr. Reagan currently leads Mr. Mondale by 10 to 15 points in the polls.
  And even more in the calendars....
• 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....
• Now that Jesse Jackson has endorsed Mr. Mondale, can we expect a press conference to announce that Gerry Ferraro has decided to do the same?
• 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....
• ENTER DATA, ENAMORATA Back into the fray. Thanks to all who sent along best wishes at the outset of my vacation.
  Now, as you rejoin the ranks and the column moves out into another fiscal front, let’s get those shoulders back, chests out, stomachs in and tongues in cheek....