Three veteran newspapermen and a pollster join WFB for a review of the

Republican candidates' performance. But they quickly move from a technical discussion

of the candidates to the substance of what was discussed. WFB: "Well, take ... farms.

Kemp reacted with horror at the thought effacing Iowa with a platform of badmouthing

farm subsidies. Reagan was there a year ago and said, 'I want to remind you all that

under my Administration you've been paid four times as much as by any previous

Administration.' This, from a party that seeks to shrink federal subsidies and to balance

the budget, is intellectually unnerving, isn't it?" CH: "But politically very honest."

WFB: "Politically very what?" CH: "Honest." WFB: "Well, I don't really think that's

correct." CH: "Or realistic...." CL: "You know, Reagan was also talking about

phasing out price supports over a period of time, but the difference of course is that he's

not running for anything any more." LB: "Reagan is also making a point that that would

be the goal if our trading partners cut down or cut out their support of their agricultural

industries in their several countries." WFB: "That's like saying, 'I won't murder

anybody as long as I can see that nobody else is murdering somebody.' "