His Irrepressible Honor is always good value; here he surveys the political scene

as the dust settles from the national conventions. On the Democrats: "I wouldn't for a moment say to you that there aren't people in the Democratic Party who take positions that I deplore. I thought... that Jackson and Hart in their foreign policy were quite bad ... I am convinced that the positions of Hart and Jackson are not the positions of Fritz Mondale." On the Republicans: "I thought that the battle in Dallas ... was a battle between the far right and the savage right, and I believed that the savage right would ultimately win and they did." On one particular Republican: "I drive people in my own party crazy-angry with me, because I will say I disagree with President Reagan's philosophy; I deplore it; I like him personally. There are some people who cannot distinguish between the political difference and the personal liking."