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∂CSL Professor S. M. Lipset↓Hoover Institution∞

Dear Marty:

	I think you missed my point about Grenada or maybe were
distracted from answering it.

	It seems that we agreed that Carter would have gained
credit for taking Grenada even if he had agonized on TV about
his decision to do so.  Therefore, the credit Reagan gained for
doing so should be considered as owing to his policy as well
as to his personality or image.

	When it turns out that the polls show the public as not
agreeing with Reagan on what are presumed to be related issues
but nevertheless praising his action, this means to me that
not all the issues have been identified and made a subject of
polling.  After all the issues are identified by politicians,
pollsters, journalists and academics.  This identification
isn't automatic and may miss some that are important to the
public or part of it.

	For example, there could be (or perhaps there was) a series
of poll questions like the following.

1. Has the U.S. let itself be pushed around too much by foreign
countries?

2. Is this (very important, important, not very important, unimportant)?

3. Which party (which candidate) is more likely to resist the
U.S. being pushed around?

4. Is the U.S. (too patient, about right, too impatient) when our
people are threatened or attacked in foreign countries?

	Before this could be discussed as an issue it would need
a name, e.g. "national dignity" or if you want to denigrate it
"jingoism".

.sgn