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By July, Mondale had closed his lead on Reagan from 15 points to 7. He sounded a bit befuddled in the first debate with Mondale, and his strategists only let him go off of a very carefully planned script right before the second debate of "youth and inexperience" fame.
Ironically for the traditional Republican vs. Democrat campaign, Mondale's best chance is to make foreign policy a major issue: it would help him if Reagan messes up something in the summer or fall of 1984.
Just throwing out ideas here more than anything else.
How could Mondale beat Reagan, with a POD no earlier than after his nomination was assured?