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“Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?”-Ronald Reagan
TED KENNEDY JUMPS INTO 1980 PRESIDENTIAL RACE-AUGUST 14, 1979
PRESIDENT CATER APPROVAL RATING AT 19%
"I believe we must not permit the dream of social progress to be shattered by those whose premises have failed."-Senator Ted Kennedy, 1980
"The situation in Iran was increasingly unstable. We, after much deliberation, withdrew the US embassy delegation and leave the country. There had been two unsuccessful attempts to seize the emabssy, and we feared a third would be successful. On 12 October, 1979, the US embassy in Iran was closed down and evacuated. "-Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
Gallup poll: Democratic primary(1 December, 1979
Ted Kennedy-45%
Jimmy Carter-35%
Jerry Brown-12%
"We were ahead in the polls and we had a strong position in the early states. Jimmy Carter was hot on our heels and sought an Iowa comeback just like 1976. But he was much more unpopular now and no boost was coming."-Ted Kennedy in a 1990 interview.
"Now we'll show who who is going to whip whose what"-Ted Kennedy on the campaign trail, 1979, in a reference to Carter's boast he would 'whip Kennedy's ass'

Iowa caucus results-Democratic
Jimmy Carter-46.1%
Ted Kennedy-44.2%
"We may not have won tonight, but we took the fight to President Carter. We have made our voices heard, that we will not let the progress our country has made be reversed, we will not allow our country to fall from greatness. See you in New Hampshire, Mr President."
"Iowa had been a close race and Carter narrowly survived in that state. But now the primary headed to New England where Kennedy was leading big. All Carter could hope was a respectable loss there and be able to sweep the South. The fight for the nomination and the soul of the Democratic Party was on."-Portrait of an Election: The 1980 Presidential Campaign by Elizabeth Drew

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